Jang fails to honour EFCC’s invitation

*Commission seals off Badeh’s son’s house in Abuja CONTRARY to widely circulated report that he was going to honour the invitation extended to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to shed light on certain areas in his eight-year administration in the state, former Plateau State governor, Senator Jonah Jang, on Thursday, failed to show up at the commission. The state government had petitioned the anti-corruption body over certain grey areas of the Jang-led administration, leading to the invitation extended to him by EFCC. The legislative aide to the ex-governor Jang, who is the senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District of the state in the National Assembly, Mr Olivia Dayzem, had, in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday, insisted that the senator would appear before the commission in Abuja. He stated that having served as governor for eight years, Jang needed to clear any grey areas that might need clarification in the course of his stewardship. “Let no one, therefore, misinform the public and especially the people of northern Plateau with contrived stories; the truth remains that Senator Jang has received an invitation from EFCC to give further explanations to some perceived grey areas; an invitation he is going to honour on Thursday, January 14, 2016,” Dayzem had stated in the statement. When asked if senator gave any reason for his failure to honour the invitation, Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, told the Nigerian Tribune that he did not know why the senator refuse to show up. Meanwhile, contrary to report that EFCC sealed off the house of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, thenigerialawyer learnt that the sealed house really belonged to Badeh’s son, who is a commercial pilot. When thenigerialawyer visited the house, located on 19, Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, the place was deserted with “EFCC KEEP OFF HOUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION” boldly written on the wall. [caption id="attachment_7203" align="alignnone" width="400"] Building reportedly owned by former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, sealed off by EFCC[/caption] A source informed that the son of the former defence chief, who was said to own the house, was living there as of the time of its being sealed off. EFCC operative, it was learnt, did not allow anyone to enter the house. No official of the anti-graft commission was ready to comment on the issue when thenigerialawyer ought to know whether the commission got a court order to seal off the house, but a source informed that the former Chief of Defence Staff was under investigation alongside other top military officers.]]>