ADAMAWA GOVERNOR MURTALA NYAKO QUIZZED BY THE POLICE IN YOLA...

A team of senior police officers from the office of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday interrogated Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, over his recent memo to the Northern State Governors’ Forum, NSGF, accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of  committing genocide against the north.

The team, which left the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday, met Nyako at the Government House in Yola. They were sent by the IGP acting on the strength of the petition by the governor.

Although the police authorities described the team as being on a fact-finding mission, Nigerian Pilot learnt that the officers quizzed Nyako for two hours.

It was further gathered that IGP’s decision was prompted by weighty allegations made by the governor against President Jonathan.

Police sources in Yola confirmed the arrival of the IGP team on Monday night and its meeting with Governor Nyako at the Government House. The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, John Abakasanga led the team to meet with the governor.

Governor Nyako, it was learnt, had promised to cooperate with the team and received the officers in audience in his office where they spent about two hours behind closed doors.

When Nigerian Pilot contacted the director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, Ahmad Sajoh, he confirmed that the governor had a closed-door session with a team led by the state Police Commissioner.

“I can confirm that my principal had a closed-door meeting with security personnel led by the Commissioner of Police here in the state. But there is nothing special about it because as chief security officer in the state, it is normal for my principal to hold routine meetings with security agencies,” he said.

Also, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba confirmed to Nigerian Pilot that IGP Abubakar sent a crack team to meet Governor Nyako.