Impeached Gov Nyako denies alleged N82billion debt
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Murtala Nyako, who was recently impeached, has described as ridiculous the claim that he left a liability of N82billion for the state.
Speaking through his Director of Press and Publicity, Ahmad I. Sajoh, he said; “To say Murtala Nyako left a liability of 82 billion Naira is to say the least ridicoulus.
“How much did the State get as income over the period? It is not even half of the amount quoted. What role did the State House of Assembly play in accumulating such a huge debt profile?
“How much alarm was ever raised by the House of Assembly through oversight functions and budgetery process all these years?
“The 2012 Budget of Adamawa State was presented to the House of Assembly by the Speaker as Acting Governor and no where was such an alarm raised as to the absence of projects or a litany of liabilities.”
Speaking further in the statement, he said; “We have received the news of a plan to probe Murtala Nyako as one of the expected outcomes of the illegal process that culminated in his forceful removal from office by the combined forces of opposition in both Abuja and Yola.
“The framers of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic did not foresee that the Provisions of the document will be abused in the manner of a Coup d’ tat as was done in the illegal impeachment of Governor Nyako.
“And like Coupist, the perpetrators of the act have adopted the same modalities of reeling out false and bogus figures, forceful removal of bonafide office holders and intimidating those who refuse to succumb to their strong arm tactics.
The Director of Press says, “To say Murtala Nyako left a liability of 82 billion Naira is to say the least ridiculous. How much did the State get as income over the period? It is not even half of the amount quoted. What role did the State House of Assembly play in accumulating such a huge debt profile?
“How much alarm was ever raised by the House of Assembly through oversight functions and budgetery process all these years?
“The 2012 Budget of Adamawa State was presented to the House of Assembly by the Speaker as Acting Governor and nowhere was such an alarm raised as to the absence of projects or a litany of liabilities.
“We are therefore convinced that the amount mentioned and the planned probe are part of the script written with the intention of justifying the illegalities involved in the impeachment process and to also maligned Governor Murtala Nyako as well as set the public against him.
“They believe their legitimacy depends entirely on discrediting Nyako.
“We wish to state categorically that we do not expect a fair, just and credible enquiry from a group that has no respect for constitutional provisions or the pronouncements of a competent court of law.
“The process will be carried out in the same manner the illegal impeachment process went. Everything was done hurriedly within so short a period that made mockery of the whole process.
“Yet bogus and voluminous reports were produced laying credence to the fact that whole process was choreographed.
“We know they have equally done the same with the so called probe. We do not expect an honest enquiry so we are not worried about the likely unjust outcome.
“But like we said earlier, there are three judgments to which we all will be subjected to.
“There is the judgement of man; there is the judgement of history and the ultimate judgement of God Almighty.
“Those who feel power drunk had always passed judgement on men who were upturned by history and by God.
“President Obasanjo was judged wrongly by powerful men but vindicated by history and ultimately by God who made him President over his traducers. Ayo Fayose was at one time impeached and maligned. Today he is a Governor-Elect.
“There are several similar cases in the history of mankind. Conversely, powerful people who wield unwholesome power had been humbled by history and God who holds the ultimate power. We do not expect a different outcome in this case.
“We say with all sense of responsibility that the statement made on the liability of 82 billion Naira is not correct and represent another attempt to malign Murtala Nyako.
“We also reiterate that the probe process will not be fair, just or honest. We are therefore not perturbed by the likely outcome.
“We shall carry on with our Court cases challenging the illegal impeachment believing that the Judiciary will definitely overturn the illegalities of the process.”
