Peter the Alanta originator is dead.

 Peter the Alanta originator is dead.

Peter Alanta

It first came as a Facebook post when a fan who allegedly lives in Ajegunle reported about his death,

then in reaction to this post, Babafryo Igwe of the popular Denge Pose reacted by saying; "I just saw a post that Peter the alanta originator is dead, if this is true, those popular artist who benefited from  his creative work should do something."

Confirming the sad incident his friend Kimi Ranking slammed his colleagues and fans. 

He said, "when Alanta was alive how many of us showed him love?"

 We gathered that peter gave up the ghost after some months of fighting an undisclosed illness.

Peter came into limelight in the 2000's when he started the alanta moves with the release of his popular song alanta, the song was also remixed by Raymond king and Arthquake.

There's also a claim that the reigning song Shakushaku came from alanta. 

The deceased associates were Oritsefemi, Professor Linkin, Marvellous Benji and Omo Jesu.

Court sentences Ex-Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye to 14 years in prison

Court sentences Ex-Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye to 14 years in prison

Mr Joshua Dariye in court

The FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja has sentenced the former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye to 14 years in prison.

Mr. Dariye was on Tuesday sentenced to two years in prison for criminal misappropriation and 14 years for criminal breach of trust.

During the hearing, the court ruled that all charges are to run concurrently without an option of fine.

Mr. Dariye is also found guilty bothering on criminal breach of trust, dishonesty, and diversion of funds meant for the ecological needs of Plateau state.

Mr. Dariye whose case is over 10 years was standing trial on a 23 count charge for money laundering allegedly diverting the State’s 1.126 billion Naira ecological funds.

He was arraigned by the EFCC on July 13, 2007, bordering on money laundering and other corruption charges alleged to have belonged to the Plateau State Government.

According to the EFCC, the former governor diverted the funds into the account of Ebenezer Ratnen Venture, which is alleged to be one of the companies through which he allegedly siphoned the public funds.

Mr. Dariye served the state from 1999- 2007.