The first executive Governor
of Bayelsa State,Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is dead.
Alameiseigha reportedly died
after he was rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH)
in Rivers State.
Family sources claimed that
the former governor suddenly fell ill in
his hometown in Ammassoma township of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of
Bayelsa and was rushed to Port Harcourt.
D.S.P Alameisegha, who was
popularly known as "Governor-General of Ijaw Nation is aged 62.
Alameiseigha,who was pardoned
by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan for his conviction on
corrupt practices as Governor of Bayelsa, was recently thrown into a panic
state by the strange request by the Government of the United Kingdom for his
extradition.
The former governor returned from Dubai
recently as it emerged that the government of
the United Kingdom requested his extradition over an unfinished
corruption and money laundering case. The request which had been criticised by Ijaw groups loyal to
the former governor was seen as political
vendetta by the President Buhari Administration.
Alameisiegha had in recent
times also been a strong advocate of the second term aspiration of the
incumbent Governor of the State, Seriake Dickson.
In his last outing as one of
the political leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, D.S.P
Alamieiseigha insisted that the perceived coming onslaught of the APC in the
State during the forthcoming December 5 Governorship will not work as the State
is sorely for the PDP.
Reference: sahara
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