ABUJA — The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has affirmed the conviction and 490-year prison sentence imposed on former Managing Director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Robert Orya, over a N2.4 billion fraud case. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Muhammed Danjuma, with Justices Ntong Festus Ntong and Ele Ejo […]

The court subsequently sentenced Orya to 10 years’ imprisonment on each of the 49 counts, amounting to 490 years. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed the former NEXIM Bank’s managing director in a unanimous judgement on Tuesday.