The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced properties worth N5 billion to former Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, who is currently standing trial for graft.

Jonah Jang

The properties are located at No. 8 and 9 Gobarau Road Unguwan Rimi GRA Kaduna State.

According to a statement signed by Tony Orilade, acting head, media and publicity, EFCC on Monday, preliminary investigations reveal that the properties were purchased from New Capital Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Northern Nigerian Development Company, NNDC, Kaduna.

Recall that the EFCC on May 7, 2018 filed 12 count charges against Jang for an alleged fraud of about N6.3 billion.

Jang who is a serving senator representing Plateau-North Senatorial District is being prosecuted before a Plateau State High Court for allegedly embezzling funds released to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The former governor is also said to have abused his office as the governor by collecting money to the tune of N4.3 billion from the state coffers through the cashier of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam.

One of the charges revealed that the former governor allegedly diverted N2 billion released by the CBN for disbursement to Small and Medium Enterprises in the state under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Funds, just a month before the expiration of his tenure in April 2015.