Former Gov. Of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has been reported dead. The news broke this evening at about 6:22pm. He 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.
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.
Info about him from his Wikipedia page reads '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, then joined 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.
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