A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday admitted in evidence receipts of school fees paid to the American International School, Abuja (AISA) in favour of the children of the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.
The receipts were among other documents tendered by the prosecution at the resumed hearing in the trial of the ex-governor on an N80.2 billion money laundering charge.
Prosecuting lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) tendered the documents through the third prosecution witness, Nicholas Ohehomon, who told the court that the receipts were issued in the names of four of the defendant’s children.
Ohehomon, who started his testimony on Thursday, had identified himself as an Internal Auditor with the AISA.
The witness was, during Friday’s proceedings, handed a document marked Exhibit 13P1, which he identified as a telex from the United Bank for Africa (UBA), sent by a relative of the defendant, Ali Bello, to the AISA.
He also identified other documents marked as Exhibits 13P2 to 13P4 as evidence of transfers made by Forza Oil and Gas in favour of the defendant’s children.
Ohehomon equally identified another document marked Exhibit 13P5 as a telex sent from Whales Oil and Gas to the AISA.
When asked to confirm if the defendant’s name was reflected on the documents, the witness said Bello’s name was cont contained in the documents.
Under cross-examination, defence lawyer, Joseph Daudu (SAN) sought to tender a bundle of documents he claimed was a judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in relation to a suit between Ali Bello and the AISA over the school fees payment.
