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Gov. Dickson Renames Banquet Hall To Immortalise Alamieyeseigha

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Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has renamed the state’s Government House Banquet Hall as Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall to immortalise the late first civilian Governor of the state, Dr Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.

 

Dickson disclosed this in Yenagoa on Friday at the special valedictory State Executive Council session in honour of late Alamieyeseigha.

 

The governor said that also renamed was the road linking Yenagoa to Alamieyeseigha’s hometown Amassoma, which would now be called Chief DSP Alamieyesigha Road.

 

He described the late Alamieyeseigha as a great leader and a major voice of Ijaw people who passed on when his companionship and services were most needed.

 

The former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan in his tribute, described Alameiyeseigha as “a boss, a close ally and a leader of the Ijaw nation who impacted positively on his people.

“When I was deputy governor of Bayelsa under Alamieyeseigha, he gave me the responsibility to run the affairs of government in his absence because he trusted me.”

 

He added that Alamieyeseigha`s demise was a sad moment to Ijaw people.

 

The remains of Alamieyeseigha would be laid to rest on Saturday in his home town Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

 

(NAN)

Magazine’s Published Article Blames This Newspaper For Alamieyeseigha’s Death

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One “The Source Magazine” has lashed out a serious allegation against Premium Times.

The magazine shared a recent publication  with a Cover Story entitled: ” Alamieyeseigha: How False Story Killed Him”.

In the article, the magazine insinuated that the recent death of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, penultimate week, was triggered by a purported story published by Premium Times that the British government made a request to the Nigerian government for the extradition of the former governor to the United Kingdom to face money laundering charges.

The magazine specifically stated: “An online portal, PREMIUM TIMES had recently rehashed its March 28, 2013 story and presented it to unsuspecting readers as fresh. A section of the traditional media also strangely keyed into the PREMIUM TIMES stale story and published it as fresh. Quoting the immediate past British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the UK government was interested in extraditing Alamieyeseigha to stand trial and that a request had already been made to the federal government to that effect”.

Premium Times however denies the allegation, saying that any publication related to that issue was published in 2003.

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Alamieyeseigha Built Own Tomb Before He Died (See Photos)

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A facebook user claims that this is the burial site late Alamieyeseigha was building before his departure. He shared photos and wrote:

Gov Seriake Dickson minutes ago at Alamieyeseigha’s proposed tomb at Amassoma. The late Alamieyeseigha, a hero of d Niger Delta struggle, resource control and an albatross of Obasanjo’s 3rd term bid, had prepared his burial site long before his passage on Saturday.

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Bemdoo hulugh: What Legacy Would Generations Unborn Know Of Our Nigerian Politicians?

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When I heard of the death of DSP Alamieyeseigha, I began to think about what will be going through his mind those last moments before his death. Here is a man who most likely couldn’t travel abroad for treatment because he is a wanted man outside the shores of this country and couldn’t get good treatment here because almost 8years as governor he didn’t build a single hospital that can save lives. Like the story of the rich man and Lazarus, he can’t come back to warn his brothers(and sisters) but if given the opportunity he will tell them “all is vanity” and I guess those will be his last words.

Alamieyeseigha was loved in Bayelsa mostly as a result of our normal sickness of low expectation and I see people saying things like don’t speak bad about the dead. Unfortunately he will be remembered for what he really is. In trying to write this piece, I attempted a Google search on Alamieyeseigha and saw suggestions like “Alamieyeseigha disguise” “Alamieyeseigha dressed like a woman” and “Alamieyeseigha escape from London” among others. His place in Nigeria’s history is certainly not pretty and God may forgive his soul as I see many people write on social media but history will not be that kind to him.

