Diepreye alamieyeseigha biography of barack
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Nigeria pardons Goodluck Jonathan ally, Alamieyeseigha
Under Nigeria's federal system, governors wield huge powers and control budgets larger than those of many neighbouring countries.
Mr Okupe told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the Council of States, a group headed by Mr Jonathan, had pardoned Mr Alamieyeseigha.
"He was tried, jailed and dispossessed of his property. He has been remorseful," Mr Okupe said.
"There's no law against the granting of pardons to any criminal."
BBC Nigeria analyst Fidelis Mbah says Mr Alamieyeseigha is now free to run for political office again, and could bolster Mr Jonathan's chances of winning another term in elections due in
Mr Alamieyeseigha remains influential in the oil-rich Niger Delta, where many people believe his trial was political, he says.
The ex-governor will be expected to rally support for Mr Jonathan in the region, where the president's support has fallen, he adds.
When M
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Remembering Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
Godfrey Pondei
venerated, adulated, very highly esteemed, and loved. ‘Inye’, he was idolised, bequeathed fond memories that are hitherto unconditionally and eternally engraved in the fleshly tablets of people’s hearts, nearly a decade after he passed to the great beyond.
Yes, despite the fate occasioned by vicissitudes of fortunes, the man, whose meddelande to our generation was encapsulated in a mandate called ledare Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, dually and affectionately addressed as DSP and the Governor-General of the Ijaw Nation, Nigeria’s fourth most populous ethnic nationality.
Being the pioneer elected governor of Bayelsa State in , he did throw up the inevitability of indicating direction virtually on all fortes, and by default, assuming the place of a model, inadvertently birthed future leaders that have served the state and Nigeria in different capacities.
DSP squared up to the status of a ‘progenitorial’ leader.
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Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
Nigerian politician (–)
Diepreye Solomon Peter "D.S.P." Alamieyeseigha (16 November – 10 October ) was a Nigerian politician who was the first civilian Governor of Bayelsa State in Nigeria[1] from 29 May to 9 December
Background
[edit]Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on 16 November in Amassoma, Bayelsa State. He attended the Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa. He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as a Cadet Officer in , then joined the Nigerian Air Force, where he served in the department of Logistics and Supply. He held various air force positions in Enugu, Makurdi, Kaduna and Ikeja. Alamieyeseigha retired from the air force in as a Squadron Leader.[2]
After leaving the air force, he became the Sole Administrator of Pabod Supplies Port Harcourt. Later he became Head of Budget, Planning, Research and Development of the National Fertiliser Company (NAFCON).[2]
Governor of Bayelsa State
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