Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices to urgently review and withdraw the pardon granted to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame who are serving jail terms for corruption.” Also SERAP urged him to“propose constitutional amendment to the […]
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A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the bail application filed on behalf of Jolly Nyame, ex-governor of Taraba state. Recall that Nyame is in Kuje prison, Abuja, after a judge handed him a 14-year jail sentence on May 30. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused Nyame of criminally misappropriating the […]
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Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba State and clergyman, has been sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison, 14 years of which was for criminal breach of trust. An outraged Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal High Court, while handing out the sentence, lashed out: “There’s no moral justification for the level […]
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