The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has traced
properties worth N500 million to former Plateau State governor, Jonah
Jang.
properties worth N500 million to former Plateau State governor, Jonah
Jang.
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| Senator Jonah Jang |
The properties are located at No. 8 and 9 Gobarau Road Unguwan Rimi GRA Kaduna State.
Preliminary investigations revealed that they were bought from New
Capital Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Northern Nigerian
Development Company, NNDC, Kaduna.
Capital Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Northern Nigerian
Development Company, NNDC, Kaduna.
The EFCC on May 7, 2018 filed a 12-count charge against the former governor for an alleged fraud of about N6.3 billion.
Jang, who is the Senator representing Plateau-North Senatorial District, is being prosecuted before a Plateau State High Court.
He is accused of embezzling some special funds released to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The former governor is also said to have abused his office as the
governor by collecting N4.3bn from the state coffers through the cashier
of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam.
governor by collecting N4.3bn from the state coffers through the cashier
of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam.
One of the counts alleged that the former governor allegedly diverted
N2bn released by the CBN for disbursement to Small and Medium
Enterprises in the state under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Funds, just a month before the expiration of his tenure in
April 2015.
N2bn released by the CBN for disbursement to Small and Medium
Enterprises in the state under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Funds, just a month before the expiration of his tenure in
April 2015.
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