The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Murtala Nyako, a former Governor of Adamawa State, and his son, AbdulAziz, wanted over allegations of conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and money laundering.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the EFCC.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that on June 2014, shortly before Nyako’s impeachment, the EFCC froze the bank account belonging to the Adamawa State Government.
The commission froze the account as a precautionary measure to safeguard the state treasury amidst evidence of looting uncovered by its operatives.
The operatives had alleged massive looting of the treasury by top officials of the government under Nyako, a development that led to the arrest and interrogation of key officials of the state.