Convicted Senator and former Plateau
state Governor, Joshua Dariye begs court for mercy.
Former Plateau state
governor, Joshua Dariye, has asked the Court to show him mercy.
He made the appeal on Tuesday, June 12,
2018, after he was sentenced to fourteen years
in prison over charges bordering on corruption and diversion of one billion
ecological fund meant for the state.
Dariye, a serving senator was convicted
of 15 of the 23 counts charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was said to have used an account
belonging to Ebenezer Reitner Ventures, a company he owns,
to divert the funds.
The account was domiciled in Sun Trust Bank.
After delivering a judgement which
lasted for over five hours by Adebukola Banjoko, the judge, Paul Eroko, counsel to Dariye, pleaded for a light sentence.
"Appeals to your
judgement do not succeed, we will fall on your mercy. The prisons are
congested," Eroko pleaded.
"They misled the
governor, it is the bank, they said he didn't have to present anything," the counsel
said.
But, Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to EFCC, said Dariye did not show any form of remorse.
He urged the court not give Dariye a
light sentence so that it would serve as a deterrence to those holding public
offices.
"He is not
remorseful, his case should serve as a deterrence," Jacobs said.
At this point, Dariye broke his
silence.
"Have mercy, you
are a Christian, your name is Jacob," Dariye begged.
The former governor was then whisked
away by the Police.
Dariye’s son, Nanle, is also being arraigned for money laundering.
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