According to Channels Television, Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, stated that the former governor died of cardiac arrest on Saturday. Alamieyeseigha reportedly slipped into a coma on Thursday and was placed on life support.
A 2013 request by the British government for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition to stand trial for fraud charges, was recently revived in the media.
It has not been confirmed if the former Bayelsa governor’s ailment has any connection to the reports being circulated.
Alamieyeseigha, who was facing money laundering charges in London, jumped bail and returned to Nigeria and has since then refused to answer summons for trial to continue.
According to his Wikipedia page, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was born on November 16, 1952 in Amassoma, Ogboin North Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.
He attended the Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa. He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as a Cadet Officer in 1974, then joined the Nigerian Air Force, where he served in the department of Logistics and Supply.
He held various air force positions in Enugu, Markurdi, Kaduna and Ikeja. Alamieyeseigha retired from the air force in 1992 as a Squadron Leader.
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).
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was impeached on allegations of corruption on 9 December 2005.
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