Nigeria, March 13 -- A prosecution witness told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday how over $760,000 was paid as advance school fees for former Kogi State Yahaya Bello's children at the American International School Abuja (AISA).

The witness, Nicholas Okehone, who is an Internal Auditor with AISA and the 14th prosecution witness in the former governor's trial, said this while testifying before trial judge Maryann Anineh.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting former Governor Bello alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu on 16 counts of criminal breach of trust involving N110.4 billion.

According to the EFCC, Mr Bello, who served two terms as the governor ...