The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to appeal the judgement of a Plateau State High Court discharging and acquitting a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, and an ex-cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam, of the charges of alleged N6.3bn fraud.
Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Alleged N6.3b Fraud: EFCC to Appeal Jonah Jang, Pam’s Acquittal’.
KEMI FILANI NEWS had earlier reported that Justice Christy Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos discharged and acquitted Jang and Pam of the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against them by the EFCC.
According to the statement on its verified Twitter page, Uwajaren said the EFCC had initiated processes for an appeal “immediately.”
The commission’s statement read, “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.”