Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Plateau State government officials and agencies during the 1999–2007 term. Sources linked on each card.
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Total cases
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Convicted
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Ongoing
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Dismissed
Govt response:
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Allegation
Dariye was accused of laundering and diverting about ₦1.126 billion of Plateau State ecological funds. He was arrested in London in January 2004, granted bail, and skipped it to return to Nigeria.
Outcome / Status
The EFCC charged him in 2007 over about ₦1.16 billion of Plateau State funds; the trial resumed in January 2016 after a nine-year gap. On 12 June 2018 the FCT High Court sentenced him to 14 years for criminal breach of trust. In November 2018 the Court of Appeal reduced the term to 10 years, and on 12 March 2021 the Supreme Court upheld the 10-year term for criminal breach of trust and quashed the misappropriation convictions. On 14 April 2022 he was pardoned, together with Jolly Nyame, under the presidential prerogative of mercy after a Council of State meeting; the Presidency cited life-threatening ill-health, and the decision was widely criticised, including by SERAP. He was released from prison on 8 August 2022, about four years into the term.
Administration's response
The prosecution ran for over a decade before securing a conviction, then the sentence was cut and a pardon followed — a pattern repeated across several governor cases of this era.
Change history
6 Oct 2026Source tier: — → reporting — Corrected the sentence and appeal dates. The entry said 12 years and a 2020 Supreme Court ruling; the Court of Appeal cut the 14-year term to 10 years (November 2018) and the Supreme Court upheld the 10 years on 12 March 2021. Added the 8 August 2022 release, four months after the April 2022 pardon. Source replaced (was Wikipedia).
6 Oct 2026Corrected — sourceLabel — Corrected the sentence and appeal dates. The entry said 12 years and a 2020 Supreme Court ruling; the Court of Appeal cut the 14-year term to 10 years (November 2018) and the Supreme Court upheld the 10 years on 12 March 2021. Added the 8 August 2022 release, four months after the April 2022 pardon. Source replaced (was Wikipedia).
6 Oct 2026Corrected — source — Corrected the sentence and appeal dates. The entry said 12 years and a 2020 Supreme Court ruling; the Court of Appeal cut the 14-year term to 10 years (November 2018) and the Supreme Court upheld the 10 years on 12 March 2021. Added the 8 August 2022 release, four months after the April 2022 pardon. Source replaced (was Wikipedia).
6 Oct 2026Corrected — outcome — Corrected the sentence and appeal dates. The entry said 12 years and a 2020 Supreme Court ruling; the Court of Appeal cut the 14-year term to 10 years (November 2018) and the Supreme Court upheld the 10 years on 12 March 2021. Added the 8 August 2022 release, four months after the April 2022 pardon. Source replaced (was Wikipedia).
6 Oct 2026Corrected — outcome — Added the date and basis of the pardon (14 April 2022, prerogative of mercy, with Jolly Nyame). The entry previously said only "later granted a presidential pardon".