CORRUPTION AT IT'S BEST: Adamawa Acting Governor Accuses Nyako Of Stealing Over N80b State Funds

Acting Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri

The acting Governor of Adamawa State,  Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri,  has accused the former administration of Adamawa State led by Former Governor Murtala Nyako of plundering the state’s funds to the tune of over N80bn.

Fintiri who made the disclosure in his maiden broadcast to citizens of the state on Tuesday added that “Never in the history of Adamawa State had “Executive Stealing” and institutionalized corruption been elevated to the level of statecraft as in the past administration.”
He promised to set up a Judicial commission  of inquiry to investigate former Nyako's administration. The former speaker, who was sworn-in as acting governor following the impeachment of Nyako, noted that since the former governor’s removal from office, calm had returned to the state.

Impeached Gov. Nyako

Fintiri, who was at the presidential villa, Abuja, where he met with President Goodluck Jonathan said: “We are into confidence building, having removed Nyako and the destruction of infrastructure and moral of our people. We have gone into building of confidence. We are trying to pay our salaries – salaries of workers – because, for months, he has not paid their salaries. That is what we are doing now”. Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with the president, Fintri said he came to see the president, who is the leader of the country, to brief him on the situation in Adamawa in his capacity as the acting governor.

On allegations that the president is trying to decimate the opposition by way of impeachment, he said, “Nyako is not an opposition man. He only stole the mandate of the PDP into the APC. How did the president get involved in this local issue in Adamawa? The man has stolen our money. That is the bottom line of it”.

When he was quoted as having told reporters at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja shortly after he was sworn-in last week that he had returned PDP’s stolen mandate and whether it was the reason Nyako was removed, Fintri said, “You saw the allegations and they have been proven by the panel; so that cannot be the reason why we removed the man. There were even so many other issues that we could not bring as part of the allegations that informed his removal.