EFCC witness clears ex-Kwara Governor of direct receipt in N5.78bn SUBEB case

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, Stanley Ujilibo, has told an Ilorin High Court that former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, did not directly receive any part of the alleged N5.78 billion State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) funds under investigation.
Ujilibo, who testified on Wednesday as the sixth prosecution witness (PW6), made the disclosure during cross-examination in the ongoing trial of the former governor and his former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Alhaji Demola Nurudeen Banu.
The defendants are standing trial over alleged diversion of SUBEB funds.
The EFCC investigator sta...