A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a serving senator, Joshua Dariye, to 14 years over Corruption Charges.

Dariye, a former Governor of the North-central Plateau State, was charged for allegedly diverting about 1.2 billion naira (about 3.3 million U.S. dollars) while in office as governor.

Two weeks ago, the same high court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, sentenced a former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, to 14 years’ imprisonment for his acts of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of 1.64 billion naira belonging to the state.

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