Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N6.3bn Fraud: Court Rules on Admissibility of EFCC’s Evidence against Jang, June 27

Justice Daniel Longji of a Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos, has fixed June 27, 2019 to rule on the admissibility of documents sought to be tendered against a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N6.3 billion fraud. Jang is standing trial along with Yusuf Gyang Pam, a cashier of the Office of the Secretary to the Plateau State Government, for allegedly using their position to defraud the state, and enrich themselves after diverting about N2 billion released to the state by the Central Ban…