Finally, he urged the Court to wield a Big Stick by imposing Severe Sanctions that would meet these Aggravating Factors. PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS: - NONE SENTENCING I am morally outraged with the facts of this Case. The Citizens of Taraba State elected Reverend Jolly Tevoru Nyame, a Clergyman as Governor on three Separate Occasions, which showed a Consistent Level of Trust in him. Their Expectations were so high and as a Reverend, he must have been seen as an Epitome of Morality, Piety, Honesty and Everything Good. How would he explain to these People his “Actions” and “Inactions”? How can he justify such a Colossal Loss of Monies to his State? Even when the Investigations began in Year 2006, there were still Offences committed by him a Month before vacating Office. The Budget of the Government House for One Whole Year in the Sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100, 000, 000) was spent in One Day, for the Visit of ONE MAN and NOT a GOD, at a Time, in April 2007, when he was expected to vacate Office on the 29th of May 2007, the very Next Month. This is just a Catalogue of Errors and Shame. It is either Reverend Jolly Nyame entered the Office without a Corrupt Mind and became Corrupted OR he was Corrupted ab initio. The Testimonies that were rendered considering the Amounts of Monetary Gifts and in an instance, Cars, given to even to other Civil Servants under his Control and Direction showed that there was such a Level of Corruption in the Air and it is amazing that none of those Permanent Secretaries and Commissioners and Officials of Taraba State were not arraigned before any Other Court of Law. He consistently encouraged other Officials surrounding him to engage in reckless misappropriation of public funds. It was very disheartening the boldness exhibited by the Senior Officials of Taraba State Ministry of Finance at the Relevant Time the Defendant was Governor. There is no legal or moral justification for the level of outright 284