Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba State and clergyman, has been sentenced to an overall total of 28 years in prison, 14 years of that has been 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 degree of outright theft, and the Court must therefore, impose a record, hopefully as an obstruction to other public officers, who might be similarly inclined”
The former Taraba state helmsman also bagged 2 yrs for criminal misappropriation, seven years for gratification and five years for obtaining money by dishonesty.
He was, however discharged of 12 counts, out of 41.