Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Plateau State government officials and agencies during the 2015–2023 term. Sources linked on each card.
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Total cases
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Convicted
5
Ongoing
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Dismissed
Govt response:
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
A coalition of civil society groups petitioned the EFCC in May 2024 alleging that roughly ₦50 billion in flagship 'legacy projects' commissioned under the Lalong administration were abandoned unfinished and remained in litigation with the contractors involved.
Outcome / Status
No public EFCC findings specific to this petition had been reported as of this update.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response from Lalong or his aides specifically addressing the abandoned-projects allegation was identified for this entry.
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
The same civil society coalition alleged that roughly ₦17 billion deducted from civil servants' salaries as Pay-As-You-Earn tax between 2015 and 2023 was unaccounted for, and asked the EFCC to investigate both the former Governor and heads of Plateau's tertiary institutions over the period.
Outcome / Status
No public EFCC findings specific to this petition had been reported as of this update.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response addressing the specific PAYE tax allegation was identified for this entry.
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
During Lalong's second term, the Plateau State 9th House of Assembly suspended 17 local government chairmen over allegations of financial misappropriation, a scale of local-government accountability breakdown that later drew civil society calls for a wider EFCC probe of the administration's oversight of council funds.
Outcome / Status
No independent audit or agency findings resolving the individual chairmen's cases were identified for this entry.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response from the state government specifically addressing the scale of the suspensions was identified for this entry.
OngoingPoliticised
Allegation
Successor Governor Caleb Mutfwang said his administration inherited a ₦307 billion debt burden and ₦11 billion in unpaid salary arrears from Lalong — figures well above the roughly ₦201.2 billion debt stock Lalong's camp said was verified by the Plateau State Debt Management Agency as of 30 April 2023.
Outcome / Status
No independent audit reconciling the two competing figures was identified for this entry; a group aligned with Lalong publicly described the ₦307bn figure as fictitious.
Administration's response
Lalong's supporters rejected the higher figures as politically motivated and pointed to the Debt Management Agency's lower, verified figure instead.
OngoingPoliticised
Allegation
Lalong appointed a new Head of Service less than 48 hours before the end of his tenure in May 2023, a pattern of eleventh-hour appointments by outgoing governors that critics view as an attempt to lock in political loyalists ahead of a handover, reducing the incoming administration's discretion over senior civil service leadership.
Outcome / Status
The appointment stood into the successor administration; no formal challenge or reversal specific to this appointment was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
The administration did not publicly characterise the timing as anything other than a routine, lawful exercise of the Governor's appointment powers before leaving office.