Former Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha says he virtually lost all ever owned and had only N500 left with him upon his release from prisons in 2005. “I came out of detention with only N500. Everything I had since I was born was taken away from me”, he stated. Alamieyeseigha was convicted for corruption and embezzlement of state funds. Before then, he was restricted by the London Metropolitan Police when he was caught with large amount of hard currency in the country. He jumped bail, dressed like a woman and appeared in Nigeria, in a move akin to a Hollywood blockbuster. The former governor also stated how former President Umaru Yar’Adua warned him of a plot to kill him. Alamieyeseigha said Yar’Adua urged him to plead guilty in order to regain freedom and protect his life.
“I would have been a dead man because several attempts were made to eliminate me. But thank God I am alive today and I also thank late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who saw it coming and called as a president and saved my life. He (Yar’Adua) said “Ganuwa Katsina” they will kill you, if you think anything will happen, nothing will happen. He said weeks after your death, your people will make noise. After, it is the same your people that will send CV’s for appointment and that will be the end of you.
“This Nigeria, don’t argue with any body, if it requires removing your dress so to set your self free come out of it. I did not sign any paper that set me free, they signed everything by themselves, they took everything I had”.
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