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	Newswatch magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sources said that the choice of Alamieyeseigha for the title of Ganuwan Katsina is informed by the Katsina emirate's appreciation of his leadership qualities, style of governance and his role as a vocal voice of the Ijaw nation.
		Alamieyeseigha, last year, he successfully negotiated the release of 11 expatriate oil workers of Pride Forasol Drilling Nigeria Limited held hostage by their colleague Nigerian workers on an oil rig at Sangana, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
		Alamieyeseigha's selection ahead of several other personalities tipped for the title places him as the second Southerner after the late business mogul, M.K.O. Abiola, and the first non-muslim to be so honoured by the Katsina Emirate.
	www.newswatchngr.com /editorial/allaccess/nigeria/10308124736.htm (557 words)

	Nigeriaworld Feature Article - Alamieyeseigha: A Suspect and now a Fugitive
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha had exploited the civic and civilized arrangement and nature of the West to escape trial, but there is a way out of this uncouth behaviour of Bayelsa State Governor.
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha disturbs the peace and stability of Bayelsa State, then the Federal Government should declare a state of emergency in the state and bring to trial any citizen found to be disturbing the peace and tranquility of the state.
		Alamieyeseigha has taken his misbehaviour too far and he must be made to pay in full and face the full wrath of the law.
	nigeriaworld.com /cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/babsajayi/112105.html (999 words)

	Vanguard Online Edition :
		RECALCITRANT Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa state was seized from Government House, Yenagoa, yesterday morning, by the police, moments after.......
		ABUJA— Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State has filed a suit before the Supreme Court, praying for an order stopping the Federal Government from effecting his removal from office through alleged unconstitutional means................
		IF there was any suspicion in the willpower of the Bayelsa lawmakers to throw out the beleaguered Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha from office, the rider was cleared, Tuesday, November 29, when the 15 pro-impeachment lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Mr.
	www.vanguardngr.com /section/headlines.html (414 words)

	News2
		Ironically the Speaker, Lokpobiri, then a thorn in Alamieyeseigha’s flesh was accused by the government of masterminding the blast even before the police commenced investigation into the cause of the deafening explosion, thereby breaking ranks of members and the subsequent impeachment and expulsion of the Speaker and his close allies from the PDP.
		Alamieyeseigha, the source also said, surrounded himself with sycophants who are only interested in getting their share of the state resources without telling him to make amends where necessary.
		Alamieyeseigha who financed the election of most of the lawmakers was an untouchable but while he was away, a lot of water had passed under the bridge for obvious reasons.
	www.igbonews.co.uk /html/news2.html (5534 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Bail-jumping Nigerian state governor arrested
		Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of the oil-producing southern state of Bayelsa, who was charged with laundering 1.8 million pounds (3.2 million US dollars) in London, jumped bail and escaped to Nigeria dressed as a woman three weeks ago.
		Alamieyeseigha once described himself as a "pawn in an elaborate power game," alleging that there is a plan to assassinate or kidnap him.
		Alamieyeseigha was originally arrested on September 15 at a British airport for money laundering and then granted bail on condition he should report daily to the police.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200512/10/eng20051210_226988.html (463 words)

	News -- Alamieyeseigha has no immunity in UK —London court
		THE Royal Court of Justice Strand London yesterday ruled that Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State who is on trial in London for money laundering offences but jumped bail and escaped to Nigeria has no immunity from prosecution in the United Kingdom and under International Law.
		Under the United Kingdom Acts, Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has no immunity and he can be arrested, criminally investigated, criminally tried and criminally convicted if he has criminally committed any offence.
		The issue raised on this judicial review application is whether the decision to prosecute Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha (âthe claimantâ) should be quashed on the grounds that he is entitled to sovereign immunity in his capacity as Governor and Chief Executive of Bayelsa State, which is a constituent part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/nov/26/304.html (1343 words)

	Alamieyeseigha Saga
		Alamieyeseigha was arrested by officers of the London Metropolitan Police Thursday afternoon at the Heathrow Airport on his way from Germany where he had gone for medical check up.
		Alamieyeseigha sounding weak and frail during the interview denied any wrongdoing on his part even as he said that he was informed that the Presidency asked that his immunity be waived.
		Alamieyeseigha, 53, appeared in a London court on Friday and was granted bail, while the case against him was adjourned till November 15.
	www.unitedijawstates.com /saga.htm (18238 words)

	Obasanjo Backs Alamieyeseighaâs Arrest: Fresh facts emerge on money laundering - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Alamieyeseigha was arrested on Thursday afternoon in London on his way from Germany, where he had gone for surgery, by British officers from the Specialist and Economic Crime Unit of the London Metropolitan Police.
		The freedom enjoyed by Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, following the bail granted him by a London court Friday may be short-lived as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is reportedly planning to âinvite him for questioningâ in the event he surfaces in Nigeria.
		Bayelsa State governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has described his recent ordeal at the hands of the British police as the handiwork of his political enemies for his stand on certain national issues.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates?a=5291&z=10 (958 words)

