The United Kingdom has said that it has not given up on its efforts to extradite former Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, back to Britain to face trial, the Sun Newspaper is reporting today.
The UK said it had already contacted the Federal Government requesting Mr. Alamieyeseigha’s extradition, and was awaiting a response to the request.
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, told the paper in an exclusive interview that the former governor, who recently got state pardon from his criminal conviction in Nigeria, still has an outstanding case of money laundering to answer to in the UK and that the UK government will not give up until Mr. Alamieyeseigha is brought to justice.
Mr. Alamieyeseigha, then a serving governor, made a dramatic escape from the custody of the British authorities when he fled back to Nigeria from detention in September 2005. He would later be convicted on similar money laundering charges on July 26, 2007 in Nigeria after he was impeached as governor.
Although his recent state pardon by President Goodluck Jonathan hit the UK authorities as a rude shock, Mr. Pocock dismissed insinuations that London was planning to sanction Nigeria over the matter. According to him, “that is not the way we do things”.
The High Commissioner also revealed that UK had earlier requested for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition, but did not get any response.
Mr. Pocock said the UK had asked the Attorney General and Minister for Justice for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition and was still awaiting his position on the issue when President Goodluck Jonathan all of a sudden announced he had been extricated of all wrong doing via the state clemency.
The move to pardon him even when the application for his extradition to Britain was still pending was like daring the applying nation that feels strongly that Alamieyeseigha has a case to answer in their country.
According to Mr. Pocock, “The former governor skipped bail in the UK on a charge of money laundering and returned to Nigeria. So, he has an outstanding charge in the UK, which is there for him to answer.
“We have already discussed it and the Nigerian government knows our views. But we would like to see him return and answer charge in the UK.”
On UK’s past and present efforts to see that Alamieyeseigha is extradited to the UK, Mr. Pocock said: “Yes. I think we asked in the past. I am very sure we asked in the past. But I am not sure we got a formal response. So, we are still waiting for a formal response from the Nigerian government.
“We have asked the Attorney General. He will have to tell us what his position is on extradition. I haven’t had a reply yet, but we still wait for it,” the British envoy added.
SOURCE: The Sun
Can he be extradited with a state pardon hanging on his head?
Ghen Ghen
ReplyDeleteNo one talks trash about Obj and go scot free.
DeleteVery stupid request. This useless countries don't respect Nigeria at all. Maybe they should come kidnap him from Nigeria
DeleteKarlsson, he jumped a legally obtained bail, that's an offense on its own...pls wats stupid about d request?
DeleteAt this rate, all of them will be jailed...PMB, remember to confiscate all their properties too.
DeleteOf course Stella. The jurisdictions are different. And as such do not interfere with one another. He's still answerable to the UK govt cos he jumped bail. Ahaha this is getting hotter. Waoo
DeleteHe should be extradited without further delay.
ReplyDeleteShameless looter.
Ehn Ehn! Money maker na you be this? Idonbeiveit. Change has indeed come and things are happening.
DeleteI am also against political witch hunting, selective justice and persecution.
DeleteThe Journey Hasn't Ended For Oga Alams....
ReplyDeleteYea! Gather Dem All,Try Dem and Hurl Deir Guilty Asses Inside Jail.
Na Northerners dey run the affairs of Nigeria, but na only the few from south south and south east them dey witch hunt......and let no bastard tell me, they are all clean
ReplyDeleteDon't mind the fools they all know what they are doing .
DeleteWhy are ppl with related names seems bent on defending illicit behaviour and immorality . Just because he's your kinsmen and yet u are the 1st to comment that the country is down FYI all thsee ppl contributed immensely to our states downside. When Saraki was summoned no tribesmen from Southwest complained even though he's one of our own. Guess we have a clue where our problem is from. Less we forget PDP had whooping 16 years to point accusing fingers to the names u mentioned but they never did and they did was to embezzle.
