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Ex-governors Nyame, Dariye jailed for looting multibillion-naira state funds named members of Tinubu’s 2027 campaign team
Two former governors, Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye, convicted for looting multi-billion naira public state funds are among those appointed as members of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 presidential campaign council.
The appointment of Messrs Dariye and Nyame among others was announced in a statement by presidentialspokesman, Bayo Onanuga, on Saturday.
The duo will serve as contact mobilisation division for Mr Tinubu’s re-election campaign.
Mr Nyame, 70, a former governor of Taraba State between 1999 to 2007, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2018 over fraudulent diversion of N1.64 billion of state fund when he was in office.
Mr Nyame was however pardoned by the late President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2022, after serving four years of his jail sentence.
Also in 2021, a former governor of Plateau State, Dariye, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for looting about N2 billion state fund. He also got a presidential pardon in 2022 during the regime of the late Mr Buhari.
Mr Onanuga quoted Mr Tinubu, in the statement as charging the appointees to put in their best efforts to soundly defeat his challengers.
He stated, “We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress. We are definitely out of the dark tunnel and are now at the cusp of reaping the benefits of a prosperous economy that will benefit all Nigerians.”
“As we march into the campaign season, we have many achievements to trumpet—let us confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation. Let us soundly defeat all those forces who plan to take our country backwards.”
On Saturday, the Peoples Gazette reported that two women, Ngozi Olejeme, a former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and Betta Edu, a former humanitarian affairs minister, fingered in over N1billion fraud, were also appointed as members of Mr Tinubu’s campaign council.
While Ms Olejeme is facing trial for N1billion fraud, Ms Edu is under investigation over alleged diversion of N585 million into private account, a development that led to her sack by Mr Tinubu in 2024.
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Borno State has dismissed its House of Assembly candidate, Mohammed Bunu, over alleged involvement in campaign activities linked to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The decision was communicated in a letter dated October 25, 2026, signed by the NDC state Deputy Chairman, Umar Fema.
The letter said the allegations stemmed from campaign materials bearing the ADC logo, the slogan “SABON TAFIYA, SABON SALO,” and the names and photographs of Atiku and Bunu.
According to the letter, the disciplinary process began at the Hausari Ward level before the matter was referred to the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, MMC, party leadership for investigation.
Fema said the ward executive invited Bunu to respond to the allegations on October 23, but he did not attend.
He was invited again on October 24 to appear before an investigation committee but allegedly failed to attend.
The MMC party chairman, Adamu Ibrahim, subsequently endorsed the recommendation for disciplinary action and forwarded it to the state leadership.
The NDC said it decided to dismiss Bunu after considering the allegations and reports submitted through its disciplinary process.
NDC sacks Borno Assembly candidate over alleged pro-Atiku campaign
A video has surfaced online showing some members of the Agaji volunteer group of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah, JIBWIS, popularly known as Izala, chanting lyrics that appear to call for armed attacks on citizens in Enugu and Jos.
The footage, which gained attention on social media, particularly X on Sunday, shows a group of uniformed young men wearing brown attire and blue berets, reportedly associated with the Agaji volunteer wing of the Islamic organization.
In the video, one of the men leads a morale song containing references to obtaining an AK-47 rifle to attack people described as “infidels” in Enugu and Jos.
The chant includes the lyrics: “He should be given AK47. He would then go to Enugu, the land of the infidels. On Sunday when they are worshiping and clapping, he would then open fire, so that he can kill the infidels.”
The singer subsequently repeats the call for an AK-47, this time referencing Jos, and chants about killing more people he describes as infidels, before referring to the act as “the training.”
“He asked to be given AK-47 again. So that he can go to Jos and kill more infidels. That is the training.”
The exact date and location where the video was recorded have not been verified.
The footage, which has sparked reactions online, raised concerns over the possibility of attacks on Christians in Nigeria.
Video of JIBWIS members threatening Christians in Nigeria emerges
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