Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the
death of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha as painful and unfortunate, saying: “It is
painful that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal
Government finally succeeded in hounding an Ijaw leader to
death just because of his staunch stance on the upcoming
Bayelsa State governorship election.”
Reacting to Alamieyeseigha’s death through his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, the governor commiserated with the deceased
family, former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan as well as
the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson and the
entire people of the State.
The governor, who prayed for the repose of the soul of the
late former Governor-General of the Ijaw Nation, said his
death was “an eclipse of a political figure, who despite all
political odds, still commanded great respect from his
people.”
While blaming the Federal Government for his death,
Governor Fayose said; “Obviously, the Federal Government
was behind the plot to extradite Alamieyeseigha to the
United Kingdom to face fresh trial, a situation that made him
to abandon his medical treatment in Dubai.
“Even though I am not against anti-corruption fight, it is
painful that in the present day Nigeria, political vendetta is
being allowed to override the sovereignty of the country,
such that the Presidency was eager to release to a foreign
country, a citizen of Nigeria that had been tried, convicted
and later pardoned in accordance with the laws of the
country.
“Having been tried and convicted eight years ago, served
his sentence and forfeited properties to the Bayelsa State
Government; methinks Alamieyeseigha should have been
allowed to live his life without unnecessary political
intimidation and harassment.
“I have consistently asked them why they have closed their
eyes to the corruption allegations against their own people.
Why is their attention only on people from the Southern part
of Nigeria? And now that Alamieyeseigha has been hounded
and harassed to death, what else can the apostles of
political vendetta do?
“My prayer is that God in His infinite mercies will console
the entire Alamieyeseigha’s family and the people of
Bayelsa State, especially members of our great party, the
PDP and also grant them the fortitude to bear this sad and
painful loss,” he concluded.