The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission don seize former acting gov of Adamawa state Umaru Fintri House wey dey for No. 7, Gana street, maitana Abuja.
dey tell of of our correspondents, wey visite say the property worth about N500m.
and dey write for the entrance of the house say, ‘EFCC, under investigation’.
the anty-graft agency nayim arrest Fintiri 10 days ago as one of him former cabinet member lay petition ontop him head say him embezzled N1.9bn wey him dey act as acting governor.
Finttri, wey be the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, become acting governor after dey impeach the governor, Murtala Nyako, and him deputy, Bala Ngilari, for 2014.
Him act as the state governor from July 15, 2014 to October 8, 2014.
one persin for EFCC tell one of our correspondents say Fintiri divert money wey him suppose to take construct the Faculty of Law for inside Adamawa State University.
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before his impeachment, Nyako left a balance of N1,957,045,82 in the state government’s project account with the Yola branch of Zenith Bank, with account number 1011325467. Out of the money, N497m was meant for the construction of a law faculty at the university, which was to be sited at the former Teachers’ College, Yola.
“However, when Fintiri took over as acting governor, he transferred the proposed faculty from Yola to the Mubi campus of the ADSU and later laid the foundation; but after that, the project never took off.
“Investigations revealed that on Fintiri’s orders, part of the N1.9bn was released to the Ministry of Works and a contract was awarded to a construction company, Mayim Construction Limited, for the construction of roads in Mararaba Garta and Kamale in the Michika Local Government Area of the state. The company, we believe, is owned by Fintiri, which is illegal.
“The roads in question have not been constructed.”
The persin still say Fintiri buy one Highland Tea, company wey dey manufacture tea wey dey for inside Mambilla Plateau and Adamawa and Taraba states join hand getam . The tea company dey owe N600m to the Bank of Agriculture,Fintiri con pay all the money him con become the sole owner.
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The property is a tea plantation and processing plant located in Taraba State.
“We believe that part of the N1.9bn was used in buying the tea plantation,” the persin sill talk.
The persin still con say Fintiri, tru him company, buy assets of one firm wey be, S M Nguroje Nigeria Limited, tru the Bank of Agriculture for N650m
The EFCC still dey investigate loan of N5bn wen Fintiri take wen him dey act as governor.
Fintiri, the persin say, dey go soon charged am go court.
As the matter the go, one spokesman for Fintiri, wen no want mek dey write him name say all the allegation no get base him con still say dey award all the contracts as the law wantam for the state.
him say dey no seize Fintiri house’ say the house only dey under investigation.
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“The bids for the contracts were transparent and the ministries concerned duly advertised the projects for pre-qualification tender, which was not opened before Fintiri’s tenure ended.
“I think what you as a journalist should do is to find out why a suspect will be held for over 48 hours without being charged to court.”
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