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| Jonah Jang being escorted out of court by EFCC officials/ Photo Credit: Premium Times |
EFCC Cites Security Reasons For Absence Of Witnesses
The Plateau State High Court has threatened
to strike out the criminal case against Senator Jonah David Jang, by
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) if the
commission continues to delay proceeding with flimsy excuses.
Justice Daniel Longji, who said this while speaking
on the failure of the anti graft agency to produce witnesses, explained that he
has the constitutional right to strike out the case, “but the defence counsel has not
made that application; he has only reluctantly agreed to the adjournment”.
We also gathered that the Jos High Court No. 5 being presided by Justice D. D.
Longjin today adjourned to 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 2018 the case
of financial misappropriation filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) against the Former Governor of Plateau and Senator
representing Plateau Northern District, His Excellency Sen. Jonah Jang and Mr.
Yusuf Gyang Pam.
Justice
D. D. Longji of Plateau High Court adjourned hearing on the criminal case of
corruption being instituted on Sen. Jang & Mr. Yusuf over failure of the
EFCC to produce a witness in Court.
Rotimi Jacob, SAN
who is the counsel to EFCC, informed the Court that they could not produce a
single witness in court, citing security as reason for their inability to
produce a witness.
Robert Clarke, SAN counsel to Senator Jonah David Jang and
Yusuf Gyang Pam was visibly unhappy when in his words said “justice delayed is justice
delayed” “How can the EFCC claim that they could not produce witnesses in court
for security reasons while the EFCC is a security agency in itself. The EFCC is
in possession of arms, how can they complain of security?”
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