A Bureau De Change (BDC) Operator, Ayuba Tanko on Wednesday testified in the in the ongoing money laundering trial of former Governor of Anambra, Mr Willie Obiano. The BDC operator said between April and December 2017, a total sum of N416 million was paid into a company’s account he used by proxy.
A Bureau De Change Operator, Ayuba Tanko on Wednesday testified in the in the ongoing money laundering trial of former Governor of Anambra, Mr Willie Obiano . The BDC operator said between April and December 2017, a total sum of N416 million was paid into a company’s account he used by proxy. Ayuba testified before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission counsel, Slyvanus Tahir, SAN.
He said he was invited by the EFCC, through its Investigation Department, in 2023 and was questioned about Zigaziga Trading and Company Ltd’s account domiciled in one of the commercial banks. When the senior lawyer asked him how much he received at the period, the witness said: “Between April 2017 to December 2017, the total money I received at that period was N416 million. “And I gave a dollar equivalent as $1,137,000.00,” he said.
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