Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Adamawa State government officials and agencies during the 2019–present term. Sources linked on each card.
5
Total cases
0
Convicted
5
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
OngoingStalled
Allegation
The EFCC charged Fintiri with a five-count offence of bribery and money laundering alongside Mayim Construction and Properties Limited, alleging he laundered roughly ₦2.9 billion through naira and dollar accounts at Ecobank during his July-October 2014 stint as acting governor. He was remanded in prison before being granted ₦500 million bail, and the EFCC separately seized a ₦500 million house linked to him.
Outcome / Status
The trial was still proceeding as of a 2018 court adjournment. No public record of a final verdict was identified for this entry; once Fintiri won the 2019 governorship election, constitutional immunity from criminal prosecution (Section 308) would have applied to him as a sitting governor, effectively pausing any further proceedings while in office.
Administration's response
Fintiri pleaded not guilty to the charges when arraigned; no detailed public rebuttal beyond the not-guilty plea was identified for this entry.
OngoingStalled
Allegation
A May 2015 petition to the EFCC alleged that, as acting governor in 2014, Fintiri diverted ₦497 million meant for constructing a lecture theatre for the Faculty of Law at Adamawa State University, Mubi, with only the foundation ever laid before the project stalled.
Outcome / Status
No public agency finding confirming or resolving this specific allegation was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response addressing the specific lecture theatre allegation was identified for this entry.
OngoingStalled
Allegation
Fintiri was alleged to have diverted public funds to acquire Highland Tea, a tea manufacturing company on the Mambilla Plateau jointly owned by Adamawa and Taraba states, by paying off the company's ₦600 million debt to the Bank of Agriculture and becoming its sole owner.
Outcome / Status
No public agency finding confirming or resolving this specific allegation was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response addressing the Highland Tea allegation was identified for this entry.
OngoingPoliticised
Allegation
Between August and October 2023, the administration appointed approximately 150 media aides and special advisers, including 34 Special Assistants on Social Media and Content Creation, drawing public criticism over the scale and cost of the appointments given that an estimated 3.44 million Adamawa residents lived in poverty.
Outcome / Status
The appointments stood; no formal reversal or agency investigation into the appointments themselves was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
The Governor's spokesperson defended the appointments as a deliberate poverty-alleviation measure, saying the intent was to create income opportunities for the appointees.
OngoingStalled
Allegation
The administration faced public backlash in December 2025 over a reported ₦19 billion Yola Conference Centre project continuing while children in parts of the state were reported learning in crumbling classrooms and under trees.
Outcome / Status
No independent audit of the conference centre's actual cost or an official government rebuttal specifically addressing the classroom-conditions comparison was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record government response addressing the specific spending-priorities criticism was identified for this entry.