Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N2bn Fraud: How Babangida, Ex-Niger Gov, Paid N1.7bn to Non-existent Contractor - Witness

The trial of a former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on an eight count charge of money laundering to the tune of N2billion, continued on June 26, 2018 before Justice Yalim Suleiman Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, with prosecution tendering documents to establish the complicity of the defendant in the alleged offence. Aliyu, fondly referred to as "Chief Servant" during his time as governor is being prosecuted alongside his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendants allegedly laundered ecologic…