Friday, February 27, 2015

THE KEY WITNESS IN ABDULAZIZ MURTALA NYAKO; SON OF IMPEACHED GOV OF ADAMAWA STATE, MURTALA HAMMA-YERO NYAKO CASE IS DEAD. The key witness in the suit  against Abdul-Aziz Nyako, son of the impeached governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, is dead. He is Maadai Dan-Tsoho. The family and political sources reported that Mr. Dan-Tsoho died of asthma attack on Tuesday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Mr. Dan-Tsoho took over as the regional manager of Zenith Bank, North Eastern operations. Kashim Shetima, the current Governor of Borno State . He was suspended from his job when he agreed to testify in this suit. He was noted for his aggressive investments and had major stakes in the new Azman Airlines, Azman petroleum and a chain of real estate holdings in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He was also the owner of Dan Tsoho hotel, a high brow Hotel in Malamre District in Jimeta, the state capital. His death is expected to introduce hiccups in the prosecution of the younger Nyako, who was taken to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC through its  Head, Media and Publicity  Wilson Uwujaren, said  that the organization did not have information on the death of their principal witness. “I don’t have this information right now,” he said and added that he needed to get in touch with those involved in the case for more details. The younger Nyako was declared wanted by the EFCC after they instituted a case of stealing, abuse of office and money laundering against him recently. He is currently being interrogated over alleged illicit funds traced to companies in which he has interest. The younger Nyako have been asked by the commission to explain how over N15 billion belonging to Adamawa State was allegedly laundered into the accounts of five companies – Blue Opal Nigeria Limited, Crust Energy Nigeria Limited, Blue Ribbon Multilinks Limited, Tower Assets Management Limited and Blue Ribbon Bureau De Change – said to be owned by him.