Breaking: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is dead

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead.

The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, confirmed to Channels Television that the former governor died of cardiac arrest on Saturday.

Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
Photo credit: Punch

He reportedly slipped into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

There were reports during the week that the British Government was determined to resurrect an outstanding case of money laundering against the former governor and had requested for his extradition to London.

Alamieyeseigha, who was facing money laundering charges, jumped bail and returned to Nigeria and has since then refused to answer summons for trial to continue.

According to his Wikipedia page, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on November 16, 1952 in Amassoma, Ogboin North Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.

He attended the Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa. He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as a Cadet Officer in 1974, then joined the Nigerian Air Force, where he served in the department of Logistics and Supply.

He held various air force positions in Enugu, Markurdi, Kaduna and Ikeja. Alamieyeseigha retired from the air force in 1992 as a Squadron Leader.

After leaving the air force he became the Sole Administrator of Pabod Supplies Port Harcourt. Later he became Head of Budget, Planning, Research and Development of the National Fertiliser Company (NAFCON).

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was impeached on allegations of corruption on 9 December 2005.

Breaking: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is dead

Governor"s aide advises Alamieyeseigha to drop senatorial ambition

An aide of Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, Mr. Douye Diri, has advised former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha to drop his senatorial ambition and play the father figure for the young ones.

Alamieyeseigha, who is from the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, had reportedly submitted his expression of interest form to run for the Senate in 2015.

Diri, the principal secretary to Governor Seriake Dickson, from Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, has also declared for the same senatorial seat and has also submitted his EIF.

He said in an interview that of the three council areas that made up Bayelsa Central, two council areas of Yenagoa and Southern Ijaw had had shots at the Senate for 16 years with the exception of Kolokuma/Opokuma.

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Governor"s aide advises Alamieyeseigha to drop senatorial ambition

Bayelsa government sue EFCC over Alamieyeseigha loots

Bayelsa State Government has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of trading with the cash recovered from ex-Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.

Alamieyeseigha and EFCC

The state government has taken the anti-graft agency to court, urging it to compel the EFCC to release N1.4 billion and $1.3million recovered from Alamieyeseigha to it, with interest.

It is also seeking the sack of EFCC Chair Ibrahim Lamorde.

The suit is before Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

In a writ of summons issued against the EFCC and Lamorde, the state urged the court to, among others, declare as corrupt act, the refusal of the commission to remit to it, the recovered funds.

It also urged the court to declare that the decision by the EFCC to continue “trading with the funds by way of funds placement/fixed deposits is an act of corruption and an economic crime contrary to sections 6 and 7 of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.”

In the suit initiated by its lawyer, Anthony Agbonlahor, Bayelsa State also urged the court to direct the commission to immediately pay the monies with the interest which had accrued on them.

Bayelsa asked the court to declare that Lamorde, who took part in the investigation and prosecution of Alamieyesiegha, should not have allowed the funds recovered from the former governor to be traded with.

It urged the court to hold that Lamorde was not qualified to continue in office as chairman of EFCC, having violated his oath of office.

The state also urged the court to order EFCC to pay 21 per cent interest on the N1.4 billion and the $1.3 million from November 1st, 2013 until judgment is delivered by the court.

It pleaded with the court to “direct EFCC to pay to it $400,000.00, being the amount forfeited by its former governor and which funds had since been repatriated by the United States Government to the EFCC”.

A date is yet to be fixed for the hearing of the case.

The state resorted to the court action following the EFCC’s refusal to honour an earlier request for the funds as contained in a demand letter from the state’s agent, George Uboh, of the Panic Alert Security System.

Uboh said he met with EFCC officials and the commission asked him for a short time to comply.

He said the commission failed to remit the monies, following which the state instructed him to go to court. (0)

Bayelsa government sue EFCC over Alamieyeseigha loots