Crime
Alleged N6.3b Fraud: EFCC to appeal Jonah Jang, Pam’s acquittal
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the Friday, September 2, 2022 judgment of Justice C.L Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos.
Justice Dabpub discharged and acquitted a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, OSSG , Yusuf Pam, of the seventeen- count charges bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.
The Commission has initiated processes for an Appeal immediately, Wilson Uwujaren stated i a press release on Friday.
Jang was governor for eight years, and has spent two terms in the Senate, too, where most governors now retire after two terms.
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