EFFCC arrested the son of former Governor of adamawa state, they found 5 15 billion in his account 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 funned 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
13th February, 2015
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