Nyako escapes arrest, flees to foreign land to avoid detention *His disappearance justifies charges against him — Presidency *He ran away to save his life — Confidant *Jonathan not party to Nyako, Al-Makura’s ordeal— PDP There was a clear indication last night that former Adamawa State Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako, who was sacked last week, had fled the country. A competent source confirmed to Vanguard exclusively that the governor 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, it was learnt 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 Vanguard last night. 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. The source said: “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
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:12:09 +0000
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