DARIYE, NYAME FINALLY RELEASED FROM PRISON

Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Jolly Nyame, have been released from Kuje correctional facility in Abuja.

This is coming three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022.

Also released were three other inmates from Suleja Custodial Centre in Niger State.

Nyame was to serve a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while Dariye was serving 10 years’ imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud.