in Abuja heard on Wednesday that funds in the Security Vote Account maintained with a commercial bank by the Anambra State Government were moved into private companies’ accounts.
Led in evidence by prosecuting lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir , Otubelu, who said he used to be a banker, told the court that he was in charge of managing the Anambra State security vote account as an Account Officer. When asked what happened to the funds that entered into the private companies’ accounts from the Anambra State Security Vote Account, the witness said: “It was used to process transactions for the Principal Secretary” to the defendant.”The witness identified Obiano’s Principal Secretary, Willy Nwokoye and the Account at the Government House, Theophilus Nweze as the signatories to the security vote account.