SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS 12 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR NYAME, TARABA EX-GOVERNNOR

TARABA EX-GOVERNOR, JOLLY NYAME HAS BAGGED 12 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR CORRUPTION

The Supreme Court has on Friday, February 7, 2020, affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, to 12 years imprisonment for N1.6bn corruption charges.

Nyame had on May 30, 2018 been convicted by Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court on a total of 27 out of 41 corruption charges involving about N1.6bn held against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

A five-man panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, had set aside the N100m fine imposed on him by the Court of Appeal, but Justice Amina Augie held that it was wrong for the Court of Appeal to have imposed the fine on him, ruling it a nullity. She however affirmed Nyame’s guilt and conviction, and upheld the Court of Appeal’s reduction of the 14 years imprisonment to 12 years.

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The former governor was sentenced to different terms of imprisonment for offences including criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust and receiving gratification as a public officer. The funds he misappropriated included ecological funds, funds earmarked for grains, and a presidential visit.