Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s secret has been revealed by Plateau State ex-governor, Joshua Dariye.

Dariye said: “N100 million from the misappropriated N1.126 billion went into the campaign for the re-election of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.”

“N800 million went to the Plateau state account, 100 million went to PDP south-west and another 100 million went to the Obasanjo campaign organisation, N80 million went to the ecological fund and then N66 million went to PDP Plateau state.”

“What was missing was about N4 million which is the commission of turnover.”

“My imprisonment is politically motivated. The correctional centre is one republic that is a government on its own. They don’t have the best of facilities, I must say. It’s not habitable for human beings, and I think the federal government must have a look at it.”

“When they talk about prison reforms, there is the need to look at the conditions, the sanitary places, the environment and the congestion. If you take people to a correctional centre, you are supposed to come out reformed, not hardened.”

“Most of the young men there come out worse than when they went in and I don’t think that’s the essence of taking people to prison.”

“Some people wanted Nyame and myself to stay longer but it didn’t matter. We were able to persevere. We paid bills for young people. Some people were there for just N10,000 or N100,000 and they were kept for years. It was an interesting experience, meeting people from different backgrounds, especially youngsters.”

For those who don’t know, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in 2007 charged Dariye over allegations of diverting N1.126 billion from the Plateau government’s ecological fund.