Some sections of Taraba residents Friday celebrated the release of a former Governor Jolly Nyame from prison.
Nyame, 66, was governor of Taraba from 1999 to 2007. He was serving a 12-year jail term for financial malfeasance and abuse of office until Thursday when the National Council of State met and granted him and other ex-convicts state pardon.
The National Council of State also granted state pardon to a former Plateau State, Governor, Joshua Dariye and 157 others Thursday.
Those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) noted that the Nyame was a man of the people.
Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Dr Joseph Kunini, commended the National Council of State for the decision to pardon the former governor.
“Former Gov. Nyame is a worthy son of the state with vast knowledge that will benefit the people,’’ he said.
A former Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Alhaji Ibrahim Imam, equally commended the decision of the Council for granting pardon to the former governor.
While congratulating Nyame on the freedom granted him, Imam called on the former governor to use his wealth of experience to help the state tackle its challenges.
“I join other well-meaning Taraba people in celebrating the release of former Gov. Jolly Nyame.
“You will observe that the people of the state are in a happy mood since Thursday when the news came that he had been granted freedom,’’ he said.
A female politician, Gladys Iliya, told NAN that she and many people of the state were waiting to receive Nyame whenever he arrived in the state.
“We are eagerly waiting for the arrival of our worthy son, Nyame to the state so that we will show him that we still love him in spite of what has happened to him,’’ Iliya said.
A governorship aspirant of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief David Kente, said the entire state was happy at the freedom granted the former governor
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