EFCC 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
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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