	BNW News Blog: Biafra Nigeria World News Index and Digest: BBC Archives
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was detained by police after losing the immunity from prosecution that he enjoyed in office.
		Mr Obasanjo was commenting on the case of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha for the first time in public, although he has asked the UK for an explanation.
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha insists that the £1.8m ($3.2m) found in cash and bank accounts was not his.
	news.biafranigeriaworld.com /archive/bbc/index.php (18018 words)

	BNW News: Biafra Nigeria World News: Pride of Africa: Biafra NigeriaWorld is the Authority on BiafraNigeria:: the home ...
		While Alamieyeseigha's Bayelsa Central is totally out of the equation, the two other senatorial districts have not failed to use every opportunity to tell whoever that cares to listen that it is their turn to produce the next number one citizen in the state.
		Again, the incumbent governor, Alamieyeseigha is from the Bayelsa Central Senatorial district and by 2007 he must have ruled for eight solid years.
		Alamieyeseigha, deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan or anyone else for that matter has not made any open comment on their ambition or interest to govern the state in 2007.
	news.biafranigeriaworld.com /archive/2004/aug/15/007.html (1098 words)

	Alamieyeseigha remanded in police cell - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It would be recalled that Alamieyeseigha was originally arrested on September 15 at Heathrow Airport in London on his way from Germany, where he underwent a surgery.
		The application filed on Tuesday by Alamieyeseigha's counsel was meant to nullify the condition which required him to submit his travel documents and report daily to the Desk Officer at the Ilford Police station in London.
		But the police, sensing that on the strength of the ruling Alamieyeseigha may return to Nigeria since the ruling meant he should retrieve his travel documents before the November 15 date when the police plan to formally charge him to court, accosted him outside the premises of the Redbridge Magistrateâs court and re-arrested him.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates?a=5340&z=10 (521 words)

	The Alamieyeseigha Saga: Alamieyeseigha: My Life’s in Danger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was arrested in September in Heathrow airport and some £1m-worth of cash was allegedly found in his London home.
		Barely 24 hours after the Bayelsa State House of Assembly asked the state Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to resign from office or face impeachment, the governor has taken the battle to the doorsteps of the Federal Government, accusing it of plotting to eliminate him.
		Picking up the gauntlet yesterday in a broadcast to the people of the state at Yenagoa, the state capital, the governor dismissed as “scandalous and unacceptable” the impeachment notice by the lawmakers, saying it was part of a power game plan to remove him from office without due process.
	www.alamieyeseigha.com /2005/11/alamieyeseigha-my-lifes-in-danger.html (313 words)

	allAfrica.com: Nigeria [opinion]: Letter to the British High Commissioner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Your excellency, Diepreye by all standard is not a poor man and should not die for serving his people.
		Dr Alamieyeseigha is said to have in his possession about Â£1.8 million pound and property worth 10 million pounds which your government insists he should account for.
		Alamieyeseigha was the governor who took the bull by the horn and funded the training and camping of the Under-21 team that did the nation proud in Holland this year.
	fr.allafrica.com /stories/200511180243.html (1548 words)

	Vanguard - National News : The Return of Alamieyeseigha : Yenagoa agog as Alamieyeseigha returns
		YENAGOA — THE people of Bayelsa State were expecting their governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was arrested and incarcerated in London for more than two months running over allegations of money laundering to arrive home with a bang but when he returned, Monday, it was a different kind of bang.
		Clearly, he was savoring the scenario as Alamieyeseigha who saw the journalists standing in the middle of the road, brought out his head from his Jeep and waved.
		Alamieyeseigha’s return is equally comforting to most of the Commissioners whose ministries have somehow been starved of funds as it is believed that money would start flowing to them for one thing or the other.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/nationalx/nr122112005.html (997 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Nigeria's runaway governor
		His opponents say "Alamco" - he got his nickname from the Alamieyeseigha Campaign Organisation of the 2003 general election - is hardly a charismatic leader, and has abused the trust of Ijaw people he claims to represent.
		Mr Alamieyeseigha began his career as a civil servant before undergoing military training and joining the Nigerian Air Force in 1974.
		Some of his supporters feel that Mr Alamieyeseigha is being victimised because he is seen as being close to Vice-President Atiku Abubakar - Mr Obasanjo's rival to contest 2007 presidential elections on behalf of the ruling People's Democratic Party.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/4499962.stm (785 words)

	His Excellency, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha
		Alamieyeseigha was an officer who marked himself apart from his peers as an expert in the area of logistics.
		Alamieyeseigha was duly decorated with the Forces Services Star, FSS, General Service Medal and the National Service Medal.
		Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha, Justice of the Peace, is happily married to an amiable wife, Her Excellency, Mrs.
	www.bayelsagov.com /doc/dspbio.html (715 words)

