N5.6BN ALLEGED FRAUD: ICPC to declare Senator Jang wanted

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it may have no option than to declare former Plateau State governor Senator Jonah Jang wanted.

The anti-corruption agency said that Jang, who is currently a seving senator, has continously refused to honour its invitations.

ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa who stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, added that Jang was being investigated over alleged fraud of about N5.6 billion.

“Evidence before the ICPC so far indicates that Sen. Jang allegedly committed the offences in March, 2015.

“He allegedly received N2 billion in cash illegally out of the money which was allocated to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), under the pretext of a loan to be spent on ‘classified expenditure’ she said.’’

Mrs Oduduwa further alleged that the senator had also illegally received N400 million of funds meant for Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

She also accused Jang of illegally causing a former Commissioner for Finance in the state to transfer N3.2 billion of SUBEB funds to the project account of the Ministry of Finance.

“ICPC has sent several invitations to Jang through both the Senate President and the Clerk of the National Assembly to come and clear his name but he has refused to honour the invitations.

Mrs. Oduduwa added, “Also, efforts to procure an arrest warrant from two different Magistrates’ Courts in the Federal Capital Territory have been futile.

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“The magistrates declined to sign them even after the requisite sworn affidavit had been presented by the Commission.

“In the light of the foregoing, the Commission may have no other option than to declare the former governor wanted”, she declared.

 

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