Albert Nobel who invented dynamite woke up one morning to see his obituary in the news papers. A French news paper wrote “Le marchand de la mort est mort,” meaning “the merchant of death is dead.”  he was described as a man “who became rich by finding ways to kill people faster than ever before.” This made Nobel worry about how the world will remember him after death and he began to dedicate his life to foster world peace. A year before he died,he signed his last will and testament, which set aside majority of his vast estate to establish five Nobel prizes including one for the pursuit of peace. The world no longer remembers Albert Nobel as “the merchant of death.” He is remembered today as the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Our politicians are too shallow in thought to use the death of Alamieyeseigha to ask themselves that thought provoking question on how they will be remembered in Nigeria’s history. All those who have held or are still holding positions of public trust must ask themselves this question. What will Nigerians be writing on social media about you when you die? What will the younger generation tell their unborn or young children about you? we all must ask ourselves this question again and again. The legacy you leave behind can be a burden or a precious gift to your loved once. Billy Graham once said “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” the legacy of DSP Alamieyeseigha is there for all to see but what about us? Albert Nobel showed us that the living can still do something about their legacy but not the dead.

Bemdoo hulugh is an active citizen and he writes from Makurdi

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How Alamieyeseigha Died Before Planned Oversea Treatment

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Fresh facts emerged yesterday on how the first elected governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alameiseigha died at the Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) few hours before he could be flown abroad for further treatment by the Bayelsa State government.

Also confirmed was the fact that Late Alameiseigha was never in a coma for two days as claimed by some media reports.

It was gathered that the Bayelsa State government had activated a plan to fly him overseas for further treatment before he died on Saturday.

The arrangement, according to a top Bayelsa State government official, was at the instance of the state deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah (rtd) after his visit to Alamiyeseigha on his sick bed at the hospital in Port Harcourt.

It was gathered that the state deputy governor, who was at Omoku in Rivers State for a programme at Agip on hearing about the former governor’s poor health called him on phone on Friday and spoke with him at about 8.15pm, before his demise on Saturday contrary to claims that he (Alamieyeseigha) was in coma for two days before he passed on.

“This is a sad loss for Bayelsa and Ijaw nation. Contrary to claim that Alamieyeseigha was in coma for two days before he passed on, the state deputy governor who was at Omoku for a programme at Agip on hearing about Alamieyeseigha’s poor health called and spoke with him on phone at about 8.15pm.

He even directed the state commissioner of Health, Dr. Ayibatonye Owei to stay back and monitor him. The deputy governor later visited him at the hospital on Saturday morning before leaving for Yenagoa with an instruction that an air ambulance be put on notice for him (Aalamieyeseigha) to be flown abroad for further treatment.

“Shortly after the deputy governor arrived Yenagoa, he received the sad news that Alamieyeseigha had passed on,” the source said.

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Why OBJ Picked Jonathan As VP In 2007, Alamieyeseigha Opens Up

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Revealing the intrigues that led to the choice of Jonathan as vice president in his country home in Yenagoa, former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, said it was part of Obasanjo’s grand plan to stop Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from succeeding him in 2007.

The former governor said from the discussions he had with Obasanjo, he knew that Jonathan was going to be the vice president of Nigeria as far back as August 25, 2005.

He said Obasanjo’s fear then, was that Atiku had secretly endorsed Alamieyeseigha as his running mate and had perfected plans to succeed him (OBJ) at the expiration of his second tenure.

Alamieyeseigha said the choice of Jonathan as vice president was to frustrate the emergence of Atiku and himself as  PDP flag bearers in 2007.

He expressed regrets that his impeachment, imprisonment and travails in office were part of the plot by Obasanjo, who he described as “devil incarnate” to stop him from becoming Atiku’s deputy.

His words: “For Goodluck, I knew that Jonathan was going to be vice president of Nigeria as far back as August 25, 2005.  Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, told me that since  Atiku and I wanted to take his job, that it would be over his dead body; and that unless he died, Atiku cannot be president of Nigeria.

“Obasanjo said since Atiku had picked me as his running mate, he would make sure that he dealt with and disgraced us. He said  he was going to use my deputy to rubbish me before everybody. So, I knew.”

On why he picked Jonathan as his deputy, Alamieyeseigha said he needed an establishment person and somebody who was not too ambitious.

