Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha (DSP)

British police hope Nigeria’s new government under President Goodluck Jonathan will process their extradition requests for the former governors of Plateau and Bayelsa states Joshua Dariye and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha...

In 1999 Jonathan was picked as running mate to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha the PDP candidate for Bayelsa State Governor...

He was running mate to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who won the governorship of Bayelsa State in 1999...

Jonathan got his start in politics as Deputy to the disgraced Bayelsa former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who was impeached after jumping bail in London (some say disguised in a woman’s dress) where he faces criminal charges...

His choice of Delta activist Oronto Douglas as intermediary suggests the government is serious about finding a way to release Asari and the former Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (who faces charges in Britain of money laundering) to dampen down militant operations...

Oronto Douglas a former aide to impeached Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and now close to Jonathan predicts big shifts in Delta politics...

EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu insists that the investigation must proceed given that the sacked Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is being held on corruption charges which have forced Odili's ally Rotimi Amaechi off the State ticket...

All three will have southern running mates: Yar’Adua has chosen Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan (who replaced the hapless Diepreye Alamieyeseigha now facing charges of grand corruption); Buhari has chosen veteran Igbo politician Ume Ezeoke; and Abubakar is set to choose Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu despite his reported distrust of Yoruba politicians...

He replaced impeached Diepreye Alamieyeseigha...

The deposed Governor of Balyelsa State Diepreye Alamieyeseigha languishes in gaol in Abuja periodically taken out for questioning about the latest Delta violence...