Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Links Multiple Cash Deposits, Dollar Conversions to Yahaya Bello’s Associate

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Thursday, April 23, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness narrating how huge cash lodgments were converted to dollars and handed over to a key associate. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Bello on an alleged money laundering amounting to ₦80,246,470,088.88. Testifying, the witness, Jamilu Abdullahi, a Bureau de Change operator and Prosecution Witness 12, PW12, while being led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, Kemi Pinheiro…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-04-23
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/alleged-802bn-kogi-fraud-witness-links-multiple-cash-deposits-dollar-conversions-to-yahaya-bellos-as
Archived copy	Look it up in the Wayback Machine
Record ID	`efcc:news:14006`

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Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Links Multiple Cash Deposits, Dollar Conversions to Yahaya Bello’s Associate. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:14006.