Ruling on Jang’s 6.3bn fraud is set for September 2

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The court case of the embattled ex-governor of Plateau State filed against him by the EFCC over an alleged N6.3bn fraud will get the final judgement delivered to him by a Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on September 2, 2022.

Sunday Odey, a member of the ex-military officer’s defense team, did confirm the development to our source in Jos on Wednesday.

Odey said, “We have confirmation from the court that Honourable Justice Christy Dabup has fixed Friday, September 2, 2022, for judgment in the case.

“We don’t have problem with the date because it is the prerogative of the judge to give a date to deliver her judgement whenever her lordship finishes writing her judgement.

“The lawyers and anyone else don’t have any role to play again after their final addresses, which we have done. So, everything regarding the case is now in the hands of the judge and God.”

According to our source, the anti-graft agency first arraigned Mr. Jang, governor, between 2007 and 2015, alongside a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the state government, Yusuf Pam, in March 2018.

Both men first faced trial before Justice Daniel Longji on a 17-count charge for alleged misappropriation of N6.3bn Plateau State. The case went into hearing for about two years, unfortunately, in 2019, Justice Longji retired, and this led to the stalling of the hearing.

However, in 2020 the case started after the state Chief Judge assigned it to a new judge, Justice Christy Dabup.

Since then, the case continued until the last hearing date on July 14, 2022, during which the prosecution counsel, led by Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, and the defense counsel, led by Mike Ozekhome, SAN, adopted their final written addresses.

Source: punchng.com

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