Nigeria, May 6 -- The N10.27 billion corruption trial of Ali Bello, a nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, continued on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, with a prosecution witness alleging that the defendant used bureau de change (BDC) operators to transfer funds to associates.

Ahmed Abubakar, the 17th prosecution witness, told the court that Mr Bello authorised the movement of funds through BDCs to those he described as his "cronies."

Mr Bello, who is the Chief of Staff to the incumbent Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside Dauda Sulaiman on an amended 16 charges of misappropriation and money laundering. They allegedly committed the offenc...