Governor
Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that the first civilian governor of
the state, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, died because he was harassed and forced to
abandon his medical care abroad.
Mr.
Alamieyeseigha died last Saturday at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching
Hospital, Port Harcourt.
The
state government said in an earlier statement that Mr. Alamieyeseigha died
after a long battle with kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Family sources had said that the former governor’s health suddenly deteriorated after the U.K. government requested his extradition to face charges years after Mr. Alamieyeseigha jumped bail and left London where he was arrested over alleged corruption.
The
sources said Mr. Alamieyeseigha fled Dubai in the United Arab Emirate where he
was receiving medical treatment, to avoid being arrested abroad.
He
sought medical care at the University of Port Harcourt, in neighbouring in
Rivers, where he eventually died after slipping into coma for days.
Mr.
Dickson confirmed the former governor abandoned his medical treatment abroad,
although he did not disclose where he was treated.
He
condemned what he described as the propaganda and orchestrated harassment that
led to the untimely death of the “Governor-General”, and called on the people
of the state and Ijaw nation to maintain the peace, as they mourn their
departed leader whom he described as a man of peace.
- Premium Times
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