Nigeria, Oct. 28 -- An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator narrated on Tuesday how three companies received some Kogi State local government funds and tried to hide the disbursements of the money through what he described as "in-and-out" transactions.

The transactions allegedly took place during the tenure of former Governor Yahaya Bello, who along with two others is facing charges of diverting billions of naira in Kogi State funds at the FCT High Court in Abuja

EFCC detective John Justice, who testified as the 20th prosecution witness in the corruption trial of Mr Bello and co-defendants, said some records showed that the companies withdrew the local government funds as cash without trace of the beneficiaries....