The former Governor of Plateau State Senator Joshua Dariye who was jailed four years ago for misappropriation of N1.126 billion Naira State funds has indicated Interest to return to the red Chamber by contesting the 2023 Senate election.

Dariye who was in prison with former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday released from prison three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022

Barring any last-minute change the former Plateau State Governor will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party – LP.

Daily Trust gathered from credible sources that the Plateau State chapter of LP has concluded arrangements to receive the former Plateau governor from Abuja to pick the party’s senatorial form.

Dariye, who served as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor, defected from the party. He contested and won a Senatorial seat in 2011 on the platform of LP.

A Labour Party official, who preferred not to be named, said: “Yes, it is true that Dariye will be running for a Senate seat. We are making arrangements for him to come to Abuja for the Senatorial declaration.”

The source said Dariye would spring surprises at the polls because he remained loved by many in the state.

Dariye’s homecoming, the source said, has also given a boost to the Governorship bid of the party’s governorship candidate, Patrick Dakum, who defected to the Labour Party, after failing to secure the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress – APC