Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his then-Commissioner of Finance, Ademola Banu, allegedly connived to divert funds earmarked for 51 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) projects in the state while they were in office, a prosecution witness told the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Monday.

Abubakar Hassan, an assistant director of finance at UBEC, appeared as the first prosecution witness to continue his testimony, which he started in December 2024, in the trial of the former governor and his co-defendant.

In his earlier testimony, the witness told the court how the Mr Ahmed-led Kwara State Government allegedly misappropriated about N5 billion UBEC funds meant to execute projects at pr...