Ripples Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, has slammed Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, for criticizing President Buhari for granting pardon to former Governors Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Jolly Nyame of Taraba State.
Both former governors were jailed for misappropriation of funds while they were governors of their respective states between 1999 and 2007.
Wike, who reacted to the pardon on Saturday, accused Buhari’s administration of being deceptive and berating the fundamental roles of judiciary, citing international implications for the pardon.
He said: “I want to tell you that this government is very deceptive and they have deceived us enough.
“You have big big people, you jail them after all the court proceedings and waste of money, then you ridicule the judiciary by granting them pardon.
“How will the international community look at us with these type of things we do. Look at the amount spent in the prosecutions…
