Ex-Governor in tears after he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a former Governor of Plateau State and serving senator, Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of overN1.16bn belonging to the state.

Justice Adebukola Banjoko ‎in a judgment which took her six and a half hours to read convicted the ex-governor on 15 out the 23 counts preferred against him.

Angry judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko sentenced the ex-governor to a total of 28 years in prison, 14 years of which was for criminal breach of trust.

See below more photos of Dariye in court as captured by Olatunji Obasa:

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