President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday terminated the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

President Buhari Terminates Appointment of NIMASA DG

Here are two reasons why the president may have wielded the sack axe.

1. Partisanship in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

It is widely believed that Akpobolokemi was behind the dirty campaigns of hate against then presidential candidate of APC, General Muhammadu Buhari and his family aired on AIT and NTA.

Reports say he was ex President Goodluck Jonathan's tool to instigate ads containing damning allegations against the president.

He's believed to have done this using NIMASA as a front.
     

2. The Niger Delta Connection

According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu "It is a well-known fact that the Director General of the Agency, Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi was President Goodluck Jonathan’s and a well-known ex-militant’s errand boy. He was appointed there for the sole aim of satisfying an ex-militant’s camp, an assignment he has carried out well to the satisfaction of those who put him there through the award of a concessionaire phantom PPP project.

Under this contract, a certain company, (Global West Vessels Specialists Ltd) was handed the legal responsibility of the Nigerian Navy (NN) of protecting the Nation’s Waterway and NIMASA’s Maritime Security function to the surprise of all industry observers and yet fail woefully in offering the necessary protection for the theft of Nigerian Crude Oil, which has only increased since then among other sea related crimes.”