Ishaku’s Alleged N27b Fraud: Witness Gives Details of How Funds for Christmas Grains Were taken from Taraba LGs

The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Taiwo Johns, in the trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, alongside the former permanent secretary in the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, narrated before Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, how local governments in the state were made to transfer funds to his company’s account for the purchase and distribution of Christmas grains. The transfers, made to his P3 Cornerstone account, he said, were on the instruction and direct…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-07-14
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/ishakus-alleged-n27b-fraud-witness-gives-details-of-how-funds-for-christmas-grains-were-taken-from-t
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Record ID	`efcc:news:14185`

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Ishaku’s Alleged N27b Fraud: Witness Gives Details of How Funds for Christmas Grains Were taken from Taraba LGs. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:14185.