Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- A Taraba State Government cashier told the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday that all the transfers he made during former Governor Darius Ishaku's tenure were official payments.

The payments were allegedly part of the N27 billion, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Mr Ishaku and his co-defendant, Bello Yero, then Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Taraba State, of diverting from the state government's coffers.

Mr Ishaku and his co-defendant denied EFCC's charges.

Taiwo Jones, a cashier with the Taraba State Government, appeared in court on Monday to continue his testimony as the third prosecution witness.

Since June, when he firs...