Nigeria, March 21 -- A former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, and his son Abdulaziz, were re-arraigned before Peter Lifu, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, on allegation of N29 billion theft.

A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, told the court on Thursday that former President Muhammadu Buhari had tried to have the case "settled out of court on account of Mr Nyako's age."

Mr Nyako, 81, was the governor of Adamawa State from 2011 to 2015.

Shortly after Mr Nyako was re-arraigned, Mr Aondoakaa who is the former governor's lead counsel, told the judge that Mr Buhari had instructed Abubakar Malami, the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation, to lia...