Alleged N5.6bn fraud: ICPC to declare Jang wanted
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by harrison arubu5 in the light of the foregoing the commission may have no other option than to declare the former governor wanted okoduwa said1 indication to this was given by spokesperson of the commission mrs rasheedat okoduwa in a statement on thursday in abuja1 she said that jang was being investigated over alleged fraud involving about n5.6 billion but that he had continued to evade invitations to appear before the investigating team1 according to okoduwa the commission has been on the trail of the former governor now a senator since october 2017 when it opened investigation into alleged corruption-related activities during his tenure1 evidence before the icpc so far indicates that sen. jang allegedly committed the offences in march 20151 the independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission icpc said it may declare former governor of plateau sen. jonah jang wanted for refusing to honour its invitations1 she alleged that the former governor also illegally received n400 million of funds meant for plateau state universal basic education board subeb1 she added that jang also allegedly caused a former commissioner for finance in the state to illegally transfer n3.2 billion of subeb funds to the project account of the ministry of finance1 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 invitations1 also efforts to procure an arrest warrant from two different magistrates courts in the federal capital territory have been futile1 the magistrates declined to sign them even after the requisite sworn affidavit had been presented by the commission1 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 expenditure1