Why We Can’t Release Dariye, Nyame Despite Pardon – NCS
June 26, 2022
2:34 am
Africa Daily News, New York can confirm that over two months after they were granted state pardon, 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and a former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, have yet to be released.
The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, had on April 14 approved the pardon of the convicts, a decision which generated outcries.
Nyame is serving a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while Dariye is serving 10 years’ imprisonment for ₦1.126 billion fraud.
But while justifying the …
