Missing property: Gombe assets recovery committee invites ex gov, Dankwambo, aides

The Gombe State Recovery Committee has urged the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Ibrahim Dankwambo and his aides to appear before it.

The committee said the invitation was for the past administration to account for property it disposed of illegally.

The  Chairman of the committee, retired Group Capt. Peter Bilal, made the call while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Gombe.

He said if they failed to appear, the committee would resort to legal actions to recover the state assets that were disposed of without due process.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Governor Inuwa Yahaya set up the committee following his inauguration to recover alleged government property improperly disposed of by the immediate past administration of Dankwambo.

He alleged that a lot of government property worth billions of naira were improperly disposed of during Dankwambo’s tenure.

“We call on  Dankwambo, his former Commissioner of Finance and appointees, including his Aide-de-camp, Principal Permanent Secretary, Chief of Staff to respond to the directive.

“Also, the former security adviser is to appear before the committee and surrender government property in their possession with immediate effect,” he stated.

Bilal also called on any persons in possession of government property to return them as soon as possible. Punch