Two weeks after the Economic
and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, declared
former Adamawa State
Governor, Murtala Nyako and
his son, Abdul-Aziz, wanted,
operatives of the anti- graft
agency, Friday morning arrested
the younger Nyako in Gombe,
Gombe State.
A statement by the spokesperson
of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren,
said he was immediately flown
to Abuja, where he is currently
being grilled by a crack team of
detectives who had been
working on the Adamawa
investigation for several months.
Abdul-Aziz, who was declared
wanted by the EFCC in the case
of stealing, abuse of office and
money laundering, is currently
being interrogated over alleged
illicit funds traced to companies
in which he has interest.
Specifically, he is being asked to
explain how over N15billion
funds belonging to Adamawa
State was allegedly laundered
into the accounts of five
companies said to owned by
him- Blue Opal Nigeria Limited,
Crust Energy Nigeria Limited,
Blue Ribbon Multilinks Limited,
Tower Assets Management
Limited and Blue Ribbon Bureau
De Change.
The funds was allegedly
funnelled into the accounts of
the companies from Adamawa
state accounts domiciled in a
new generation bank by the
account officer who incidentally
is the manager and an in-law to
Ex-governor Nyako.
The EFCC said the manager
claimed he transferred the funds
through verbal instruction from
the former governor for
purposes that were not stated.
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