Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state. Photo: ScanNews
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has denied been accountable for the travails of ex-governor Jonah Jang.
Jang was arraigned by Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on a 12 depend cost of alleged corruption and misappropriation of N6.3 billion earlier than the Jos High Court and remanded in jail until might 24.
Lalong, in an assertion throughout a congress carried out by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Crest Hotel in Jos throughout the weekend, stated that it was simply a good transfer to get better the monies of the state that have been siphoned.
He mentioned: “I took my time earlier than reacting to the feedback about what has been occurring within the state, I mentioned look some folks would say we've been vindictive and the president is vindictive, he simply says anyone should go a reply for his crime, is it a crime for Mr. President to say go a reply on your crime? No, it's similar factor in Plateau.
“A widow come to me yesterday and she was crying; she said I have taken somebody to prison, and I said Madam is not me, he ate our money and he took the money that was supposed to train you to get some skills, what they were doing now was how the money would be back to me before I give you your money.”
Jang, a serving senator, is being accused of embezzling particular funds launched to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, two months to the tip of his tenure as governor in 2015.