The 62-year-old reportedly died of cardiac arrest at the University of
Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, after slipping into coma two days ago
and was placed on life support.
The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili
confirmed the former governor's death to Channels Television.
According to him, the death of the former governor was a great loss to
the Ijaw ethnic group.
Alamieyeseigha's death is coming days after reports that the British
Government was determined to resurrect an outstanding case of money
laundering against the former governor and had requested for his
extradition to London, hit the media.
He was detained in London on charges of money laundering in September
2005. At the time of his arrest, Metropolitan police found about £1m
in cash in his London home and a total of £1.8m in cash and bank
accounts. He has been found to own real estate in London worth an
alleged £10 million.
He was facing money laundering charges in the UK when he jumped bail
in December 2005 and returned to Nigeria and has since then refused to
answer summons for trial to continue. Despite the charges against him
in the UK, he was granted presidential pardon by his political godson,
Goodluck Jonathan when the latter was president.
Alamieyeseigha was born 16 November 1952. He would have turned 63 next month.
-ChannelsTV
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