Just In: Ex Gov. Nyame’s 14-year Jail Term Reduces To 12, Adds N525m Fine by Appeal Court
Just In: Ex Gov. Nyame’s 14-year Jail Term Reduces To 12, Adds N525m Fine by Appeal Court
Former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame at his conviction in May. Web image
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday reduce the 14-year imprisonment imposed by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja on a former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, earlier this year, to 12 years.
Justice Abdul Aboki-led three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in addition to the 12-year sentence, also imposed a fine of total sum of N525m on the convict, a fine that the lower court had omitted while dispensing the earlier sentence.
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