​Ex-Gov. Nyako returns to Adamawa, visits bomb victims​

Former governor of Adamawa State, ​Murtala Nyako​,​ ​has returned to the state ​after about one year in self-​imposed ​exile following his impeachment​.

Mr. Nyako visited victims of Thursday’s bomb blast at Jimeta market in Yola, the capital.

​Mr. ​Nyako​,​ who ​arrived Yola in a chartered flight​,​ drove in a long convoy to ​the​Specialist Hospital ​where some​ survivors of the blast ​were receiving treatment.​

Mr. Nyako also visited the Federal Medical Center. He prayed for the speedy recovery of those hospitalised.
​The former governor was accompanied to the hospital by some past officials of his administration.

A large crowd of Adamawa residents trooped to the streets to welcome Mr. Nyako.