Ex Governor of Adamawa State Murtala Nyako and His son wanted by EFCC
Ex Governor of Adamawa state Murtala Nyako |
The Economic Financial Crime Commission has declared wanted the former Governor of Adamawa state Murtala Nyako and his son Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako for financial crimes.
There have been series of petition alleging massive looting of the treasury of Taraba state government by the former 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"according to a source at the EFCC .
In some cases the Permanent Secretary of Local Governments made 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.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.
Mr Nyako was later impeached by the state House of Assembly.
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