Breaking: Court Of Appeal Reduces Nyame’s Sentence, Fines Him N495Million
Former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame’s sentence has been reduced to twelve(12) years, from the High Court’s judgement of fourteen(14) years.
A Federal High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja had sentenced Nyame to a 14-year jail term in May for fraud.
The Court of Appeal ordered the ex-governor to pay the fine of N495 million for misappropriating funds while he was in charge of Taraba.
He was charged on 41 counts of fraud but was found guilty on 27.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged Nyame to court for the diversion of N1.64 billion while he served as governor of Taraba between 1999 and 2007.
The court found Nyame guilty of breach of trust involving his alleged fraudulent approval of N250m for the purchase of stationery and office equipment in 2004.
During the trial, the commission presented several witnesses before the court, who said the ex-governor approved the diversion of various funds amounting to over N345 million to a company, Saman Global, within five weeks in 2005.
Nyame filed an appeal on the sentence.
The panel on Friday, November 16, led by Emmanual Agim, a judge, brought down the 14-year sentence by two years.
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