The immediate past Governor of
Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang Wednesday
appeared in court to answer a 12-count fraud charge preferred against him by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in a Jos High Court. The
court was being presided by Justice Daniel Longji.
It would be recalled that the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Monday, May 7, 2017,
preferred a 12-count fraud charge against the immediate past Governor of the
State and Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang, for alleged
misappropriation of over N6.3billion two months to the end of his tenure as
governor in 2015.
According to the charges, Jang,
allegedly embezzled some special funds released to the state by the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
In one of the counts, the former
Governor, among other things, pocketed N2 billion released by the CBN for
disbursement to small and medium enterprises in the state under the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Funds, MSMEDF, just a month before the
expiration of his tenure in April 2015.
Jang is also said to have abused
his office as the governor by collecting money to the tune of N4.3 billion from
the state coffers through the cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the
State Government.
However, Jang appeared in court
today to seek for bail, so he can be released from EFCC custody.
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