Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- A prosecution witness on Tuesday confirmed to the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, that his bank statement and personal record showing the funds receipts from Taraba State Government officials and distribution to various beneficiaries did not feature former Governor Daruis Ishaku's name. Instead, the witness, a former personal assistant to Mr Ishaku, said the name of the former governor's company, Worthy Construction Limited, appeared on the documents.

Ismail Lawal, a former personal assistant to Mr Ishaku and the first prosecution witness in the N27 billion fraud case against the former governor, gave the details under cross-examination by the former governor's defence lawyer.

"The first defendant's (Mr Ishaku) name...