Supreme Court Delivers Final Judgment On Conviction Of Former Nigerian Governor

The conviction of a former Nigerian governor has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

YaahooJournalist reports that the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, January 7, affirmed the conviction of former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame.

This online news medium recalls that the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had sentenced the ex-governor to 12-years imprisonment.

Jolly Nyame

Delivering judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court partially upheld the ruling of the Appellate court but set aside the portion of the judgment which imposed millions of naira fines on Nyame.

Justice Amina Augie, who read the judgment, said the lower court imposed fine without any prompting by either of the parties to the case.