Days After Buhari's Pardon, Joshua Dariye, Jolly Nyame Urged to Join 2023 Presidential Race
- A presidential aspirant from the Middlebelt region, Moses Ayom, has made a request to two former governors convicted of stealing money
- The former governors of Taraba and Plateau states were recently granted a state pardon by President Muhammadu Buhari
- According to the Ayom, Nyame and Dariye's participation as presidential candidates in the 2023 election would boost Middlebelts chances at the poll
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Two former governors - Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye - who were recently pardoned by President Muhammadu Buhari have been asked to join the 2023 presidential race.
The call was made by the leader of the Middlebelt presidency agitation, Moses Ayom on Thursday, April 21.
The Nation reports that Ayom who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress commended President Buhari for the state pardon granted to the former Taraba and Plateau state governors.
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The Punch reports that Ayom explained the entrance of Nyame and Dariye into the race will actualise Middlebelt presidential agitation.
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Move to boost Middlebelt's participation
Noting that the two pardoned former state governors suffered sentencing to jail because they were minorities, Ayom pointed out that several leaders from other ethnic groups stole even more money but have not been sent to jail.
His words:
“The more the merrier for the minorities so that head or tail we coast home with a victory having either the presidency or vice presidency."
Ayom further alerted the people of the Middlebelt of a grand plot by the leading political parties to use a hike in the fees of nomination forms to scare away more honest potential leaders.
Buhari pardons former Governors Dariye, Nyame convicted for stealing billions
Former Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, who are serving jail terms for corruption, are set to leave prison.
This is coming after the duo and 157 others were pardoned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, April 14.
The pardon of the former governors were ratified at the Council of State meeting presided over by the president The former governor of Plateau and Taraba states were both imprisoned for stealing N1.16bn and N1.6bn respectively.
State pardon: Group commends Buhari, says gesture not strange
Meanwhile, a civil society organisation, Equity And Justice In Politics And Governance Movement (EJPGM) had said the state pardon granted to 159 Nigerians is not strange.
The group in a press briefing attended by a Legit.ng's reporter commended President Buhari for the gesture.
The executive secretary of the group, Comrade Ogbeh Tobias, said before the state pardon granted to the 159 persons, about 10,000 inmates have also benefitted from the decongestion of correctional centres embarked upon by the federal government since 2017.
Source: Legit.ng
