Hassan Fajitime, counsel to Jolly Nyame,
former Taraba governor, on Tuesday
begged an FCT High Court, Gudu, for an
adjournment to enable him peruse
documents admitted as exhibits on
Monday.
Fajimite asked for the adjournment to
enable him study the 2007, 2008 and
2009 Financial Reports from the office of
the Accountant General of Taraba.
The reports were submitted on Monday
by defence witness, Aminu Ayuba, the
Acting Accountant General of Taraba.
Rotimi Jacobs(SAN), the counsel to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) said, “it is not fair for
us spending two days on one witness.’’
Jacobs, who objected to the adjournment,
told the court that the defence is privy to
the certified true copies of the exhibits
since Monday.
“They had been studying it since
morning,’’ Jacobs added.
The judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko,
ordered that the photocopies of the
exhibits be made available to the defence
and adjourned the case until May 24.
Before the application for adjournment,
Fajimite led Ayuba in evidence.
He told the court that by virtue of his
position, no query was ever given to
Nyame relating to financial
misappropriation.
He said that he was at Taraba State
Government House from 1999 to June
2005, and worked under two chief
accountants, and never reported directly
to Nyame on financial matters.
He also said that every staff must duly
sign the payment voucher, including the
governor, as he was not exempted.
Jolly Nyame is facing a 41-count charge
of misappropriation of state funds to the
tune of N1.64billion.