Jonah Jang, a former Governor of Plateau State, on Friday objected to an attempt by Jonah Kabong, a civil servant, to tender two classified documents in court on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Jang is being tried for alleged money laundering during his tenure as governor between 2007 and 2015.
Justice Daniel Longji, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, called Kabong as a prosecution witness for the production and submission of some documents.
The documents were said be minutes of state executive council meetings classified as as “Top Secret” documents from the office of Secretary to the Plateau State Government (SSG).
“My Lord, there are two documents that we asked this witness from the office of the SSG to produce for us, which we hope to tender before your lordship.
“We apply to tender it as part of our evidences against the accused.,” Jacobs announced.
But Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Counsel to Jang, objected to the application, saying it would be injurious to the state.
Justice Longji after listening to the parties’ arguments adjourned the case to June 27 for ruling on the application.
Earlier, Ozekhome had also punctured the testimonies of an ICPC Investigator, Taiwo Olorunyomi, who early said that Jang had contravened the provisions of ICPC Act and that of the Plateau State House of Assembly by misappropriation of SUBEB’s N2 billion to another project.
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