BREAKING: Court rejects Nyame’s post-conviction bail
An FCT High Court in Gudu has rejected an application for bail made by convicted former governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame. READ ALSO: Yar’ adua, Jonathan’s anti-corruption drive facilitated Nyame, Dariye convictions — Reno Omokri Nyame, who was convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for corruption, approached the same court with the post-conviction […]
An FCT High Court in Gudu has rejected an application for bail made by convicted former governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame.
READ ALSO: Yar’ adua, Jonathan’s anti-corruption drive facilitated Nyame, Dariye convictions — Reno Omokri
Nyame, who was convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for corruption, approached the same court with the post-conviction bail application on the basis of ill-health.
However, the trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, rejected the bail application.
READ ALSO: Ex-governor Nyame gets 14-year jail term
The judge held that nothing was placed before the court by Nyame to show that the prisons authority do not have the facility to take care of his health.
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Detail later…