The Presidency, desperate, to
justify the pardon it granted, Mr.
Diepriye Alamieseigha, the
convicted former Governor of
Bayelsa State, said, yesterday that
Alamieseigha is crucial to
Nigeria’s economy and credited
him for the increase in the
barrels of oil Nigeria now sells on
the international market.
Doyin Okupe, senior special
assistant to President Goodluck
Jonathan on Public Affairs at a
press briefing in Abuja praised
Alamieseigha whom he
described as “repentant”
A visibly angry reporter at the
briefing said “I thought he
(Okupe) was going to say the
man has refunded millions of
dollars he stole when he was in
office.”
Not deterred, Okupe, said that
“In truth, Alamieseigha 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.”
According to him, 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.

our president has gone mad again.

I prefer pardon for Alams to amnesty for boko haram.

This is outrageous and unprofessional

You've got to be kidding me. Source pls

If am given two option to choose one: amnesty to boko boyz or Alarms I think the presido has made a wise choice. Never the less alarms can still do things right by given back to the people the money he stole from them.

Amnesty 2 corrupt politian should nt be d FG Priority @ a time when he needs 2 be harsh on corruption. Is this an encouragement 2 government officials or what? This is a misplace priority.