He described Jonathan as humble and a man with strong character, who could be relied upon to handle a position of responsibility.”

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I have a dossier on Obasanjo and I will expose him – Alamieyeseigha

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Ten years after the impeachment and subsequent imprisonment of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, Alamieyeseigha is still boiling with anger towards the former president.

Even though he claims he has forgiven Obasanjo, whom he called a devil incarnate, he has vowed to expose him.

 

Speaking to Saturday Vanguard in Yenagoa, Alamieyeseigha said that he had forgiven all those who plotted and sent him to jail purely for political reasons even though the experience remains very painful to him.

The former governor was impeached and removed from office in December 2005 and was subsequently sent to jail for alleged mismanagement of Bayelsa State funds.

Some of his property alleged to have been secured with stolen funds in and outside Nigeria were confiscated and given to Bayelsa State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) working in conjunction with foreign security agencies.

But Alamieyeseigha, who was granted state pardon by his former deputy governor and immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, last year, said that Obasanjo has not known peace because of the role he played in events leading to his impeachment, arrest and subsequent imprisonment.

He recalled that Obasanjo nearly fainted the first time he met him after his release from prison. He said the former president, who met him accidentally at the Katsina Airport became jittery on seeing him and managed to shake hands with him. Alamieyeseigha said: “I have forgiven all those who plotted against me, including former President Obasanjo. I know all those who plotted against me and sent me to jail. I cannot be living in the past as it does not help me in any way.

“What I passed through is painful all right but it would not have happened if it was not permitted by God. It is even more important to me that I am still alive today because I passed through many shadows of the valleys of death and still came out of them. ‘’I have met Obasanjo at very close quarters twice since I came out of prison.

I did not know that he was at the VIP Lounge at the Katsina Airport to attend the marriage of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s daughter. Obasanjo came face to face with me at the airport when I went to use one of the rest rooms. It happened that as I opened the door to ease myself, I saw Obasanjo sitting face to face with me and he almost passed out.

“But I held his hands. He was scared and he felt uneasy all through. Then he began to ask ‘DSP, DSP, DSP! What have I done to deserve shaking your hands?’ There were many people there, one of them was Kenny Martins, the then chairman of the Police Equipment Fund.

“I told Obasanjo ‘I was only shaking you for two reasons: one-because of the fear of the Almighty God, who created us and two, for the fact that I am the Ganuma Katsina and you are a visitor to my emirate and tradition demands that I should welcome visitors’. “That prompted Kenny to get up also and greet me, saying ‘great leader, great leader’ and he came and hugged me.’’

The former governor said his second post-prison encounter with Obasanjo took place aboard a Dubai-bound flight where the former president met him seated in the business class and addressed him as ‘Fayose’ out of fear . His words: “The second encounter with Obasanjo was when we met on a flight going to Dubai. When Obasanjo came, I was already seated in the Business Class and he had no choice but to greet me.

But because of possible fear of seeing me, Obasanjo called out ‘Fayose, Fayose, Fayose.’ I protested to him that I am not Fayose and I said: ‘Former President Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, you are a devil incarnate.’ “I warned him not to talk again or he would face my anger. And I tell you, throughout the flight he could not say anything to me.

The only thing Obasanjo managed to say was to ask me whether I was the only one who had ever been sent to the prison. ‘DSP,  is it only you that entered prison? Don’t you remember that I was also imprisoned? You entered prison and I also did.’’ In spite of his criticism of the former president, Alamieyeseigha, still has some kind words for Obasanjo.

Describing Obasanjo as a leader, who keeps his word and works hard, the former governor said he has a dossier on Obasanjo and would reveal it in his forthcoming memoirs to enable Nigerians know what the man had been doing since 1966.

“But one thing I know about Obasanjo is that he is a leader. If Obasanjo gives you his word, it remains his bond. You can call him any time of the night, and he will pick his phone directly.

He is ready to sit with you on how to solve a problem but he would not allow you to talk. That is the type of character he is. I have a dossier on Obasanjo and I will expose him and Nigerians will read it in my memoir,” Alamieyeseigha said.

