Supreme Court upholds ex-Plateau gov Dariye’s 10-year jail term

The Supreme Court has upheld the 10-year imprisonment imposed on former Plateau governor, Joshua Dariye.

In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Mary Odili, upheld Daruiye’s appeal in part, by quashing the one-year sentence imposed on him by the court of appeal in relation to the offence of criminal misappropriation.

The Supreme Court upheld Dariye’s concurrent conviction and sentence by the trial court and the court of appeal on the offence of criminal breach of trust.

It proceeded to quash his conviction and sentence in relation to the offence of criminal misappropriation.

Dariye had, in his appeal, prayed the Supreme Court to upturn the November 16, 2018 judgment of the court of appeal, Abuja, which convicted him and sentenced him to 10 years for diverting public funds estimated at 1.162 billion naira while he was the governor.