Immediate past governor of Adamawa State,
Murtala Nyako, has been declared wanted by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
Apart from Nyako, the EFCC also declared wanted
his son, a retired Naval officer, Abdul Aziz
Murtala Nyako. Father and son are wanted in a
case of criminal conspiracy, stealing, abuse of
office and money laundering.
Shortly before Nyako was impeached in June
2014, the EFCC had frozen the bank accounts
belonging to the state government, citing
precautionary measure to protect the state
treasury as evidence of looting emanated from
the investigations of its operatives.
The commission alleged massive looting of the
treasury by top officials of Adamawa State
government under Nyako.
The EFCC said its investigation was prompted by
petitions alleging massive looting of the treasury
by the governor and his allies through an illegal
department called Special Programme and Project
Units, SPPU, which engaged in over invoicing and
inflation of contract.
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