N37bn loan scam: Bankole, ex-deputy didnt benefit Witness tells court

The Director of Finance, National Assembly, Mr Bukoye Azeez, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday that even though former Speaker Dimeji Bankole approved N37 billion loans for lawmakers, he and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada, did not benefit from them. He said Bankole okayed the loans allegedly obtained from two banks to fund the increase of lawmakers running costs from N17 million to N42 mmillion quarterly.
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