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The embattled former Governor of Adamawa
State, Murtala Nyako, on Wednesday blasted
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission [EFCC] for declaring him and his
son wanted.
The former governor described the anti-graft
agency’s latest ambush on him as the last kicks
of a dying horse, saying President Goodluck
Jonathan, will soon be kicked out of office.
Mr. Nyako who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES
through his media assistant, Ahmed Sajoh, also
noted that the Jonathan administration is
intimidated by the soaring support he (Nyako)
has continued to get even after he left office.
“I am not aware of being declared wanted. But
that is good,” Mr. Nyako said.
“If you are wanted by a rouge system, it means
you are a good person. Has this government
gone after anybody that is bad? They only run
after the good people and allow the bad people
to roam around them, live happily and enjoy
whatever bad things they are doing.”
Mr. Nyako said he is not surprised at the latest
action of the EFCC and noted that many more
Nigerians will be declared wanted by the
government.
He argued that the government is being
intimidated by the mammoth crowd that turned
out for the All Progressives Congress, APC,
rally in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
According to him, the Jonathan government is
afraid that even when he (Nyako) was no
longer in office, the people of Adamawa State
still love and support him.
He drew attention to how the crowd went wild
with dancing when one of the songs eulogising
the former governor was played at the APC rally in Yola, saying
no amount of blackmail can stop the people from loving Mr.
Nyako.
“When the time comes for them to be declared wanted nobody
will sympathise with them,” he concluded.
PREMIUM TIMES has broken the story of how the former
Adamawa governor was declared wanted by the EFCC.
Also wanted by the anti graft body is the son of the ex-
governor, Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako, a retired Naval officer.
Both are wanted in a case of criminal conspiracy, stealing,
abuse of office and money laundering.
The EFCC had in June 2014, shortly before the former governor
was impeached, frozen the bank accounts belonging to
Adamawa in what it then called a precautionary measure to
safeguard the state treasury amidst evidence of looting
uncovered by its operatives.
The commission had alleged massive looting of the treasury by
top officials of Adamawa State government under Mr. Nyako, a
development that, at the time, led to the arrest and questioning
of key officials, including then Secretary to the State
Government, the then State Commissioner for Finance, the then
Commissioner for Higher Education, the then Accountant
General of the State and the then Permanent Secretary, Ministry
for Local Government.
The EFCC said at the time that its investigation was triggered by
petitions alleging massive looting of the treasury by the
governor and his cronies through an illegal department called
Special Programme and Project Units, SPPU, which engaged in
over invoicing and inflation of contract.
“In the course of investigation, a critical analysis of the Joint
State/Local Government account reveals massive cash
withdrawals,” a source at the commission had told PREMIUM
TIMES at the time.
The EFCC official accused the then Permanent Secretary of
Local Governments of making cash withdrawals of over N2
billion in 181 different transactions, scattered in tranches of N3
million, N4 million, N8 million and N9 million per transaction
from the State/Local Government account domiciled with First
Bank between 29th of August 2011 and 2012.
He also allegedly made similar cash withdrawals amounting to
over N500 million between March 6, 2008, and March 4, 2011,
from another Joint account domiciled in Keystone Bank, the
source added.
“Other officials of the ministry who allegedly looted the Joint
Account include Justina Jari, a Principal Accountant with the
ministry who made cash withdrawals to the tune of N600
million from the Joint Account between October, 2009 and
February, 2011.
“Another staff of the ministry, Abdulhakeem Mohammed was
also alleged to have withdrawn about N3 billion from the
account between February 2007 and May 2011. Two other staff,
Mercy Wanje and Jumai Salihu were also said to have made
withdrawals of N1 billion and N160 million from the account
respectively,” the source said.
“On a single day, another staff called Haruna Hamali, a
principal store officer made a cash withdrawal of over N70
million from the same account,” he said.
“The withdrawals were made and the money returned to top
officials of the state government as narrated and confirmed by
the officials who made the withdrawals.
“The state officials were arrested in connection with the
withdrawals and other ongoing investigations,” the source said
at the time. Source:premiumtimes

Hiding behind the door uttering gibberish. Why don't you approach EFCC and clear the allegation if indeed you're clean? Yeye dy smell.

“When the time comes for them to be declared wanted nobody
will sympathise with them,” he concluded.

Even though I personally feel many of our state govs are proportionately as corrupt as the fg,the above quote may soon come to pass.

I wonder where Nyako is.In as much as I don't support GEJ's administration due to his incompetence,I advise Mr Nyako to come out of hiding and defend himself,he should stop using his media assistant. It's a pity that as under-developed as Adamawa is,he still went further to embrace fraud & corruption as a way of life to the detriment of the poor masses.

doctokwus:
“When the time comes for them to be declared wanted nobody
will sympathise with them,” he concluded.

Even though I personally feel many of our state govs are proportionately as corrupt as the fg,the above quote may soon come to pass.

am sure it will

Now efcc wan start work make i hear wetin apc go talk before i talk.lai mohammed over to you.