Anti-graft Agency, EFCC To Appeal Court Ruling That Freed Ex-Plateau Governor, Jonah Jang In N6.3billion Fraud
They were first summoned in June 2018, on 17 counts verging on misappropriation of assets and criminal break of trust.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has documented an allure against a Plateau High Court choice that released and vindicated Senator Jonah Jang and Yusuf Pam of defilement accusations adding up to N6.3billion.
This was uncovered by the organization’s representative, Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday.
He said, “The Commission has started processes for an Appeal right away” in a proclamation seen on the counter join body’s true Twitter page.
SaharaReporters prior announced that Jang had been absolved of the N6.3 billion in defilement accusations that the EFCC brought against him.
The previous lead representative was cleared by the Plateau State High Court, Jos Judicial Division, managed by Justice Christy Dabup on Friday.
The counter unite organization had blamed Jang for criminal break of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State assets to the tune of N6.3billion.
Yusuf Pam, a previous clerk in the express government’s secretary’s office, was a co-litigant for the situation.
They were first summoned in June 2018, on 17 counts verging on misappropriation of assets and criminal break of trust.
During the preliminary, Sunday Musa, an examiner with the EFCC, let the court know that Pam pulled out cash running into a great many naira and gave it over to the previous lead representative.
He guaranteed that their examination uncovered that the cash was essential for the N2 billion that the Central Bank of Nigeria provided for the state government as a credit in 2015 for payment to medium and limited scope ventures.
Yet, when the EFCC counsel looked to delicate the explanations that the commission got from Pam as a display through Musa, counsel for Pam, S. Oyawole, mentioned a criticism and contended that the said explanations were acquired under coercion from his client and subsequently prohibited in court.