Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of former Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako and others until Jan. 24. Justice Abang fixed the date, following the appeal filed by the ex-governor and other defendants at the Court of Appeal, asking the court to uphold their no-case submission. […]
A group known as the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria in conjunction with other groups in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako, for national chairman of the ruling party. Daily Times gathered that aspirants for various offices in the National Working Committee (NWC) of […]
The lead counsel to Zulkifik Abba, the 3rd defendant in the suit filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako and his son, Sen. Abdulaziz Nyako, has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to order the EFCC to produce three of its witnesses for cross-examination. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) […]
A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adekunle Odofin, on Thursday gave the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, a graphic detail how a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, allegedly laundered over N1.8billion belonging to the state, using a company co-owned with his son, Abdul-Aziz Nyako, a Senator. Odofin, […]
…How witnesses died after making crucial statement -EFCC A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adekunle Odofin, on Tuesday, informed Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja that two witnesses who made “crucial statements” during the investigation into an alleged N29 billion fraud case involving former Adamawa State Governor, […]
…Orders EFCC to unseal Estate The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to defreeze the accounts of Senator Abdullaziz Nyako (Adamawa Southern Senatorial District) the son of former Adamawa State governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), and a company linked to him without further delay. Nengiofori […]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Yola, on Monday, has set May 22, 2015, to rule on the forceful removal from office of former governor Murtala Nyako, who is challenging the move by the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The presiding judge, Justice Bilkisu B. Aliyu, after adopting written addresses of the parties to […]
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, leave to sue the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta. Nyako’s suit was allegedly transferred from Yola, where it had been scheduled for judgment, to Bauchi. Justice Ishaq Bello granted Nyako’s ex […]