Ali Bello, who currently serves as Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, and Suleiman are facing an amended 16-count charge bordering on alleged misappropriation and money laundering involving N10,270,556,800.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed its case against Ali Bello, a nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, and his co-defendant, Dauda Suleiman, after presenting 17 witnesses in an alleged N10.2 billion fraud and money laundering trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The anti-graft agency concluded its case on Tuesday before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, after its 17th prosecution witness completed his testimony.
Ali Bello, who currently serves as Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, and Suleiman are facing an amended 16-count charge bordering on alleged misappropriation and money laundering involving N10,270,556,800.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, the final prosecution witness, Ahmed Audu Abubakar, an investigator with the EFCC, concluded his evidence under re-examination by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), who is the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commission.
