Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
N6.3bn Fraud: ABSENCE OF JANG STALLS TRIAL
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State Jonah Jang could not continue today October 31, 2018 due to his inability to appear in court. Jang is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Daniel Longji of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on a 12 – count charge bordering on misappropriation of state funds to the tune of N6.3billion. The serving senator, allegedly embezzled special funds released to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria, two months to the end of his tenure as governor in 2015. Specifically, Jang allegedly pocketed N2…
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