A federal high court sitting in
Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the bail application filed on behalf of Jolly
Nyame, ex-governor of Taraba state.
Nyame is currently 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 funds
while he served as governor between 1999 and 2007.
Adebukola Banjoko, a judge, found
him guilty of 27 out of the 41 counts levelled against him and jailed him for
14 years without an option of fine.
Olalelakan Ojo, Nyame’s counsel, had told the court that his
client needed access to traditional medicine with which he was treating
hypertension and diabetes.
Ojo, in arguing the application,
referred to a June 19 medical report issued by a Jalingo, Taraba State
hospital, suggesting that the convict could die if not released from prison.
However, Banjoko ruled that
Nyame’s application was “unmeritorius”.
The judge said bail could not be
granted to a convict as a matter of right but only under “exceptional
circumstances,” which could include ill health.
Although Nyame cited health
reasons for his request, Banjoko ruled that there was no credible evidence to
warrant granting him bail.
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