Former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame is to spend 14 years of his life in prison as he was convicted for corruptly enriching himself with public funds.
This is a credit to Ibrahim Magu led EFCC that has been accused of incompetence in convicting suspected fraudsters since the inception of this current administration of President Buhari.
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The court convicted Mr Nyame of criminal breach of trust in a case of N1.64 billion fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Nyame, who was Taraba State governor between 1999 and 2007, was accused of criminally misappropriating the funds while he governed the state, Channels Tv reports.
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Delivering a judgement that lasted more than four hours on Wednesday, Justice Adebukola Banjoko found the former governor guilty in 27 out of 41 counts he was charged with.
The judge blamed Nyame for financial recklessness and brazen display of executive power without following due process.
According to the judegment, the former governor was jailed two years for misappropriation of government funds, seven years for receiving gratification, and five years for obtaining valuable government properties without consideration.
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However, the jail terms are to run concurrently.
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