Nigeria: Appeal court upholds ex-NEXIM Bank MD Orya’s 490-year jail term for N2.4bn fraud — Africa Links 24

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the conviction and 490-year jail term handed to a 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, unanimously dismissed Orya’s appeal on Tuesday, September 8,…