Few weeks after a former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, was jailed 14 years for fraud, the Federal Capital Territory High Court has found former Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye, guilty of fraud.
Mr Dariye was charged for allegedly diverting N1. 161.9 billion while he served as governor of the North-central state. He was brought to court on a 23-count charge for the alleged offence by EFCC in 2007.
The judge, Adebukola Banjoko, found him guilty of diverting funds to the PDP in the state among other groups. Banjoko found Dariye guilty of counts 1, 2, 4, and 7.
The counts relate to the diversion of N80 million to the PDP, N100 million to a company, Marine flow and other sums through the All State Bank. The same judge jailed Mr Nyame.
Dariye is currently a senator on the platform of Nigeria's ruling party, APC, to which he decamped in 2016. The judge slated Tuesday for judgement after entertaining the final address of counsel.
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