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Alleged N6.3bn Fraud: EFCC Presents More Witnesses against Ex-Plateau Gov, Jang

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, continued with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting more witnesses against him and Yusuf Gyang Pam, a cashier of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government. They are being prosecuted on a 12-count charge bordering on misappropriation of state funds to the tune of N6.3 billion. They are alleged to have been complicit in the fraudulent diversion of special funds released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for disbursement to small and medium enterprises in the state, under the Micro, Small and Mediu…