An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness on Monday linked a series of fund transfers traced to the Kogi government to Ali Bello, chief of staff to Usman Ododo, governor of the state, in the ongoing N10.2 billion fraud trial at the federal high court in Abuja.

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Ahmed Abubakar, the 17th prosecution witness and an EFCC investigator, told the court on Monday that financial records recovered during the investigation detailed inflows and outflows allegedly connected to Bello and his co-defendant, Dauda Sulaiman.

Ali, a nephew of Yahaya Bello, former Kogi governor, and Sulaiman are standing trial on a 16-count amended charge bordering on alleged misappropriation and money laundering of N10,270,556,800.