Dariye To Run For Senate After Release From Prison.
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Dariye To Run For Senate After Release From Prison.
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Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on…
Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP).
Dariye; former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday released from prison three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022.
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Dariye, who was serving 10 yearsā imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud, was released after about four years in prison.
Daily TrustĀ gathered from credible sources that the Plateau State chapter of LP has concluded arrangements to receive the former Plateau governor from Abuja to pick the partyās senatorial form.
Dariye, who served as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, defected from the party. He contested and won a senatorial seat in 2011 on the platform of LP.
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A Labour Party official, who preferred not to be named, said: āYes, it is true that he (Dariye) will be running for a Senate seat. We are making arrangements for him to come from Abuja for the senatorial declaration.ā
The source said Dariye would spring surprises at the polls because he remained loved by many in the state.
Dariyeās homecoming, the source said, has also given a boost to the governorship bid of the partyās governorship candidate, Patrick Dakum, who defected to the Labour Party, after failing to secure the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Labour Partyās chairperson for Plateau State, Hon Grace Zamfara, could not be reached for comments.
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