Two former Governors: Senator Joshua Dariye of Plateau State, Jolly Nyame of Taraba State and three others have been granted presidential pardon from prison.
The Council of State led by President, Muhammadu Buhari had on April 14 approved the pardon of 159 convicts.
Nyame was the Governor of Taraba State between 1999 and 2007.He was sentence for 12-year for diverting N1.64bn during his tenure while Dariye, served as Governor of Plateau State between 1999 and 2006 before he was impeached by the State House of Assembly.He was serving 10 years’ imprisonment for N1.126bn fraud.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, said the two former governors had life-threatening illnesses, hence their release from Kuje Custodial Centre.
Dariye and Nyame were released from Kuje Custodial Centre and three yet-to-be identified convicts were released from the Suleja Custodial Centre on Monday
Chukwuedo Humphrey, The Nigerian Correctional Service’s spokesperson in the Federal Capital Territory, confirmed their release.
Humphrey said, “The release is sequel to the receipt of the letter of clemency from the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy Committee by the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa.
