Former ally alleges president’s complicity in corruption scandals

During the campaign for last month’s election, Yameen repeatedly denied responsibility for the unprecedented theft of nearly US$80 million from state coffers, blaming his jailed former deputy Ahmed Adeeb.

After years in exile, Nazim broke his silence Sunday with a detailed statement backing Adeeb’s insistence that he was acting on the president’s orders.

Formerly a close associate of the president, he went into exile after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2015.