Prosecution witnesses on Thursday told the Plateau State High Court how a former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, and a former state government cashier allegedly diverted funds meant for the micro, small and medium enterprises in the state.
Testifying as the 13th prosecution witness, an assistant director in charge of development with the CBN, Musa Olashuko, before the judge, C.L Dabup, gave some insights into the alleged diversion. He further said the money was supposed to be sent directly from Zenith Bank as the bank housing the money to the beneficiaries’ accounts within five working days, but the Plateau State government allegedly diverted the funds to various accounts of the state.
“My lord, we discovered that this money was deposited into the Plateau State Project 1 Account as against the PLASMEDAN account. The witness also told the court that they also investigated Plateau State’s SUBEB account and discovered the same pattern was used to loot money from the account.