Former governor of plateau state, Joshua Dariye who is currently serving a 14-year jail term over financial misconducts during his governorship tenure, has picked up and submitted his All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to re-contest as senator in next year’s election.

Confirming the news, APC Publicity Secretary in Plateau Mr Chindo Dafat said;

“Yes, Sen. Dariye has picked a nomination form to seek a third term. It is true. He is among those jostling for the APC ticket in Plateau Central,’’ he said

He also added that it was senator Dariye’s ward secretary came to sign the nomination form on his behalf

"It has been filled and his supporters are already campaigning ahead of the party primary election,’’ he said.

further explaining dafat said that senator dariye who is in a rather unfortunate condition could win the primary's from prison and it would not be a surprise as he is not the first politician to do so.

"Dariye is still very popular and relevant in Plateau Central in spite of his current ordeals, Aside possible success in the appeal, we are also praying for a state pardon. That is another possibility.

Dariye is very important to our party, unfortunately, this happened to him. It is not that we cannot win elections without him; we can win without him, but he has done a lot and is well loved by his people.

Somebody could be in the hospital or prison and pick a nomination from from there. We have no right to deny anyone a nomination form. Even INEC cannot stop Dariye from contesting the 2019 elections.

There is no law that stops him from buying the form. Whoever comes for the nomination form can get it. I see it as a constitutional matter. Only the court can disqualify him.

If Dariye wins elections from prison, he will not be the first Nigerian to do that. Iyiola Omisore, from Osun, once won a senate seat while in prison,” Mr Dafat stated.

source;https://www.dockaysworld.com/2018/09/18/jailed-nigerian-senator-joshua-dariye-submits-apc-nomination-form-inside-prison/

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would never allow a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye vie for office on its platform in 2019.

The party said this while reacting to the news that Joshua Dariye, a senator from Plateau State, reportedly obtained Senate nomination forms for 2019 while in prison.
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/09/11/2019-will-never-allow-ex-governor-dariye-run-prison-apc/amp/

And today;

Former governor of plateau state, Joshua Dariye who is currently serving a 14-year jail term over financial misconducts during his governorship tenure, has picked up and submitted his All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to re-contest as senator in next year’s election.

Confirming the news, APC Publicity Secretary in Plateau Mr Chindo Dafat said; “Yes, Sen. Dariye has picked a nomination form to seek a third term. It is true. He is among those jostling for the APC ticket in Plateau Central,’’ he said"It has been filled and his supporters are already campaigning ahead of the party primary election,’’ he said.
"Dariye is still very popular and relevant in Plateau Central in spite of his current ordeals, Aside possible success in the appeal, we are also praying for a state pardon. That is another possibility.

APC will see corruption but they will lie shamelessly about it.However if they failed to do this, then they will selectively fight it and if they're not doing so,then they legalize it.

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I thought APC said they would not give nomination form to Dariye because he is already serving a jail sentence. What kind of a political party is this? Daily APC prove to us that there are different methods of defining intergrity. If Dariye wins the election as a convict how will he represent his zone from jail? I think APC has more dirty records to break.