Some bankers, who allegedly aided a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, to divert about N1.16bn ecological funds meant for the state in 2001, have been convicted by a Federal High Court in Kaduna, an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamanga Bello, has told a high court in Abuja.
Bello, a member of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering at the EFCC and a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Dariye before the FCT High Court, said this as part of his testimony on Thursday.
The witness said the All States Trust Bank (now defunct) and some of its officials aided Dariye in manipulating bank transactions and concealing information about the identity of the owner of an account, which was allegedly used in siphoning Plateau State’s fund.
He said the bank and its officials involved in the alleged fraud, were found to have violated the provision of Section 5 of the Money Laundering Decree 2005.