Press Release
Barely 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, this morning arrested the younger Nyako
in Gombe, Gombe State.
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 telling investigators all he knows about illicit funds
traced to companies where he has interest.
Specifically,
he will have to explain how over N15billion funds belonging to Adamawa State
was laundered into the accounts of five companies 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 funneled
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 manager claimed he
transferred the funds through verbal instruction from the former governor for purposes which are not stated.
Investigations
revealed that from 2007 to 2011 within Nyako’s tenure in office, before he was
impeached in 2014, he had directed that all of the state owned accounts
domiciled in various banks be transferred to the new generation bank.
Abdul-Aziz’s company,
Blue Opal, is said to own, among other investments in Nigeria, an estate
in Abuja, while his father’s account officer owns several properties and
investments scattered around Abuja, Yola and Kano.
Former governor Nyako
is still on the run.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media &
Publicity
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