Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Jang's Trial: Defendant's Confessional Statements Obtained Voluntarily, says Witness

The trial within trial of Yusuf Pam, a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, who is standing trial alongside Jonah Jang, a former Plateau State governor for an alleged N6.2billion fraud commenced on July 24, 2019 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC presenting two witnesses. Testifying before Justice Daniel Longji of the Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos, the first witness, Musa Sunday, who is an EFCC investigator, told the Court that Pam was never at any time pressured to make his confessional statements and was never put under duress…