Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A bank official on Wednesday told the FCT High Court in Abuja how a former Kogi State Government House accountant, who is standing fraud trial alongside ex-Governor Yahaya Bello, withdrew over N1 billion from the government house's bank account within nine months.

Abimbola Williams, a compliance officer at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) and the third prosecution witness, said a total of N640 million, which is more than half of the months-long over N1 billion transactions, was withdrawn within six days.

Ms Williams spotted 64 transactions totalling N640 million on page 12 of the government house's account statement earlier tendered as an exhibit.

"These transactions were carried out in six days from 31 July 2019 to ...