Supreme Court affirms conviction of ex-Taraba governor, Nyame

The Supreme Court today affirmed the conviction and 12-year imprisonment of former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, earlier handed to him by the Court of Appeal, Abuja.

The lower court had on November 16, 2018 judgment upheld Nyame’s conviction and sentencing over his fraudulent conduct while in office as governor.

A five-man panel of the Supreme Court has now upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal, but set aside the portion of the judgment which imposed millions of naira fines on the ex-Governor.

According to Justice Amina Augie, who read the lead judgment, the Court of Appeal imposed fine without any prompting by either of the parties to the case.