N1.1bn fraud: N100m went into Obasanjo’s re-election campaign, says Dariye

In 2018, a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sentenced Dariye to 14 years imprisonment.

But a court of appeal in Abuja reduced the sentence to 10 years.

The Supreme Court also affirmed the conviction and the jail term of the appeal court in March 2021.

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Speaking in an interview on Channels Television programme, “Newsnight” on Monday, Dariye gave a breakdown of how the money was spent.

“(The sum of) N800 million went to the Plateau State account; N100 million went to PDP Southwest and another N100 million went to the Obasanjo campaign organization; N80 million went to the ecological fund and then N66 million went to PDP Plateau State.

“What was missing was about N4 million, which is the commission of turnover.”

The former governor had also said his imprisonment was politically motivated.

“The correctional centre is one republic that is a government on its own. They don’t have the best of facilities, I must say. It’s not habitable for human beings, and I think the Federal Government must have a look at it,” he said.

The Nation