The Movement for the Survival of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has said that no governor in Bayelsa State that came after the late Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha deserves the title of ‘Governor-General of Ijaw Nation’.
The Ijaw group in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by its President, Dr Kennedy Tonjo West, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Alamieyeseigha’s death said only the late governor died with the title.
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Alamieyeseigha was the governor of Bayelsa State from May 29, 1999 to December 9, 2005 when he was impeached by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly following a dramatic case of corruption against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
After his conviction, Alamieyeseigha was granted a state pardon by President Goodluck Jonathan but later died on October 10, 2015 at a hospital in Port Harcourt.
Alamieyeseigha’s predecessors are Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Timipre Sylva, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson and the incumbent Senator Douye Diri.