Daily Trust
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Friday, expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Council of State for granting state pardon to former Governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Senator Joshua Dariye and Rev. Jolly Nyame.
Dariye and Nyame were serving jail terms in Kuje Correctional, Abuja, following their convictions by the courts over financial malfeasance while serving as governors between 1999 and 2007.
While appearing on an ARISE Television interview a fortnight ago, Ortom had appealed to the federal government to review the cases of Dariye and Nyame, with a view to granting them state pardon.
On Thursday, the National Council of States under the chairmanship of Buhari met in Abuja and reportedly considered the state pardon for Dariye, Nyame and others…
