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
1
Convicted
0
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
ConvictedPursuing
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 on 23 counts in 2007. After a nine-year gap the trial resumed in January 2016. On 12 June 2018 he was sentenced to 14 years, reduced by the Court of Appeal to 12 years (concurrent) on 16 November 2018; the Supreme Court affirmed the 12-year term in 2020 while setting aside the fines as excessive. He was later granted a presidential pardon.
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.