An Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission’s prosecution witness, Adeniyi Adebayo, on Monday narrated
before a Federal High Court, Lagos, how the Speaker, Lagos State House of
Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, collected millions of naira in cash from the
House under various headings.
Adebayo did the narration
while continuing his testimony at the ongoing trial of Ikuforiji and his
personal assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, for alleged money laundering.
Both Ikuforiji and Atoyebi
are being prosecuted by the EFCC for 54 counts of recieving over ₦600m from the
Lagos State House of Assembly without passing through a financial institution
between April 2010 and July 2011.
Adebayo, an EFCC investigator,
commenced his testimony on November 21, before Justice Ibrahim Buba.