‘Being in prison is a great lesson in humility’— Jang

Former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, says his short prison spell has been “a great lesson in humility”.

He also revealed that he had the “privilege” of sleeping on the same bed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo used at the Jos prison in 1995.

Jang said at the opening ceremony of the 94th general church council of Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) on Wednesday.

In a goodwill message delivered to the church on his behalf by Abraham Yiljap, his former commissioner of information, Jang said God was the only deciding factor in his being sent to prison.

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“For me, being in prison is a great lesson in humility. When I was at the EFCC office in Abuja, I slept on the floor, but here in the prison I have the privilege of sleeping in the same bed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo slept in at the Jos prison.”

Obasanjo was sent to prison in 1995 by the Abacha junta after he was tried by a military court on charges of felony and conspiracy to overthrow the Abacha government.

Jang, who represents Plateau-North Senatorial District, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Yusuf Pam, a former Cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government on a 12-count charge bordering on breach of trust, criminal conspiracy, diversion, misappropriation, dishonesty in respect of monies running into N6.3 billion.

 

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