The trial of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, was on Wednesday adjourned to October after a prosecution witness told the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, that he paid between 50 and 60 percent of consultancy commissions earned by his company to officials of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KSIRS).
The witness, who testified as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) eighteenth prosecution witness (PW18), made the disclosure before Justice Maryanne Anineh.
The EFCC is prosecuting Bello alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu on a 16-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving N110.4 billion.
The witness told the court that his company provided information technology, software development, software implementation, marketing and tax automation services.
He said the company served as a consultant to the KSIRS, providing tax process automation, tax audits and advisory services on tax policy and strategy.
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