Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, stormed
the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos where a former Governor of the
state, Jonah Jang is being arraigned.
Jang is standing trial alongside Yusuf Pam, an ex-cashier in
the office of the Secretary to the Government of the State, on alleged N6.3bn
fraud charges brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
The two accused persons were first arraigned before Justice
Daniel Longji in March 2018 on 17 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust
and misappropriation of public funds but they had since pleaded not guilty to
the charges.
The case is currently before Justice Christy Dabup who
started hearing on the matter afresh following the retirement of Justice Longji
in December 2019, after hearing the matter 34 times.
Wike, clad in a dark blue suit with a white shirt
underneath, arrived the court premises at 9:50 am in company with other Peoples
Democratic Party chieftains and moved straight to courtroom where the trial was
already in progress.
Counsel for Jang, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), told the judge that
the Rivers State Governor was in the court to witness the trial of his client.
Details later…
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