Few days after his release from prison, former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, is set to declare interest to contest the Plateau Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP).
Dariye and 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.
The former Plateau State governor, who was serving 10 years imprisonment for 1.126 billion naira fraud, was released after about four years in prison. There are reports that the Plateau State chapter of LP has concluded arrangements to receive the former Plateau governor from Abuja to pick the party’s senatorial form.
Dariye, who served as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, defected to Labour Party where he contested and won a senatorial seat in 2011. (DAILY TRUST)