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BREAKING : Ex -Plateau governor, Dariye goes to jail as court nails him over N1.16bn fraud

By Elendu Reports June 13, 2018

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photo_camera Pic. 26. Former Governor of Plateau State, Sen. Joshua Daiyere, during his arraignment at the FCT High Court Gudu,in Abuja on Tuesday (12/6/18). The Court sentence him to 14 year imprisonment for fraud and misappropriation of funds. 03249/12/6/2018/Hogan Bassey/NAN

By Etse Kassim, Abuja

The war against corruption continues to gather momentum as a Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Gudu, Abuja on Tuesday found Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau State guilty of misappropriating N1.16 billion Ecological Fund meant for the state.

Dariye, who is currently one of the senators from the state in the National Assembly, was also found guilty of criminal breach of trust as regards to N250 million issued to Pinnacle Communications emanating from the state’s Ecological Fund.

At the time of filing this report, proceedings were still ongoing in the court as the presiding judge,

Justice A. Banjoko, was yet to disclose the number of years the embattled senator will spend in Kuje prison.

Dariye, who was elected as governor under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 was in office till 2007 after a Supreme Court voided his impeachment from office over fraud allegation during his second term in office.

He was elected as senator in 2015 under Labour Party (LP) before he decided to change base to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2017.

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