Godwin Tsa, Abuja
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Gudu district of Abuja, has dismissed a bail application brought by the convicted former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, who is serving a 14-year jail term.
Nyame was, on May 30, 2018, convicted and sent to Kuje prison, Abuja, on corruption charges bordering on the diversion of over N1.6 billion belonging to Taraba State.
Justice Adebukola Banjoko after listening to the bail application ruled that it was “unmeritorious” adding that bail was never granted to a convict as a matter of right but only under “exceptional circumstances,” which could include ill health.
The former governor had predicated his bail application on the grounds that, at the prison, in Kuje, Abuja, where he is currently serving his term, he was denied access to traditional herbal medicine with which he was treating hypertension and diabetes before his conviction on May 30, 2018.
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