There are strong indications that a
former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is
seeking to govern Bayelsa State again.
It was learnt on Monday that this time
around, Alamieyeseigha, who in his first tenure, was called ‘Governor
General of Niger Delta,’ wishes to actualise his ambition on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress.
It was also learnt that a former
Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi
Alaibe, is interested in the governorship ticket of the APC for the 2016
governorship election in the state as well. Others said to be eyeing the party’s
tickets were a leader of the APC and a former Governor of the state,
Chief Timipre Sylva; a former Commissioner for Health, Chief Frank
Akpoebi; a Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Godknow Igali, and
APC state Chairman, Mr. Tiwe Oruminighe.
It was further learned that Mr. Preye
Aganaba, who recently lost his senatorial ambition, was being propelled
by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to go for the party’s
governorship ticket.
A source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said Alameseigha, the first elected civilian governor of the
state, was seriously staging a comeback to the Creek Haven, Bayelsa
Government House, on APC platform.
The source claimed the former governor and Igali were plotting to wrest power from the incumbent Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson.
Alamieyeseigha became the first civilian governor of the state in 1999 and was re-elected for a second term in 2003.
He was later enmeshed in serious
allegations of corruption and money laundering, leading to his
impeachment by the state House of Assembly.
The former governor was subsequently prosecuted and convicted.
But he was pardoned by President Goodluck Jonathan, who described him as his political benefactor.
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