Alamieyeseigha still under investigation –FG, UK

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a former governor of Bayelsa State, could be arrested anytime he steps out of Nigeria, as he is still under investigation in some countries.

Although, in spite of the presidential pardon granted him by the National Council of State after a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.

He was pardoned along side former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua; ex-Chief of General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya; ex-Minister of Works, the late Brig.-Gen. Abdulkarim Adisa; ex-Minister of Comminucations, Maj-Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju; Major Bello Magaji; Alhaji Mohammed Lima Biu; and an erstwhile Managing Director of Bank of the North, Shettima Bulama.

 The investigation is a multilateral effort by the governments of Britain, United States, South Africa, Bahamas and Seychelles as well as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Bank under the Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative.