{"id":178730,"date":"2022-04-16T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=178730"},"modified":"2022-04-16T19:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:31:38","slug":"governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/16\/governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors NOT Buhari have power to grant pardon to Dariye, Nyame &#8211; Mike Ozekhome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari erred in law by granting pardon to Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, and Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba state.<\/p>\n<p>Nyame is serving a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while Dariye is serving 10 years imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former governors were among 159 inmates pardoned at a\u00a0council of state meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>They were granted pardons on the grounds of age and ill-health.<\/p>\n<p>Ozekhome faulted the decision of the council in a statement issued on Saturday, noting that the president acted beyond his constitutional powers.<\/p>\n<p>The senior lawyer said since the offences were committed against states, it lies in the hands of the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/15\/buhari-pardons-former-governors-dariye-nyame-jailed-for-corruption-2\/\">governors<\/a> to grant them a pardon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe offences under which they were tried and convicted fall under state laws which took place after the promulgation of the 1999 constitution during which time they were governors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, they were tried and convicted under sections 115,119 and 309 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, LFN, 1990, obviously an existing State law within the meaning, import and true purport of sections 315(1)(b) and 318 of the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt becomes clear therefore that only the governors of Plateau and Taraba states could have legally and rightly granted pardon to Dariye and Nyame, invoking section 212 of the Constitution and not Mr president under section 175 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe act of granting amnesty or pardon though discretionary, this discretion must be exercised judiciously and in the best interest of the country, so as not to create doubts in and dampen the confidence of, the citizenry in the national moral fabric, and in the fight against corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ozekhome added that \u201cthe purpose of criminal prosecution is to secure justice, not only for the accused but also for the victims of crimes and the State; and to some extent get reparation and restitution for the victims while deterring others from going the same route\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere lies the justice for the impoverished people of Plateau and Taraba States who will now watch their tormentors stroll out with red carpet treatment?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government budgets huge sums of money for the prosecution of such accused persons from the tax players\u2019 sweat; and if after the rigorous period of trial and subsequent conviction, the guilty are simply let off the hook in such a brazen manner, the little remaining lean hope the citizens have in the system is further diminished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dare say that in these two instances, both the President and the Council of State goofed and abused their undoubted constitutional powers and privileges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA constitutional issue as volatile as this could have been better managed if the minders of the president had told him the embarrassment this could cause the government in the estimation of the comity of nations. And it is doing just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGranted that the constitution gives the President and the Governors the power of prerogative to pardon criminals in deserving circumstances, must it be done in the vulgar way and manner the instant case was handled?<\/p>\n<p>In fairness to the president, not all the 159 convicts and ex-convicts granted presidential pardon are politicians. But, the most prominent of them are the two former governors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what has led to the national ruckus, bedlam and hoopla. This is because it could be argued (and rightly too), that the main essence of the last meeting of the council of state was to give an imprimatur to, and grant pardon to the two political heavyweights, while making up the number with some insignificant lightweight ones, using garnished veneer and sleight of hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president by so doing has certainly violated the provisions of the Constitution and his oaths of office and allegiance to defend the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recent pardon, in my humble view, is the worst way to fight corruption. It will further water, nurture and elevate corruption to a fundamental objective.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari erred in law by granting pardon to Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, and Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba state. Nyame is serving a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while Dariye is serving 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":89028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3214,2266,1152,10436,1109],"class_list":["post-178730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-jolly-nyame","tag-joshua-dariye","tag-mike-ozekhome","tag-muhammadu-buhari","tag-state-governors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Governors NOT Buhari have power to grant pardon to Dariye, Nyame - Mike Ozekhome<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Popular lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari erred in law by granting pardon to Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, and Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba state.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/16\/governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governors NOT Buhari have power to grant pardon to Dariye, Nyame - Mike Ozekhome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Popular lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari erred in law by granting pardon to Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/16\/governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-16T18:31:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/10\/03\/Mike-Ozekhome-SAN.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/16\\\/governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/16\\\/governors-not-buhari-have-power-to-grant-pardon-to-dariye-nyame-mike-ozekhome\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Governors NOT Buhari have power to grant pardon to Dariye, Nyame &#8211; 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