Nigeria, May 20 -- A bank official on Tuesday detailed how large sums of money allegedly originated from various Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kogi State were funnelled through suspicious cash lodgments spanning years into private bank accounts during former Governor Yahaya Bello's tenure.

Ofure Achille, a staff member of an Access Bank branch in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, gave the details at the Federal High Court in Abuja while testifying as the seventh prosecution witness in the money laundering trial of Ali Bello, a nephew of former Governor Bello.

Ali, the Chief of Staff to incumbent Governor Usman Ododo, is standing trial on money laundering charges involving the alleged diversion of about N3 billion belonging to Kogi Stat...