Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed
appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Council of States
for granting a state pardon to former Governors of Plateau and Taraba States,
Joshua Dariye and Rev. Jolly Nyame.
Dariye and Nyame were serving jail terms in Kuje
Correctional Centre near Abuja following their convictions by the courts over
financial malfeasance while serving as governors in their states between 1999
and 2007.
Ortom had while appearing on an Arise Television interview a
fortnight ago appealed to the federal government to review the cases of Dariye
and Nyame with a view to granting them a state pardon.
On Thursday, the National Council of States under the chairmanship of President Buhari met in Abuja, considered and approved the state pardon for Dariye, Nyame and others.
A happy Ortom thanked President Buhari and the National
Council of States and the federal government over the gesture even as he
admitted that some useful lessons must have been learnt from the incident.
The Governor also thanked friends, families and political
associates of the two leaders who stood by them during the period of their
incarceration.
He said Dariye and Nyame will now reunite with their
families and live a happy life once again.
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