Photos of former governor sentenced to 14 years imprisonment crying in court

Joshua Dariye, former Plateau governor sentenced to
14 years imprisonment broke down in tears in court
- Justice Adebukola Banjoko had convicted the ex-
governor on 15 out the 23 count charges preferred
against him
- Dariye now a senator was found guilty for a N1.16bn
fraud and for criminal breach of trust
Former Plateau governor, Joshua Dariye, broke
down in tears on Tuesday, June 12, as he was
sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by Justice
Adebukola Banjoko in a judgment which took her
almost eight hours to read.
Meanwhile, photos published by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) show
the the former governor weeping and making use
of a white handkerchief.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that

Dariye who is also a senator was chastised for

being irresponsible and betraying the public

trust. He was found guilty for a N1.16bn fraud

and for criminal breach of trust. In addition, he

was jailed two years for misappropriation of

public funds. Both sentences will run

concurrently.

After the judgment that lasted about eight hours,

Justice Banjoko said that:

“I can’t imagine such brazen act, is it the transfer of as

much as about half a billion naira from the state’s

ecological fund into a personal venture account; there’s a

litany and trail of woes, which also affects the people of Jos

- the beautiful Tin City, where everybody wanted to be, and

to find out that its ecological fund was misappropriated is

the shocking aspect.

“There’s a deep sense of irresponsibility; the defendant was

in fact richer than his state. This is a trauma of the trial;

and there should be no compromise to corruption, by

whatever shade or colour, or region, rich or poor;

corruption will forever be corruption.

“Every case is different on its own, and I have no personal

animosity, I’m just doing my job the way I know how to,

and not only the Ecological Funds [were misappropriated],

but funds from the Plateau state government.”