Nigeria, May 10 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sought on Friday the permission of the Federal High Court in Abuja to re-examine a prosecution witness in the money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.

EFCC, which is prosecuting Mr Bello on 19 counts of money laundering, sought to re-examine the witness to "clarify issues" regarding Exhibit 19 admitted by the court during the defence's cross-examination of the witness.

The document in question, a judgement of the FCT High Court in Abuja, touches on a controversial advance payment of several hundred dollars for Mr Bello's children's tuition fees at the American International School Abuja (AISA).

Nicholas Ojehomon, who started testifying on 6...