Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N110.4bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Tells Court He Paid 50–60 Percent of Tax Consultancy Commission to Kogi Revenue Officials

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that he paid between 50 and 60 percent of the commissions earned by his company from consultancy services rendered to the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, KSIRS, to some officials of the agency. The witness, who testified as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC's, eighteenth prosecution witness, PW18, made the disclosure before Justice Maryanne Anineh while being led in evidence by the C…