The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) says it has traced properties worth N500 million to Jonah Jang, former Plateau state governor.
Tony Orilade, acting spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement, the properties are located at No. 8 and 9 Gobarau Road Unguwan Rimi government residential area (GRA), Kaduna state.
Orilade said preliminary investigations revealed that the said properties were purchased from New Capital Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Northern Nigerian Development Company (NNDC) Kaduna.
Jang is standing trial on a 12-count charge bothering on diversion of public funds.
He was arraigned alongside Yusuf Pam, a former government official in the state. He was accused of misappropriating N6.3 billion while serving as the governor.
The offences were said to have been perpetrated a few months before the end of Jang’s tenure as governor in 2015.
In May, Jang was held in the custody of the anti-graft agency for nine days before he was arraigned.
He was subsequently remanded in prison but was released eight days later.
- TheCable
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