Appeal Court reduces ex-Gov Dariye’s jail term
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reduced the jail term of the former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye from 14 years to 10 yearsn.jpg,config_width640,config_height640,srchttps//instagram.flos2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/e1de36dcd67488d64bd7759c1e2b7f6f/5C7C73D1/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s750x750/44379775_257871938414120_7119458176916325146_n.jpg,config_width750,config_height750,srchttps//instagram.flos2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/dbeb5faf9bd26f39c9c98b0822f1e1ec/5C71E034/t51.2885-15/e35/44379775_257871938414120_7119458176916325146_n.jpg,config_width1080,config_height1080],accessibility_captionnull,is_videofalse,should_log_client_eventfalse,tracking_tokeneyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjo1LCJwYXlsb2FkIjp7ImlzX2FuYWx5dGljc190cmFja2VkIjp0cnVlLCJ1dWlkIjoiYWU3Y2ZmYTg2NTgyNDBjYmE1OWUyYTk5N2Q5NTllMDcxOTEzODY3NDcwNzk3OTIzMjU0In0sInNpZ25hdHVyZSI6IiJ9,edge_media_to_tagged_useredges[],edge_media_to_captionedges[nodeAppeal Court reduces ex-Gov Dariye’s jail term
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reduced the jail term of the.
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The court, on Friday, held that the maximum sentence of 14 years for the counts was excessive especially because the appellant is a first-time offender.
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Justice Stephen Adah who read the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel also quashed the sentence in count 12.
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According to the panel, the lower court which had earlier found Dariye not guilty for the charge should not have sentenced him on the charge.
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The court also quashed count 23 because the persecution did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the former governor diverted the funds of the state to purchase a house in London
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It would be recalled that High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, sentenced Dariye, who was a serving senator, to 14 years’ imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust and criminal appropriation of the state’s funds running to over N2billion.
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