{"id":68537,"date":"2022-07-15T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T17:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/n6-3bn-fraud-ex-plateau-gov-jonah-jang-faces-judgement"},"modified":"2022-07-15T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:10:30","slug":"n6-3bn-fraud-ex-plateau-gov-jonah-jang-faces-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n6-3bn-fraud-ex-plateau-gov-jonah-jang-faces-judgement","title":{"rendered":"N6.3bn fraud: Ex-Plateau Gov. Jonah Jang faces judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Justice C. L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court in Jos is set to deliver judgement in the trial of ex-Plateau governor, Jonah Jang.<\/p>\n

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is also prosecuting a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Justice Dialup adjourned after the adoption of final written addresses by both the prosecution and the defence counsel.<\/p>\n

Jang and Pam are facing trial for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of State funds to the tune of N6.3billion.<\/p>\n

Jang\u2019s counsel, Mike Ozekhome, who adopted his final written address, urged the court to discharge and acquit his client.<\/p>\n

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) informed the court that Jang pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.<\/p>\n

Ozekhome said the case lacked merit and that the prosecution did not prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

Pam\u2019s lawyer, S.G. Odey, while adopting his final written address, urged the court to discharge and acquit his client on all charges.<\/p>\n

Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) however, urged the court to consider the evidence of all the fourteen witnesses before it.<\/p>\n

Justice Dabup informed the counsels that the High Court will be going on vacation and they consented that the judge could deliver judgment during the period.<\/p>\n

The judge adjourned the case for judgment to a date that will be communicated to the parties.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Justice C. L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court in Jos is set to deliver judgement in the trial of ex-Plateau governor, Jonah Jang. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is also prosecuting a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam. On Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,6858,8021,254,191],"class_list":["post-68537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-jonah-jang","tag-n6-3bn-fraud","tag-nigeria","tag-plateau"],"yoast_head":"\nN6.3bn fraud: Ex-Plateau Gov. 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