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Jonah Jang: Ex-Governor, standing trial for N6.3bn fraud, declares to run for President with PDP

The former governor, and current senator, announced his decision to run for president to his supporters in Jos. Former Plateau state governor, Senator Jonah Jang, has declared his intention to run for president in the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).Jang, a serving Senator representing Plateau North senatorial district, made the announcement at the PDP Secretariat in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.”I am prepared to pursue the task of restructuring Nigeria based on the constitution of the country with doggedness. I am willing to restore Nigeria. I believe in Nigeria and it oneness, I believe we can make it to the top nation of the world,” he said.He joins a growing list of aspirants who are eyeing the presidential ticket of the opposition party with former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, also expected to declare his intention to contest on Wednesday, August 29.Jang’s N6.3bn fraud trialJang’s decision to run for president comes despite currently standing trial for alleged misappropriation of N6.3 billion during his time as Plateau governor.In a 12-count charge filed against him and Yusuf Pam, a former Plateau government official, Jang is accused of mis-using some special funds released to the state government by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).Jang is alleged to have misappropriated 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 (MSMEDF). He is also accused of siphoning the sum of N4.3 billion from the state’s treasury through Pam who was working as a cashier in the office of the Secretary to the Plateau State Government at the time.Even though he was remanded in jail for over a week in May, Justice Daniel Longji,  granted him bail on May 24, 2018 and ordered him to deposit his international passport to authorities.74-year-old Jang was Plateau governor between 2007 and 2015 and is accused of committing the crime just two months to the end of his tenure in 2015.

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