 

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Jonathan, Alamieyeseigha, others to attend Dickson’s declaration

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, are among prominent Ijaw leaders that will attend the event as the incumbent Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, declares for second term ambition next Tuesday.

Others expected at the event include the national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors and National Assembly members.

The declaration will put an end to insinuations on whether Dickson, whose current first tenure will end on February 14, 2016, would be seeking a re-election in office.

The governorship election has been slated for December 5, 2015.
With his expected declaration on September 8, the governor will have to contend with other aspirants for the candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party at a primary election to be held in October.

Commenting on Dickson’s declaration, Alamieyeseigha described the governor as a good product, that would be easy to market for a second tenure in office as Governor.

Alamieyeseigha stated this when Dickson paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday at his country home in Amassomma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

The former governor, popularly known as the ‘governor-general of the Niger Delta’ said Dickson had performed well and deserved a second tenure.

He said re-electing the governor would enable him to consolidate on the gains of the restoration agenda, stressing that it was only a man like Dickson, who had performed creditably well that could bring victory for the PDP in the December 5 governorship poll.

Party faithful, supporters of the governor from across the state as well as friends and well-wishers are expected to also attend the event, scheduled for 10am on Tuesday, next week.

Dickson, Alamieyeseigha Not Sent Out Of Otuoke Meeting- PDP

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said Bayelsa governor, Seriake Dickson and former governor of the state, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, were never sent out of PDP Fact Finding Committee meeting in Bayelsa.

This is contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Vice Chairman, South-South and Secretary, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, in Abuja on Wednesday.

It stated that the clarification was necessary following false media reports that the two politicians were sent out of the party’s peace meeting at Otuoke, Bayelsa, on Aug. 1. “I, Ojougboh on the instruction of Dr Haliru Bello, the Chairman Board of Trustee (BOT), who is also the Chairman of the committee, hereby affirm that at no time were these two great party men asked out of the meeting.

“The committee met with the governor and State Exco on one hand, the former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved party members on the other hand separately,” Ojogboh said.

It stated that the committee had a very good outing which resulted in the recall of the suspended and expelled party members in Bayelsa.

“The recalled members were pleased to return to the party.”

“The party wishes to state that this misinformation is the hand work of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as they are afraid of the outcome of the reconciliation in the party.

“We, therefore, urge the PDP Bayelsa, to discountenance these mischief makers, bind and bond properly as we move to retain Bayelsa in the forthcoming gubernatorial election,” it stated.

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Dickson, Alamieyeseigha Ordered Out Of PDP BoT Meeting Held In Otuoke With Jonathan

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The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) o Sunday held an emergency meeting at the country home of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa State,  it wades into the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party.

At the meeting, both the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and former governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, were ordered out of the venue by the party leadership.

At the meeting which looked into the recommendations of the National Peace Committee for the state, the acting Chairman of the party’s BoT, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, called on all feuding members and stakeholders of the party in the state to close ranks, while also upturning the decision of the state chapter of the party to expel some prominent members from the party.

President Jonathan was said to been scandalised by the action of the party at the state level, adding that the party cannot afford a major crisis less than five months to the governorship election.

At the meeting which was held at the Jonathan country home amid tight security, some uninvited prominent persons, including those who had already defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), were walked out of the venue. Reports gathered that attendance was based strictly on membership of the board and on invitation.

Those in attendance at the meeting included the BoT acting Chairman, Bello; the Secetary of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibril; the former Governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu; Dr. Cairo Ojuogboh and Senator Stella Omu.
While some loyalists of the expelled party leaders, including the embattled Chairman of the PDP in the state, Col. Sam Inokoba, claimed that the Chairman of the state reconciliation committee and first governor of the state, Alameiyeiseigha and other party members were barred from attending the meeting due to non-membership of the party BoT.

However, Inokoba and Senator Emmanuel Paulker were allowed into the meeting.

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