Justice Adebukola Banjoko of
FCT High Court, Gudu, on
Wednesday adjourned till
April 24, hearing in the
N1.64 billion fraud suit filed
against Jolly Nyame, former
governor of Taraba State.
The adjournment was to give
the defence time to bring its
witnesses.
Mr. Nyame is facing a 41-
count charge of
misappropriation of state
funds to the tune of N1.64
billion.
On February14, he lost his
`no case submission’ when
the judge ruled in favour of
the EFCC.
Olalekan Ojo, Mr. Nyame’s
counsel, told the court that
they were having “very
serious challenges’’ in
bringing their witnesses.
“My lord, today was set for
opening of our defence. The
court must have been
informed that we intend to
call three witnesses.
“To ensure that everything
was in order, we had
conducted conferences with
one of the witnesses who is
still in service, but unable to
be here,’’ Mr. Ojo said.
He said that the first witness
they intended to bring was a
police officer from Gombe
State.