Senator Joshua Dariye sponsors motion from prison – TheNigerialawyer

Joshua Dariye, senator representing Plateau central, on Thursday
co-sponsored a motion from jail.

The motion was on the killing of Faye Mooney, an official of
Mercy Corps Nigeria, a humanitarian agency, and Matthew Oguche, her
partner, at the Kajuru Castle in Kaduna state.

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, sponsored the
motion to formally draw the attention of the lawmakers to the
incident.

Mooney and Oguche died during an exchange of gun fire between
police officers guarding the castle and suspected bandits on
Friday.

However, on the senate’s order paper, Dariye name was listed
among the 108 senators who co-sponsored the motion.

The senator is serving a 10-year prison sentence for “diversion
of N1.62 billion ecological” funds while he served as governor of
Plateau.

Moving the motion, Sani said the killing of foreigners may put
Nigeria’s diplomatic relations with other countries on the
line.

“More worried that due to the fact perpetrators of these heinous
activities tend to be gaining more courage to perpetuate their
dastardly acts without fear of confrontation due to their acclaimed
superior firepower,” he said.

Contributing to the debate, Kabir Marafa, senator representing
Zamfara central, said government needs to be bold to tackle the
menace of kidnapping and banditry.

Marafa said the accomplices of the perpetrators of the acts need
to be “fished out.”

“In moving forward, we need to be bold. We need to come up with
ways in fighting it,” he said.