Joshua Dariye

Joshua Chibi Dariye
Governor of Plateau State
In office May 29, 1999 – 18 May 2004
Preceded by	Musa Shehu
Succeeded by	Chris Alli
Governor of Plateau State
In office 18 November 2004 – 13 November 2006
Preceded by	Chris Alli
Succeeded by	Michael Botmang
Governor of Plateau State
In office 27 April 2007 – 29 May 2007
Preceded by	Michael Botmang
Succeeded by	Jonah Jang
Senator for Plateau Central
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2011
Preceded by	Satty Davies Gogwim
Personal details
Born	27 July 1957 (1957-07-27) (age 54) Horop, Mushere, Bokkos LGA, Plateau State
Political party	Labour Party (LP)

Joshua Chibi Dariye (born 27 July 1957) assumed office as the Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria on May 29, 1999 on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected for another four-year term starting in May 2003, and was impeached in November 2006. In April 2011 he was elected Senator for Plateau Central on the Labour Party platform.^[1]

Life before governorship

Born in Horop, Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Dariye was a businessman before becoming a politician. He was a strong mobilizer for the election of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the People's Democratic Party Primaries in 1999 as well as Obasanjo's re-election in 2003.^{[citation needed]} At a regional level, he has chaired the Governors' forum of the States in Northern Nigeria. Dariye's wife is named Valentina and together they have four children namely Nanle, Joy, Ebenezer and Ruth.

Governor

During his time as governor, he was arrested along in London, England on 20 January 2004, with large sums of money. ^[2] Serving governors have immunity from criminal prosecution and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an agency of the current administration established to check corrupt practices is waiting for 2007 to charge him to court for money laundering. He is accused of stealing about $9m of public funds and of money laundering.^[2]

Impeachment

In early October 2006, eight of the twenty-four state assembly members issued an impeachment notice against Dariye. In his defence, he stated that the notice was invalid as the eight did not form a quorum of the assembly. A crowd of Dariye's supporters tried to prevent the assembly members from entering the state assembly building. Riot police then fired into the crowd, killing two protestors.^[3]

Dariye was impeached on November 13, 2006. His deputy, Michael Botmang, became the new Governor. On March 10, 2007, after a Court of Appeals ordered Dariye reinstated as Governor, the Plateau State Government announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court.^[4]

On 27 April, 2007, the Supreme Court refused the appeal of the Plateau State Government and ordered the reinstatement of Dariye with immediate effect.^[5]

Following his reinstatement, Dariye's term of office as Governor of Plateau State concluded on 29 May 2007.^[6]

Senator

In April 2011, Dariye was elected Senator for Plateau Central on the Labour Party platform. He polled 189,140 votes, defeating Dr. Dauda Gowon of the PDP, younger brother of former head of state Yakubu Gowon, who polled 160,106 votes.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Joe Nwachukwu, Mohammed Sabiu and Isaac Shobayo (29 April 2011). "Imo gov election results not yet released –INEC•Yari wins Zamfara gov poll•Jang floors deputy, Sango, others". Nigerian Tribune. http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/21187-imo-gov-election-results-not-yet-released-inecyari-wins-zamfara-gov-polljang-floors-deputy-sango-others. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
2. ^ ^{a b} BBC Profile: Joshua Dariye
3. ^ "Two protesters killed in Nigeria". BBC Online. BBC. 2006-10-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6048286.stm. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 
4. ^ "Dariye: Plateau Govt Appeals Judgement". Nigerian Tribune Online. African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc. 2007-03-11. Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070317004733/http://www.tribune.com.ng/10032007/news/news11.html. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 
5. ^ "Nigeria: Supreme Court Reinstates Dariye". allafrica.com. Vanguard Media Ltd. 2007-04-28. http://allafrica.com/stories/200704280014.html. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
6. ^ "I'll be around on May 29 - Dariye". Sun News online. The Sun Publishing Limited. 2007-05-18. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2007/may/18/national-18-05-2007-04.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 

ACN: Action Congress of Nigeria - ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party - APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance - CPC: Congress for Progressive Change - DPP Democratic People's Party - LP: Labour Party - PDP: People's Democratic Party

See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6^th National Assembly (2007-2011)

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Name	Dariye, Joshua
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Date of birth	July 27, 1957
Place of birth	Horop, Mushere, Bokkos LGA, Plateau State
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