The former Governor
of Delta state, James Ibori who is currently serving jail terms for money
laundering offences, yesterday released a statement mourning former Bayelsa
state governor, Diepreye Alameyeseigha who died of cardiac arrest yesterday
October 10th at the University o Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. In
a statement signed by his spokes person, Tony Eluemunor, Ibori described
Alameyeseigha as a victim of great hypocrisy masquerading as nationalism and
anti-corruption fight. He added that the late governor had only one house which
was in his village, Ammasoma.
The statement in part
reads;
"Alamieyeseigha
became the victim of great hypocrisy masquerading as nationalism and
anti-corruption fight. Alamieyeseigha was lied against, as heaps upon heaps of
untruths were piled on him, and national hysteria replaced public discourse
whenever the subject was Alamieyeseigha. He was plotted against by those who
swore they were fighting on the side of good even though they had taken high
seats in the devil’s court. How many people would believe that Alamieyeseigha
had only one house? And that is in his village, Amassoma!
One day, no matter
how long the delay, Alamieyeseigha’s real story would be told, the truth about
him would be unearthed and the world would know the kind of virulent politics
he was victim of. We were not just colleagues in the governors forum from 1999.
In the man I found a boundless and dependable warrior in the battle for the
cause of the Niger Delta. He was fearless, forthright, outspoken and dedicated
his life to the causes he believed would benefit his people. In fact, he was
consumed by the cause of the Ijaw people, the degradation of their environment
and collective psyche. He was in a hurry to see that the injustice under which
they laboured be redressed; and he was ready to bear any pain, pay any price,
to see that their day of liberation arrived fast. Rest in peace great Ijaw
leader. Rest in peace, the governor General of the Ijaw nation. May God grant
your family and the Ijaw people the grace to bear this monumental loss”
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