Dariye offered Labour Party Senatorial Ticket after release from prison

Former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, who was recently released from Kuje prison is said to be planning to declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP).

According to Daily Trust, the Plateau State chapter of the party has concluded arrangements to receive the former governor from Abuja to pick the party’s senatorial form

A labour Party official confirmed this. The source said “Yes, 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.

“Dariye would spring surprises at the polls because he remained loved by many in the state.”

“Dariye’s homecoming has also given a boost to the governorship bid of the party’s governorship candidate, Patrick Dakum, who defected to the Labour Party, after failing to secure the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Dariye served as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, and defected from the party to contest and win a senatorial seat in 2011 on the platform of LP. He was serving 10 years’ imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud and was released after spending about four years in prison.

Dariye and a former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame were released from prison less than four months after they were granted state pardon by the National Council of State (NCS).