By Olayemi Esan
The former governor of Plateau State Joshua Dariye has been released from jail.
SpyeNews can authoritatively report that, the former Governor was released today, 12th April 2022 after serving three years in Prison.
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2007 charged Dariye to court and accused him of diverting N1.126 billion from Plateau government’s ecological fund.
Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the high court of the FCT had in 2018 sentenced Senator Dariye to 14 years on criminal breach of trust.
SpyeNews reports that the former governor was also sentenced to another two years in prison for miss- appropriation of funds which was also redused to one year by the appellate court.
Following his appeal against the judgment, the Court of Appeal in Abuja on November 16, 2018, commuted the 14 years’ jail term to 10
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