A witness in the trial of Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sirajo Muhammed Jaja, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how funds were allegedly transferred from the state’s sub-treasury accounts to a private company, JASFAD Resources Enterprises. The witness, Williams Abimbola, a compliance officer with United Bank for Africa, UBA,……
A witness in the trial of Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sirajo Muhammed Jaja, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how funds were allegedly transferred from the state’s sub-treasury accounts to a private company, JASFAD Resources Enterprises.
The witness, Williams Abimbola, a compliance officer with United Bank for Africa, UBA, gave the testimony on Monday, September 21, 2026, during proceedings before Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
Jaja is standing trial alongside Aliyu Abubakar, Abubakar Muhammed Hafiz, Ari Manga and Muhammed Aminu Bose in a case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged money laundering, diversion of public funds and criminal misappropriation.
The defendants are facing an amended five-count charge involving N1,635,270,350.90.
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According to the EFCC in a post via it’s X handle on Monday, September 21, the defendants, who were signatories to Bauchi State sub-treasury accounts, allegedly transferred funds from the accounts to JASFAD Resources Enterprises, a company managed by the first defendant, Aliyu Abubakar.
During Monday’s proceedings, prosecution counsel, Ekele E. Iheanacho, SAN, called Abimbola as the first prosecution witness after informing the court that the matter was for trial.
The witness told the court that her duties at UBA included receiving requests from law enforcement agencies, responding to enquiries and carrying out other assignments from the bank’s Chief Compliance Officer.
The EFCC tendered the Bauchi State account statement and the bank’s written statement as part of its evidence.
While being questioned by the prosecution, Abimbola detailed several transactions allegedly made from the Bauchi State sub-treasury account into JASFAD’s account.
Explaining transactions dated October 29, 2024, the witness said: “My Lord, on the 29 of October 2024, we have three credit transfers into the account of JASFAD from the Sub-treasury Bauchi Account. We have a transfer of N13,144,500, we also had a transfer of N17,169,300, and there is a transfer of N46,030,500.”
She further told the court that several other transfers were made between November 2024 and March 2025.
“On the seventh of November 2024, we had a credit transfer of N17,886,250, but the teller’s details were not captured. It just showed that transfers were made,” she said.
According to the witness, two further transfers of N12,215,000 and N16,919,750 were made on November 15, 2024, while another N90,373,550 was transferred on November 19.
She also told the court that N140,087,500 was transferred on November 22, 2024.
Abimbola said two transfers of N24,192,000 and N48,892,500 were made on December 24, 2024, while two other transfers of N335,040,000 and N300 million were made on December 27.
She further listed transactions allegedly made on December 31, 2024, February and March 2025, including transfers of N19,840,000 and N13,020,000 on February 25, 2025.
On the March transactions, the witness said transfers included N16,105,223.70 on March 3, N56,642,500 on March 5, N45,923,790 on March 7 and N11,253,500 on March 10.
She added that two transfers of N49,280,000 and N30,720,000 were made on March 12, while another N28,262,500 was transferred on March 14.
The witness also reiterated details of transactions on December 27, 2024, telling the court: “On December 27, 2024, there were three transfers, the first one is N335,040,000, the second one is N300,000,000 while the third is N26,975,000.”
Counsel to the defendants informed the court that they would require another date to cross-examine the witness.
Justice Egwuatu subsequently adjourned the case until October 22, 2026, for continuation of cross-examination and further trial.
