Jolly Nyame
The High Court of the FCT in Abuja has dismissed a bail utility filed by the convicted ex-Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who's presently serving 14-year jail time period in Kuje jail.
Trial choose, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, who on May 30, 2018, convicted Nyame on corruption costs involving the diversion of over N1bn belonging to Taraba State, dominated on Wednesday that the ex-governor’s utility for bail was “unmeritorious.”
Banjoko dominated that bail was by no means granted to a convict as a matter of proper however solely underneath distinctive circumstances, which may embody ailing well being.
Although Nyame’s utility was anchored on the grounds of ailing well being, Justice Banjoko dominated that there have been no credible supplies supplied by the convict to warrant granting him bail.
He had anchored his utility on the rivalry that, on the jail, the place he's presently serving his time period, he was denied entry to conventional natural drugs with which he was treating hypertension and diabetes earlier than his conviction.