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Former Bayelsa Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Is Dead
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Updated October 10, 2015
Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead.





Chief Alamieyeseigha reportedly died of cardiac arrest at the University of Port Former Bayelsa Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Is Dead
Channels Television.
Updated October 10, 2015
Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead.

Chief Alamieyeseigha reportedly died of cardiac arrest at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, after slipping into coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, who confirmed the death to Channels Television, said that the death of the former governor was a great loss to the Ijaw ethnic group.

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.

He was convicted of corruption charges in Nigeria but was later granted state pardon by former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

According to his profile on Wikipedia, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on November 16, 1952 in Amassoma, Ogboin North Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and had his secondary school education at the Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa.

He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as a Cadet Officer in 1974, and was enlisted in the Nigerian Air Force, where he served in the department of Logistics and Supply.

Before retiring from the Air Force in 1992 as a Squadron Leader, he had served in Enugu, Markurdi, Kaduna and Ikeja.

He became the Sole Administrator of Pabod Supplies Port Harcourt and later Head of Budget, Planning, Research and Development of the National Fertiliser Company (NAFCON).

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was Governor of Bayelsa State in Nigeria from May 29, 1999 to December 9, 2005. He was impeached on allegations of corruptionHarcourt Teaching Hospital, after slipping into coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, who confirmed the death to Channels Television, said that the death of the former governor was a great loss to the Ijaw ethnic group.

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.

He was convicted of corruption charges in Nigeria but was later granted state pardon by former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

According to his profile on Wikipedia, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on November 16, 1952 in Amassoma, Ogboin North Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and had his secondary school education at the Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa.

He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as a Cadet Officer in 1974, and was enlisted in the Nigerian Air Force, where he served in the department of Logistics and Supply.

Before retiring from the Air Force in 1992 as a Squadron Leader, he had served in Enugu, Markurdi, Kaduna and Ikeja.

He became the Sole Administrator of Pabod Supplies Port Harcourt and later Head of Budget, Planning, Research and Development of the National Fertiliser Company (NAFCON).

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was Governor of Bayelsa State in Nigeria from May 29, 1999 to December 9, 2005. He was impeached on allegations of corruption

The news of his state was revealed to newsmen and the entire public by the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, who confirmed the death to Channels Television. Mr Esume told the public that the death of the former governor was a great loss to the Ijaw ethnic people.

According to reports prio to the day he died, the British Government was determined to resurrect an outstanding case of money laundering against the ex Bayelsa state governor and had requested for his extradition to London to face corruption charges that has been labelled against him.

It was a well known issue when Alamieyeseigha who was facing money laundering charges in the United Kingdom, jumped bail and returned to Nigeria. After words, he was granted state pardon by the Goodluck Jonathan regime.

According to his Biography gotten from a liable source, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on November 16, 1952 in the subway of Amassoma, Ogboin North Local Government Area,
Bayelsa State. He had his secondary school education at the prestigious Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa
He later joined the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1974 as a Cadet Officer, and on completion, he was enlisted in the Nigerian Air Force.

Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha served in the department of Logistics and Supply during his early times in the Nigeria Air Force.
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