Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- A former Zenith Bank official told the FCT High Court in Abuja on Monday that he did not directly receive money from Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The third prosecution witness, Richard Agulu, now a staff member of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said, "From the evidence I provided, I said I received the funds through his personal assistant (Eric Ocheme)."

"I have not seen the first defendant giving money to Mr Ocheme, but he gives instructions through his phone to carry out transactions," Mr Agulu said during cross-examination by Mr Emefiele's lawyer, Matthew Bukar, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

In January, Mr Agulu testified that he disbursed over N1.6 bil...