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
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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