CFCfan: The Presidency, increasingly desperate, has again tried to justify the pardon it granted, Mr. Diepriye Alamieseigha, describing the convicted former Governor of Bayelsa State as responsible for an increase in the barrels of oil Nigeria now sells on the international market.

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, made the wild claim at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday.

“I thought he was going to say the man has refunded millions of dollars he stole when he was in office,” an angry reporter who covered the briefing stated.

But Okupe told the astonished journalists, “In truth,nAlamieseigha since he left prison has been working strenuously and silently to assist the President stabilize the amnesty in the Niger Delta region.

“Alamieseigha is a foremost leader of the Ijaw Nation, and his political and stabilizing influence in that region has impacted positively on the overall economy of the nation, bringing crude oil exports from the abysmally low level of 700,000bpd to over 2.4million bpd.”

Okupe, the attack dog who came to the presidency last year with serious ethical questions of his own, added that Alamieseigha, who is still wanted by British authorities, can be credited with ensuring that the blood running through Nigeria's economic artery is not cut off.

Seeking to find comfortable parallels on which to hang the issue of the discredited former governor and a president whose credibility continues to plunge, he likened Alamieseigha’s pardon to that of the late Obafemi Awolowo and that of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, stressing that they were once pardoned by the state. He forgot to say that none of those men stole from children and the poor who were under their charge.

Okupe continued to insist that Alamieseigha has repented, and that he "lost his position, forfeited the property illegally acquired and had also demonstrated enough soberness after he served his sentence."

Source: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/desperate-times%C2%A0alamieseigha%C2%A0-crucial-nigerias-economy-president-jonathan-says

thelastPope: This is a fact and it isn't new. Go and check all the news and even threads on NL dating back as much as 3 to 4 years and you will see it clearly. Alameisegha was the biggest factor behind the Niger Delta amnesty.

Whether you agree that that is enough for him to get pardon is another debate entirely. But it is a known fact that Alameseigha was the man that got the militants to drop their arms and accept amnesty. He still remains a respected leader because of what he did for those guys over the years.

You will be fooolish to expect that those youths will throw him under the bus because of his corruption case when he has really helped them for years.

Wale Leemson: God go punish your mouth Doyin Okupe for mentioning our icon Awolowo. using our great Awo to compare that criminal. you the son of a bastard. the Oduduwa people reject and forbid you. BASTARD

alala dakosta: i think they should just make him minister of petroleum.since oil sales as increase since he left the prison. foolish people

thelastPope: This is a fact and it isn't new. Go and check all the news and even threads on NL dating back as much as 3 to 4 years and you will see it clearly. Alameisegha was the biggest factor behind the Niger Delta amnesty.

Whether you agree that that is enough for him to get pardon is another debate entirely. But it is a known fact that Alameseigha was the man that got the militants to drop their arms and accept amnesty. He still remains a respected leader because of what he did for those guys over the years.

You will be fooolish to expect that those youths will throw him under the bus because of his corruption case when he has really helped them for years.

Afam4eva:
[size=14pt]Whether he was the one the increased Nigeria's GDP by 1000% is not the issue here. The point is that he's a thief and once a thief always a thief. These people should not play with our sensibilities. We're no fools.[/size]

gramci:

As someone said earlier, pardon isn't meant for saints.

thelastPope: This is a fact and it isn't new. Go and check all the news and even threads on NL dating back as much as 3 to 4 years and you will see it clearly. Alameisegha was the biggest factor behind the Niger Delta amnesty.

Whether you agree that that is enough for him to get pardon is another debate entirely. But it is a known fact that Alameseigha was the man that got the militants to drop their arms and accept amnesty. He still remains a respected leader because of what he did for those guys over the years.

You will be fooolish to expect that those youths will throw him under the bus because of his corruption case when he has really helped them for years.

Dahbutter: Am not in the least bit surprised at GEJ's actions, I mentioned it b4 that we r going to have a puppet in power whose loyalty was to a bunch of greedy selfish bastardz! The bockhead hasn't a mind of his own, I mean honestly answer this: Does GEJ look intelligent to u?

Don't be surprised when Ibori's state pardon and presidential welcome happens.
Unknown to many those two were the money power sustaining militancy in the Niger Delta

nig77: NOW WITH THIS AND OTHER EYES POOPING NEWS IN OUR COUNTRY THE QUESTION IS!!!

IS THERE STILL HOPE FOR NIGERIA?

thelastPope: This is a fact and it isn't new. Go and check all the news and even threads on NL dating back as much as 3 to 4 years and you will see it clearly. Alameisegha was the biggest factor behind the Niger Delta amnesty.

Whether you agree that that is enough for him to get pardon is another debate entirely. But it is a known fact that Alameseigha was the man that got the militants to drop their arms and accept amnesty. He still remains a respected leader because of what he did for those guys over the years.

You will be fooolish to expect that those youths will throw him under the bus because of his corruption case when he has really helped them for years.

EzeUche: Sometimes you have to make a deal with the devil.

thelastPope:

No matter what you think, you cannot change the fact that Alams was the guy the FG under Yaradua called upon at that crucial time to get the militants to embrace peace and amnesty. That is a historical fact!