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State Pardon For Ex-Governors Joshua Dariye, Jolly Nyame, 157 others

 


Former Governors, Joshua Dariye, of Plateau State and Jolly Nyame of Taraba States, who were serving terms in jail for corruption have been granted state pardon by the National Council of State.

A total of 159 prisoners were pardoned by the Council at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday.

Among the beneficiaries are a former military general and minister under the Sani Abacha regime, Tajudeen Olanrewaju, an army lieutenant colonel, Akiyode, who was an aide of former deputy to General Abacha, Oladipo Diya; and all the junior officers jailed over the 1990 abortive Gideon Orkar coup.

The Supreme Court upheld Mr Jolly Nyame conviction in February 2020.

Mr Nyame is 66 years old and was governor of Taraba State from 1999 to 2007. He was serving a 12-year jail term at the Kuje prison for misappropriation of funds while he was in office. 

Mr Dariye, 64, who governed Plateau between 1999 and 2007, was jailed for stealing N2 billion of public funds during his time as Plateau State governor between 1999 and 2007.

Joshua Dariye was elected as a senator representing Plateau Central in the Senate of the Federal chambers in 2015. He was sentenced to jail in June 2018 but still completed his tenure from jail in June 2019.


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