Joseph Albasu Kunini, the Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly has called on the former governor of the State, Rev Jolly Nyame, to forgive all those who masterminded his incarceration.

The call was made by the Speaker at the weekend during a grand reception in Jalingo, in honor of Nyame following his freedom, after a presidential pardon recently.


He said, “since the presidential pardon and your freedom, Tarabans from all walks of life have waited anxiously to welcome you back home; therefore, today is a historic day and your homecoming is an


epoch-making occasion in the history of the State.

“Your Excellency, it is appropriate to describe you as an iconic figure in Taraba State which you had a rare privilege to govern.

“Indeed, serving jail term is hard on a person’s family, but it is even harder and painful for the person jailed; in fact, there is nothing harder to deal with than incarceration and loss of freedom”.

He said as a Christian and a clergy for that matter, Nyame should “let go of the past and forgive all those, who in one way or the other, were responsible for his incarceration.