Nigerian former governor jailed for 14 years for corruption

A Nigerian former state governor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption after a long-running trial lasting more than a decade.

Jolly Nyame was convicted of 27 out of 41 charges at the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, bringing to an end a case that began in May 2007. Judge Adebukola Banjoko said the former governor of Taraba state in northeastern Nigeria had behaved "like a common thief with an unbridled greed", adding that even when an investigation into his activities began in 2006, he kept on offending.

The Judge said that makes him an unrepentant sinner or the most audacious chief executive Nigeria ever had. Nyame, a church pastor, was accused of looting some 1.64 billion naira - the equivalent at the time of twelve- point - two million dollars during his eight years in office from 1999. 

He was one of 15 former governors who left office in 2007 to be questioned at the end of their tenures by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission anti-corruption agency. 

SOURCE: BBC
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