Nigeria, March 3 -- Last Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented their third witness in a N4 billion fraud case against a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.

During the hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the EFCC third witness, Andrew Ali, a staffer of the Central Bank of Nigeria, narrated how the then governor allegedly used three unlicensed companies to siphon funds in the South-eastern state.

Mr Obiano, now a defendant, allegedly diverted the money from the state's account between April 2017 and March 2022.

Another prosecution witness, Udochukwu Okparache, told the court last Wednesday that his company's bank account received N860 million from Mr Obiano during his time as governor,...