BBC: A Nigerian bank manager has told a court that it took his staff 10 days to count all the money given to him by an aide to the governor of Ekiti state.
The aide, Abiodun Agbele, is being investigated by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The cash – 1.2bn naira ($3.9m, £3.1m) – arrived in two aircraft, the manager of a bank in the city of Akure told a federal court in the capital, Abuja:
“I got worried when I saw the huge amount of money conveyed by the aircraft that day. It took us 10 working days to count the money and each day, the uncounted sum is stored in the strong room as ‘boxed’ cash.”
Sunday, Zenith bank manager in Akure
Zenith Bank manager, Sunday, said Mr Agbele told him to transfer the money into a range of different accounts.
However, he said he did not report the transactions as suspicious because it was not his job to do so.
According to the EFCC, Mr Agbele is facing charges for allegedly diverting 4.6bn naira from the office of former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.
