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An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Olomotane Egoro, told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday that the transactions linked to the Kogi Government House account complied with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulations.
The EFCC arraigned former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others on a 16-count charge of breach of trust.
Other defendants are Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu.
The commission alleged that the defendants committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the sum of N110,446,470,089, among others.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Egoro, a compliance officer with Access Bank Plc waa cross-examined by Bello’s counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN).
He said there was no Post No Debit (PND) instruction against the account being tendered as evidence.
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He noted that the names of Bello and Oricha did not appear on any of the records of transactions.
The witness confirmed that the first entry in the 14th column of Exhibit A(p) reflected an inflow of ₦20 million for the supply of educational materials.
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