Breaking News: Alleged 15bn fraud: EFCC docks Nyako, son

Hamilton Nwosa
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download (84)ABUJA-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged the former Governor of Adamawa State,Admiral Murtala Nyako‎ before the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over his alleged complicity in money laundering.

Nyako who was marshaled into the court room at exactly 1:05pm by operatives of the anti-graft agency, is presently taking his plea before trial Justice Evoh Chukwu.

‎The erstwhile governor was brought to court in a white coaster bus with an Abuja registration number, BR 739 BWR, alongside his son, Abdul Azizi, and two other accused persons.

Nyako was alleged to have ‎siphoned over N15billion from the Adamawa State treasury while he held sway as its governor.

 

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