Revealed! How Zamfara Gov. Abdulaziz Yari Bought $1m US Mansion

According to SaharaReporters, Yari bought the 2.1-acre property, which is located at 14800 Bowie Farm Court, Bowie Maryland (Zip code: MD 20721).

The property allegedly has six full and two half bathrooms with a Jacuzzi in the master bedroom.

“Deed documents obtained by SaharaReporters from the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA, denote Mr. Yari as the sole owner of the property, which was purchased from a limited liability company, K Hovanian Hamptons, located at Creek 11, Delaware. The company used to be known as Real Property Holding, with an address at Prince George’s County, before changing its name on 25 January 2011.

“The deed on the property is dated August 27, 2012, while the approval of the purchase was granted on 1 November 2012 after Yari paid the princely sum of $950,000 cash, there was no mortgage on the property. Equally captured on the deed document is the sum of $5,225, which was described as “recordation of tax paid” and $13,300, described as “transfer tax paid”, both offering indications that Mr. Yari operated a foreign account in clear breach of Code 3 of the Code of Conduct Bureau,” the report read.

It was further revealed that a real estate property tax information obtained from Prince George’s County shows that Governor Yari paid taxes on the property up till date, his 2017 estate tax was $16, 583.10.

According to the deed document, Mr. Yari signed the agreement in person, with Kimberley Armstead a notary public of Montgomery County State of Maryland, serving as a witness.

Nigeria’s code of conduct law expressly prohibits certain public officials from operating bank accounts in any country outside Nigeria.

These include the President, Vice President, governor, deputy governor, ministers, commissioners, members of the National Assembly and the Houses of Assembly of the States.