{"id":91653,"date":"2022-02-08T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T21:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91653"},"modified":"2022-02-08T22:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T21:22:53","slug":"n6-32bn-fraud-efcc-presents-two-more-witnesses-against-ex-plateau-gov-jang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/n6-32bn-fraud-efcc-presents-two-more-witnesses-against-ex-plateau-gov-jang\/","title":{"rendered":"N6.32bn Fraud: EFCC Presents Two More Witnesses Against Ex-Plateau Gov. Jang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1724216286148145771\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1724227538580176778\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has presented two more witnesses in the corruption trial of a former Plateau State governor, Senator David Jonah Jang before Justice Christy Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0resumed today, Tuesday, with the prosecution presenting two more witnesses:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The two witnesses according to a statement by EFCC\u00a0Head, Media &amp; Publicity,Wilson Uwujaren are\u00a0Kakai Sanka (PW6) and Mary Anthony Bawa (PW7).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">EFCC, is prosecuting Jang alongside Yusuf Pam, a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.32 billion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, Sanka, a former Accountant General of Plateau State from 25th August, 2011 to 1st June, 2015, told the court that his schedule of duties included maintaining custody of all funds accruing to the state, payment, disbursements and remittances as the case maybe, on the approval of the governor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The former Accountant General explained how disbursement of funds were made in Plateau State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;My lord, the procedure of disbursements is as follows. The ministry or MDA that has a need of funds initiates a memo to the Governor seeking approval. If it is approved, it is forwarded to the Commissioner for Finance who then directs the processing and release of funds to the Accountant General. The Accountant General will check the memo and direct the Director of Treasury, after processing, to send the memo through the expenditures control process\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The witness told the court that the N2billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Funds (MSME), fund which the state received from the Central Bank of Nigeria was paid into the Project 1 account on the instruction of the governor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the issue of the loan provided by the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Boyi told the court that, &#8220;there was a request from the governor to borrow money from SUBEB in the sum of N900 million but SUBEB was able to raise N750 Million and it was the governor that approved the borrowing\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The witness further stated that he met e-payment when he assumed office and until he left in 2015, the e-payment system was still in force.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">PW7, Bawa, in her testimony, informed the court that she was at SUBEB, as Director, Finance and Supply from March 2015 &#8211; August 2015, and that her duties included raising mandates and returns of all payments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the loans provided by SUBEB, the witness said they were given after approval.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Apart from the N2billion, there was another N750 million which was during my time. There was a request and approval for it, and there are documents for the request and approval, my lord&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Prosecution counsel, Jacobs, SAN tendered certified copies of the request and approval for the loans in evidence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Counsel to 1st and 2nd defendants cross-examined the witnesses. 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