A former Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang, has been discharged and acquitted over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Christy Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, who gave the judgement on Friday, also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the Plateau state government, Yusuf Pam.
Yusuf was charged alongside the former governor.
KEMI FILANI NEWS reports that 78-year-old Jang was governor of Plateau State for eight years between 2007 to 2015.
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