The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday continued its case against a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, with one of its detectives, Musa Sunday, telling a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu how the former governor allegedly shared N1.162bn belonging to the state.

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Dariye, who is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate, allegedly obtained N1.162bn ecological funds as Governor of Plateau State in 2004.



Dariye, who served between 1999 and 2007, is being prosecuted for allegedly diverting Plateau State’s ecological funds while in office as governor. Sunday, an investigator with the EFCC was cross- examined by Dariye’s lawyer, Garba Pwul (SAN) on Tuesday.



The detective who had earlier been led in evidence by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), under cross-examination gave a breakdown of how Dariye allegedly disbursed the N1.16bn to his political associates and officials of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in Plateau State.

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He said investigations by his team of detectives revealed that the ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company – Marine Float Nigeria Limited owned by former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar.