A Nigerian state governor was back in trousers and at his desk yesterday after dressing up as a woman and skipping bail in Britain on charges of laundering £1.8m.
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha returned to his home village a folk hero after apparently escaping Europe in a dress and on a forged passport. Crowds cheered and waved leaves to welcome back the governor of Bayelsa state and a paper, ThisDay, published a photomontage of him in a red dress, necklace, head-dress and lipstick. "Today I am back at my desk, forever committed to serve the people of Bayelsa and Nigeria. I thank the almighty God for his protection," said Mr Alamieyeseigha.

The governor was arrested at Heathrow airport in September and had his passport confiscated. He faced three money-laundering charges after police found £1m in cash at his London address and property in his name worth £10m.

Having returned to Nigeria last weekend - forfeiting a £1.25m bail bond - he is expected to be immune from legal action until his term as governor ends in 2007.

Mr Alamieyeseigha was coy when asked how he evaded British controls to make it back to his village in the Niger delta. "I don't know myself. I just woke up and found myself in Amassoma."

Nigerian newspapers quoted unnamed aides who described a journey in drag. Dressed as a woman, the governor is said to have taken a Eurostar train from London to Paris and then flown to Douala, a port city in Cameroon neighbouring Nigeria, where a speedboat took him home under cover of darkness. The disguise was helped by the fugitive's weight loss during his stay in Europe, which included a tummy tuck operation in Germany.

Thousands lined the streets to cheer his cavalcade through the province but elsewhere several thousand people marched in protest at his return.

The economic and financial crimes commission, part of the federal government's anti-corruption drive, hinted that it would seek to prosecute him. "What I feel bad about is that Nigeria is viewed as a safe haven for people to be protected," said Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the commission's chairman.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/23/hearafrica05.development

King of Disguise
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lol

Why digging up old sh!tt? Guess u're bent on marring him the more. Go get a job,its too early a morning to start with such.

Buhahahaha..

How hin com take hide that hin big belle? Oh! That could be mistaken for a 9mnth old pregnancy

Governor general of d niger delta states

chief Mrs Alamieyeseigha dis naija Ehn na something else

I know lots about this story.

tyson99:
chief Mrs Alamieyeseigha dis naija Ehn na something else

midolian:
Buhahahaha

rejoicing over a man's mischief? Ur comment on the igbo-islam-convertie is still fresh in mind. U should know why I had to remind u

Beautiful woman man.

Loool... And he was able to pass succesfully? He looks too ugly to b a woman naw!

And some people still call dis people their leader, their mentor, role model... A whole governor dressing to avoid arrest...

Negatively creative!

Whoever pardoned this level of crime to humanity is a dunce. Yes, a very big one at that.

EverestdeBliu:
rejoicing over a man's mischief? Ur comment on the igbo-islam-convertie is still fresh in mind. U should know why I had to remind u

monitoring demon

Isn't this funny? A criminal with a big belly disguising himself as a lady. Abeg make I laff. I am not rejoicing over anything. Its jst funny to me and I am sure he himself will laff everytime he comes across this picture.

wat a mentality! 9ja i hail thee

midolian:
monitoring demon

Isn't this funny? A criminal with a big belly disguising himself as a lady. Abeg make I laff. I am not rejoicing over anything. Its jst funny to me and I am sure he himself will laff everytime he comes across this picture.

well if your faith permits the mockery of one over his woes,continue...all good for you.

EverestdeBliu:
well if your faith permits the mockery of one over his woes,continue...all good for you.

hey man, how else do I need to explain this to you b4 u can understand. This has nothing to do with my faith. It has everything to do with me And me alone..leave my faith out of it. Attack the person and not the religion. A christian can't offend me now and for that reason, I begin to say that is what his/her religion teaches him.

Plus I already told you the pix looks extremely funny to me..This man is a free man @ the moment..this is his past. so what woes are you talking about?.. jst let me be pls.

EverestdeBliu:
Why digging up old sh!tt? Guess u're bent on marring him the more. Go get a job,its too early a morning to start with such.

Shot that hole you call mouth, do you think you have a job? If you think you know so much, they are people who needs the information. Records are not just kept for keeping sake, they are kept for re visitation and that is history. Don't tell people how to live their lives, we all have our opinions, by the way who invited you to read the post?

So what's with this idea of dressing like women?

Dis na the new trend?

K

And this man received presidential pardon and a national award.... crime pays big time in Nigeria I swear down

As Buruji Kashamu is extradited to the United States, D.S.P. Alamiesigha should start warming up to go to the United Kingdom.

Lol!! I remember this story as a kid though..
I was always disturbing Dad to keep me posted on the outcome of the story.
I never understood the gravity of his offence but the act of disguising himself as a female was what kept me intrigued.

He's been granted federal pardon.......

naija I hail ooo

k

That is Jonathan's role Model, and by extension, the greatest role model to the TANoids, PDP, imbecilic touts from 'it's our Oyel', etc

i still doubt that story. OBJ knows much about his arrest.
He came back with a forged passport?
who released him from the captive?
was their any visa on the passport he came back with?
do you think you can just disguise like a woman and beat heathrow airport?

abeg, tell me another story jareh. i am no kid to believe that crap

okeke00:
i still doubt that story. OBJ knows much about his arrest.
He came back with a forged passport?
who released him from the captive?
was their any visa on the passport he came back with?
do you think you can just disguise like a woman and beat heathrow airport?

abeg, tell me another story jareh. i am no kid to believe that crap

I am 100% sure you didn't read the news, you just talking for talking sake, did you ever read where it was mention that he escaped through Heathrow Airport? And to answer your question: Yes passport could be arranged, people travel with resemblance.

delonz:
I am 100% sure you didn't read the news, you just talking for talking sake, did you ever read where it was mention that he escaped through Heathrow Airport? And to answer your question: Yes passport could be arranged, people travel with resemblance.

he was arrested right, who released him?