Strong indication emerged at the weekend that former Adamawa State Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako, who was sacked last week by the state lawmakers may have fled the country.
The governor, according to close source was not in Nigeria, having left the shores shortly after he was impeached by the state House of Assembly over alleged gross misconduct.
Although the source close to Nyako claimed that the man had travelled out of Nigeria to take a deserved rest after many years on the saddle, New Mail Nigeria gathered that the retired naval chief fled the country in a bid to avoid being harassed by security agents, who have been looking for him.
The former governor, who has already filed an appeal against his removal from office, is also said to have fled the country because of security concerns about his life.
“It is true that Nyako had since left Nigeria to go and have a deserved rest but the main reason he left was because he was afraid for his life,” a close confidant of the former governor told one of our correspondents on Sunday.
According to him, Nyako had to take the option of leaving the country when it became obvious to him that his enemies could even take his life while pretending to be working to remove him from office.
“Beyond the issue of trying to impeach the governor, he was really worried about people who could harm him because of their fear that he had so much information. So, I can tell you that as we speak, Nyako is not in Nigeria,” the source said.
The source further said that the Federal Government was considering declaring Nyako wanted after its operatives had made fruitless search for the former governor both in Yola and Abuja.
According to a competent source in Yola, security aides of the former Chief of Naval Staff ferried him out of Yola to an undisclosed location same day he was sacked from office.
The federal authorities were considering the option of declaring Nyako wanted as a last resort to compel him to come and face the charges that have been prepared against him by both the office of the AGF and the EFCC.
The presidency has however said that Nyako’s escape following his impeachment by members of the House of Assembly last Tuesday was a clear indication that accusations levelled against him were correct.
Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the President, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who noted that those who had alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the former governor’s predicament will now hide their heads in shame.
“There must be a reason for his running away and this means that those who accused him of mismanagement of funds are correct, the fact speaks for itself and it is now clear that those accusing the president of having a hand in his impeachment are lying.”
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