A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, has granted a former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, 14-day leave to file his no-case submission.
Jang and a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam, are being tried on 17 amended charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission bordering on alleged corruption and money laundering amounting to over 6.3bn during his tenure as governor
Both Jang and Pam pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following the closure of the prosecution case after calling over 12 witnesses, Jang through his lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), told the court that he was going to make a no-case submission stating that all the witnesses and documents exonerated his client (Jang) from financial misdeeds.
Ozekhome said that no case has been established against Jang to warrant his indictment by the court.
He told the court that they needed 14 days to write the formal no-case submission because of the volume of exhibits and documents tendered at the proceedings.