	News -- Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha begs Obasanjo
		Beleaguered Governor Alamieyeseigha resumed work, yesterday morning, from his Amassoma country home to find that soldiers and anti riot policemen had, over night, positioned a shatterproof vehicle directly opposite Government House but he quietly passed to his office to resume the day's duty.
		A government source said Gov. Alamieyeseigha told the Presidency that he would not be cowed by anybody to surrender his mandate except it was done constitutionally.
		Chief Alamieyeseigha equally enjoins all patriotic sons and daughters of Bayelsa State to remain law-abiding in the face of this obvious and unnecessary provocation.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/nov/29/300.html (1700 words)

	TIGblogs - Mutiu
		A Nigerian state governor who was charged with money laundering in the UK has been impeached in his oil-rich home state of Bayelsa.
		Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has lost his immunity from prosecution and has been arrested by police.
		Mr Alamieyeseigha is facing allegations of fraud by a special anti-corruption court sitting in the northern city of Kaduna.
	mutiuokediran.tigblog.org /post/32944 (162 words)

	Herald Sun Footy Story Page
		Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of the oil-rich southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa was arrested on Thursday in London and later released on bail pending further enquiries, investigators said.
		When asked about Mr Alamieyeseigha, a London police spokeswoman said: "A 53-year-old man was arrested at Heathrow on September 15 by officers from the Metropolitan Police SCD6 (specialist and economic crime) in connection with an ongoing investigation.
		Although a member of President Olusegun Obasanjo's ruling People's Democratic Party, Mr Alamieyeseigha identifies strongly with Ijaw demands for greater control of their region's oil revenues and is seen as an opponent of the Federal Government.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /footy/printpage/0,8036,16630826^661,00.html (680 words)

	As Nigeria Tries to Fight Graft, a New Sordid Tale - New York Times
		Alamieyeseigha, the governor of a small oil-producing state in the Niger Delta, did last week, government officials said.
		Alamieyeseigha is suspected of siphoning millions of dollars in cash and buying an oil refinery in Ecuador along with several houses in London, California and South Africa.
		Alamieyeseigha (pronounced al-uh-mess-EE-ya) was arrested in London on Sept. 15 and charged by British authorities with three counts of money laundering.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/11/29/international/africa/29nigeria.html?ex=1290920400&en=11264de5ff174375&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (802 words)

	The Port-Harcourt Telegraph ----- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		overnor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is in the negative spotlight once again, with most Bayelsans worried by what they say is his squander maniac attitude accusing him of embarking on another wasteful trip abroad.
		Local sources say that the self-styled Governor General of the Niger Delta who just returned to the shores of Nigeria after attending the graduation of his daughter in the United States may have lavished a fortune in celebration of her feat.
		In the meantime, the issue of Alamieyeseigha's daughter and the money that was allegedly spent continues to make the rounds in Yenagoa..
	www.thephctelegraph.com /stories/020505/2605_10news_02.html (417 words)

	DAILY TRIUMPH -UK goes tough on Alamieyeseigha...For jumping bail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the commission, noted that the London Metropolitan Police Service had confirmed that Alamieyeseigha was in breach of the bail conditions granted him by a London court.
		Alamieyeseigha was arrested and arraigned before the Southwark Crown Court in United Kingdom on charges of money laundering involving about one million pounds.
		The statement reiterated that anyone who attempted to launder the proceeds of corruption in the UK should be aware that that would not deter the authorities from conducting investigations.
	www.triumphnewspapers.com /uk241102005.htm (352 words)

	The Sun News On-line \| national news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		On Wednesday, Alamieyeseigha was arraigned at the Bow Street Magistrate’s Court in London.
		The lawyer said that Alamieyeseigha’s situation was a precarious one, because, according to him, "the British are not joking with their anti-corruption war" unlike, "here at home that anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government is half-hearted."
		Perhaps to put to rest arguments that President Olusegun Obasanjo could influence the release of Alamieyeseigha through his friendship with British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Fawehinmi stressed the degree of independence the British police exercise in the discharge of their duty.
	www.sunnewsonline.com /webpages/news/national/2005/sep/30/national-30-09-2005-001.htm (898 words)

	Nigeria: National News Headlines - 12/10/2005 - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Bayelsa state House of Assembly yesterday impeached the state governor Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on two-count charge of jumping bail and failing to notify the house of his arrest, detention and arraignment in a London court for the offence of money laundering.
		If the deposed governor of Bayelsa State,Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, had known, he would have stayed back in London and answer to the charges of money laundering brought against him by the Metropolitan Police.
		Embattled Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Friday lost his bid to avoid trial in the United Kingdom as a London high court ruled that he does not have “sovereign immunity” in Britain.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /news/features.asp (1144 words)

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