Vero RecordArchive

Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N27b Fraud: Witness Reveals How N1.8b Meant for Christmas Grains in Taraba was Siphoned

A third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the trial l of former Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside the former permanent Secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, on Monday, July 13, 2026, informed Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory , FCT, High Court Abuja, how N1, 800, 000, 000, 000 (One Billion, Eight Hundred Million Naira), meant for the purchase of Christmas grains in Taraba State, was transferred into his company account from one of the Local Government Salary Transmission Accounts. The Economic and Financ…

No file is held for this record yet. The catalogue entry and the link to where it was published are kept.