Lalong begins probe of ex-gov Jang
The judicial commission of inquiry recently set to by the Governor of Plateau State, Barrister Simon Lalong, to investigate eight years of financial dealings by the former governor of Plateau state Jonah Jang, has said it has concluded plans to probe the former governor.
Secretary of the commission, Alhaji Sani Yahaya, in an interview with journalists in Jos, on Tuesday, on the level of preparation by the commission to kick start the probe revealed that the commission will begin it public hearing this Thursday.
Yahaya assured that all parties will be giving fair hearing, maintain that the six member commission was people of proven characters.
He, however, stated that submission of memoranda was still ongoing “we are still receiving memoranda, we want to ensure that everyone who has interest to submit memoranda to the commission should do so, we have no preference to anyone, or group of persons.”
He however could not disclosed the number of memoranda received so far, but noted that there was positive response “I can’t tell you the number of memoranda we have collected, because we are still in the process, but I can assure you it will be made known to the public by the chairman of the commission during our inaugural sitting on Thursday.”
It will be recalled that governor Lalong inaugurated a six man judicial commission of inquiry under the chairmanship of Justice Stephen Adah,to investigate the entire financial dealings, including salaries paid to civil servants in the state of his predecessor.
