Nyako: Security agents to arrest APC leaders

Security agencies will soon arrest and prosecute some national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly attempting to halt the impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako. A top presidency source, who requested anonymity, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja this afternoon. He said intelligence reports showed the federal government […]

Security agencies will soon arrest and prosecute some national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly attempting to halt the impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako.

A top presidency source, who requested anonymity, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja this afternoon.

He said intelligence reports showed the federal government and the security forces that two APC governors, one from the north and the other from the south, approached some Adamawa lawmakers with N250 million each to scuttle Nyako’s impeachment process.

The government official said the intelligence reports indicated that the bribery attempt was at the behest of the APC leaders whom he declined to name.

He said five of the 25 members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly were with Nyako; while two others were away during the period of the impeachment process.

He said the intelligence reports also showed that the APC governors were able to buy one legislator over and attempted to woo more in order to halt the impeachment.

The government official also alleged that the APC leaders resorted to threatening the lives of some of the state legislators when they realised that they would not be able to buy them over.

He said: “It was the assurance that they (APC leaders) got from the lawmaker that more members would be bought over that gave birth to the reports that time that Nyako might resign. When it was clear to them that the money might not do the magic, they resorted to threats.

“They threatened some of the lawmakers that they would be killed if they did not collect the money and stop the impeachment process.

“What they don’t know is that all these are recorded. If they continue with these their unfounded allegations against the President, the security agencies would be directed to arrest them and confront them with overwhelming evidence”.

Speaking further, the government official said the opposition leaders also risked arrest and prosecution for accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of being behind Nyako’s travails.