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Few days after the ex-governor of Plateau State, Mr. Joshua Dariye, was released from Kuje correctional center, he has declared his interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP).
Dariye, former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday, August 9, released from Kuje correctional centre, three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022.
Dariye, former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday, August 9, released from Kuje correctional centre, three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022.Dariye, who was serving 10 years’ imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud, was released after about four years in prison.
According to reports, the Plateau State chapter of Labour Party has concluded arrangements to receive the former Plateau governor from Abuja to pick the party’s senatorial form.
Dariye, who served as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, defected from the party to Labour party where he contested and won a senatorial seat in 2011.
A Labour Party official, who spoke on condition of anonymity said “Yes, it is true that he (Dariye) will be running for a Senate seat. We are making arrangements for him to come from Abuja for the senatorial declaration.”
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