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Nigeria corruption cash 'took 10 days to count' | Nigeria corruption cash 'took 10 days to count' |
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A bank manager has told how two aeroplanes full of banknotes were used in a cash exchange being investigated in a major Nigerian corruption case. | A bank manager has told how two aeroplanes full of banknotes were used in a cash exchange being investigated in a major Nigerian corruption case. |
The quantity of cash, totalling 1.2bn naira ($3.8m; £3m), was so great that it took 10 days to count it, Sunday Oluseye told the court in Abuja. | The quantity of cash, totalling 1.2bn naira ($3.8m; £3m), was so great that it took 10 days to count it, Sunday Oluseye told the court in Abuja. |
His testimony forms part of a case linked to a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. | His testimony forms part of a case linked to a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. |
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to tackle corruption. | President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to tackle corruption. |
"I got worried when I saw the huge amount of money conveyed by the aircrafts that day," Mr Oluseye told the court, in comments reported by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a government anti-corruption body. | "I got worried when I saw the huge amount of money conveyed by the aircrafts that day," Mr Oluseye told the court, in comments reported by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a government anti-corruption body. |
He told the court that most of the money was in 500 and 1,000 naira notes. | He told the court that most of the money was in 500 and 1,000 naira notes. |
The evidence was given as part of a money-laundering case brought by the EFCC against Abiodun Agbele, whom the body names as a close ally of the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. | |
The EFCC says the case is linked to a wider investigation into Nigeria's former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki, who has been charged for an alleged multi-million dollar fraud in which government funds earmarked to fight Boko Haram were stolen. | |
Mr Dasuki and Mr Agbele both deny the charges. | |
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria and so far the EFCC has only managed to secure a handful of convictions. | Corruption is endemic in Nigeria and so far the EFCC has only managed to secure a handful of convictions. |
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