Nigeria, Oct. 29 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) opened its corruption case against former Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman Danladi Umar with its first prosecuton witness at the FCT High Court in Abuja on Thursday.

Oluwatayo Solomon, owner of JTF Global Links Limited and Portal Realities, testified on he bankrolled Mr Umar's children's school fees at the Baze University in Abuja and transferred money into his wife's account after the CCT paid him for the contract awarded to him.

He said he received a call to pay N6 million into the bank account of Zulaihatu Umar, Mr Umar's wife, barely two days after he was paid by the tribunal.

According to the witness, a deputy director at the CCT at the time, Akinola Ak...