EFCC vs Jang: Court to Resume Trial of Ex-Plateau Governor January 21

James Abraham, Jos

A Plateau state High Court will on January 21,2020 resume the trial of a former Governor of the state, Jonah Jang.

The Punch had reported that the state Chief Judge had reassigned the case to a new judge,Justice Charity Dabup.

This was after Justice Daniel Longji who had been handling the matter since March 2018 retired last week.

A Principal Counsel in the Plateau state Ministry of Justice, Mr Gideon Azi, who is also holding brief for the Economic and Financial Commission in the case confirmed the new hearing date to our Correspondent in Jos on Wednesday.

Azi said “The new judge, Justice Charity Dabup who has been assigned by the Chief Justice of the state to take over the case has fixed January 21,2020 to continue with the trial.

“The new date is for mention. What this means is that the trial of the former Governor and his co-accused will start afresh .Since we are on the side of the prosecution, we are making efforts to ensure that Counsels to the two defendants are served with the hearing notice on the new date”.

Our correspondent reports that Jang is facing trial alongside and a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the Plateau state Government, Mr Yusuf Pam as first and second defendants respectively.

They were arraigned on a 17 counts amended charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission bordering on alleged misappropriation of fund and criminal breach of trust while serving as Governor between 2007 and 2015.

The duo had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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EFCC vs Jang: Court to Resume Trial of Ex-Plateau Governor January 21