Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- A prosecution witness on Tuesday narrated to the FCT High Court in Abuja how he allegedly received multiple sums of money from Taraba State officials on behalf of his former boss, then-Governor Darius Ishaku. He added that he distributed the funds to various recipients according to instructions from the former governor.

Ismail Lawal, a former personal assistant to Mr Ishaku gave the details during a hearing in the fraud trial of the former governor. Mr Ishaku governed the north-eastern state between 2015 and 2023.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the former governor alongside Bello Yero, a former Permanent Secretary of the state's Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs du...