Ex-Kwara State Accountant General (AG), Mr. Suleiman Ishola, yesterday, testified that the administration of former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in 2013 actually took the sum of N1 billion loan to augment the payment of civil servants and pensioners salaries in the state.
Isola also said that the fund was not diverted to personal pockets as being insinuated in certain quarters.
The ex-AG, who is also Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, stated this at the state High Court, Ilorin, yesterday when being led in evidence by the EFCC Counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN).
Isola was testifying before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar in the ongoing trial of former Governor Ahmed and his former Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, over alleged misappropriation of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB) funds.