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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , says it is appealing the judgment of the Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos and delivered by Justice C.L Dabup which discharged and acquitted a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang, and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, OSSG , Yusuf Pam, of the seventeen- count charges bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.
The Commission disclosed this on Friday in a statement by the Head , Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujarem.
The statement reads:
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the Friday, September 2, 2022 judgment of Justice C.L Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, discharging and acquitting a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, OSSG , Yusuf Pam, of the seventeen- count charges bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.
The Commission has initiated processes for an Appeal immediately.
