A witness in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, told the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday that N1bn from the Universal Basic Education Commission Matching Grant was diverted to pay workers’ salaries and pensions in 2015—and was never repaid. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the former governor on …

A witness and Assistant Director of Finance, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Hassan, on Wednesday narrated how the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed and his finance commissioner, Engr. Ademola Banu, allegedly mismanaged over N5 billion. The trial is before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The erstwhile governor and …