Nigeria: Sending a Warning - Former Nigerian Governor Gets Five-Year Sentence for Corruption

The conviction of Bala James Ngilari, a former governor of Adamawa statein Nigeria, by the Yola high court, presided over by Justice Nathan Musa, might portend an end to the common belief that most senior government officials can misappropriate public funds without any accompanying punishment.

Nigeria's 36 state governors are powerful. Not only do they count among the most powerful politicians in Africa's most populous country, but they also have a say in who gets to pick presidential tickets and who gets ministerial appointments and other top federal positions.

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