A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, Mr Femi Rrmigus, a staff of Zenith Bank PLC, gave details and tendered exhibit in the alleged money laundering trial of the Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Usman Dodo.
According to the EFCC witness, funds from various Local Government Areas in Kogi State were diverted and laundered through private accounts ¹. The witness revealed that multiple inflows of large sums of money from several LGAs were traced to the account of Korforte Concept Limited. The LGAs involved include:
- Ogori Magongo LGA: N14,844,640.57
- Ibaji LGA: N18,629,944.51
- Adavi LGA: N20,887,557.54
- Kogi LGA: N17,929.59
- Kabba/Bunu LGA: N18,460,569.12
- Ajaokuta LGA: N22,764,334.70
- Okene LGA: N20,758,710.37
- Yagba West LGA: N18,234,063.61
- Ofu LGA: N21,368,633.69
The witness also disclosed that the balance in the Korforte Concept Limited account was a mere N7,370 before the inflows, and that a transaction of N110 million was made from the account to one of the defendants on the same day
Remigus, tendered the exhibits while being led in evidence by the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Oyedepo, therefore, applied to tender the documents as exhibits but defence legal team, including Nureni Jimoh (SAN), objected to the admissibility of the documents but reserved objections for the final written address stage.
Justice Egwuatu subsequently admitted the exhibits in evidence, noting that the probative value of the exhibits would be determined by the court during the judgment.
The judge, therefore, adjourned the matter until May 50, 19, 20 and 21 for the continuation of trial.
The EFCC is also prosecuting Ali Bello in another case before Justice James Omotosho.
The banker was the 6th prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Ali, who is also a nephew to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.