by Panshak Ibrahim
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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