A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Monday mounted May 16, for the arraignment of Senator David Jang who's being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for misappropriation of funds.
Consequently, professional Plateau youths in solidarity with the Senator, thronged the courtroom premises demanding for his release and carrying placards with inscriptions such as ‘Stop The Witch-hunt’, ‘Jang Our Hero’, and so forth.
Our correspondent stories that the EFCC had on Monday May 7, most popular a 12 rely charge bordering on alleged corruption and misappropriation of funds against Jang.
Sen. Jang who at present represents Plateau North Senatorial District, is alleged to have misappropriated over N6 billion two months to the top of his tenure as governor of Plateau State in 2015.
As said by the costs, Jang can also be stated to have embezzled over N4 billion from the state’s coffer by a cashier within the workplace of the Secretary to the State Government, one Yusuf Pam, who can also be charged together with Jang for additionally personally enriching himself with N11 million.
At the listening to, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacob (SAN) representing the EFCC, moved an experte software, to favor the charge to the courtroom.
Jacob stated that the case was listed for an experte software for depart and never arraignment, he additional prayed the courtroom to give them two days to produce the accused individuals earlier than the courtroom for correct arraignment.
Counsel representing Sen. Jang, Robert Clarke (SAN) whereas responding, expressed shock that his consumer has been behind bars since May 7, with out bail and correct arraignment.
Clarke also stated that the arraignment ought to have been performed owing that his consumer had been served with papers and the courtroom served with similar.
The decide, Justice D.D Longji, in his ruling stated that what the prosecuting counsel did was proper, as the matter was not prepared for arraignment.
Longji stated that the matter was for an experte software to favor the costs earlier than the courtroom including that he had to acknowledge the matter earlier than arraignment.
He also stated that he had additionally obtained the bail software for the accused individuals, however can not act on it till they (accused individuals) have been correctly arraigned.
He thereafter adjourned the matter to May 16, for correct arraignment and listening to of the applying for bail.
Recall that a member of the authorized crew to Senator Jonah Jang, Barrister David Dusu, had final week, alleged that the Plateau State authorities and the Minister for Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, had sustained stress on the EFCC, to arrest and detain Jang.
Dusu stated it's unlawful for the EFCC to maintain the Senator past 24hours.
He stated when the Information Minister printed the “looters list” indicting Jang to have embezzled N12 billion, attorneys to the senator wrote him looking for a retraction and demanding a whooping N500million harm, as what EFCC had earlier allegedly indicted the ex -governor was N6.3billion and never N12b.
As it stands, Jang authorized crew had file a go well with against the EFCC demanding N500million as damages against the individual of the Senator.
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