DeleteThank u so Much adegbite. God bless u
DeleteKwara is even north. His people even stoned him. So let justice prevail abeg plixs
DeleteEniola don't mind the stupid idiots. They were given a chance and in 6 years of rule...looted more than anyone since independence. Which is why they will NEVER rule this country again....NEVER!!!!! It's not a threat..its a promise. Fucking bastards
DeleteAnon 11 36 see u see dying on top paintment ,broke asshole like you ,your realy think we won't rule again ?with the poverty that will hit many by 2016 and 2017?just watch!
DeleteHmmmm,wahala
ReplyDeleteGood 4 him, OBJ head don catch am... shameless criminal that have mouth to be tslking trash ...Aturu
ReplyDeleteHeiyaaaaa. Stella if you ask me na who i go ask?
ReplyDeleteThot alameiyiesegha's or however it's spelt issue is over. Why not face d people u are supposed to face.
ReplyDeleteWhy all these unnecessary drama.
He was cursing Obj a few weeks ago, it only takes several emails back and forth and his case has been revisited by the gods!! Baba Alams, you would ve just kept quiet..
DeleteNa Northerners dey run the affairs of Nigeria, but na only the few from south south and south east them dey witch hunt......and let no bastard tell me, they are all clean
ReplyDeleteStella, when did Mr Pocock grant this alleged interview? Bc Andrew Pocock isn't the British high commissioner to Nigeria anymore. Paul Arkwright is
ReplyDeletestate pardon my foot, let the UK government prosecute him if it's still possible
ReplyDeleteOk skeen. Just visited The Sun, that interview is from 2013!! I for wonder
ReplyDeleteChai! Later they will say one is being biased. This is just common sense....Jonathan should bury his head in shame, granting a criminal (that ran from detention) state pardon. our ex president is the worst in the history of nigeria (am sorry to say). He ran the country as if he did know the basic good and bad principle. Some people will still not say the truth as it is (which is glaringly obvious) because they are from the same region. Until we do away with religion, tribalism, and being sentimental while choosing our #leaders, we will keep finding ourselves in daft situation.
ReplyDeleteWell said. You get brain nothing to add.
DeleteJonathan is from the south-south and not the south-east . He isn't from our region so we owe him no allegiance. Yes there are a lot of Ibo people who support him , but I don't think their support is based on tribalism. They have their reasons.
DeleteYou're right about Jonathan though, he was indeed a disaster.
Let them package him and send biko, he should go answer for his charges, what I don't get is why did they wait till now for this? Corrupt politicians everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThey shld keep a close watch on Dieziani before she turn to man over night and run to Nigeria. Thats how she ate our wages. Thief
They didn't wait till now. They had been asking, but the power that be, at that time, wasn't forth coming.
DeleteLobatan!
ReplyDeleteClick my name for all your celebration cakes and cupcakes, cheers
Fuck a state pardon!!!! Send that bitchass nigga back!!!! It's a gaddem shame that our colonial masters have to come to our rescue at this day n age but so be it!!!!!!!!
DeleteChai, they will say one is being biased... Jonathan should hide his head in shame. imagine granting a state pardon to someone is who ran away from detention.... our ex president is the worst we have ever had in the history of this country in terms of his high tolerance for corruption, day light robber n looting. some small minded nigerians will still refuse to admit/acknowledge the fact that Jona failed us simply because they are frm the same region. Until we do away with, religion, tribalism and being sentimental when electing our public office representatives, we will keep finding ourselves in daft situations like this. To think of the way Jonathan just ran this country, he didn't even apply the basic, good and bad principle makes me nauseous.
ReplyDeleteLmao!
ReplyDeleteThis is getting more interesting by the day.
If it's possible, they should extradite him abeg.
No rest for the wicked.
Nigeria must get better.
#WhiteDiamondOut
Lol. Sh!t is getting real
ReplyDeleteOf course. He can still be extradited.
ReplyDeleteIn as much as some people praise and paint Jonathan as a good man, his action(s) says otherwise.
Na wah ooo! Obasanjo you sure say dis no be your handwork?
ReplyDeleteGood to know someone thinks in my direction. Orji Kalu challenged Obasanjo and a week later EFCC exhumed his case. Now it's Alamesiagha's turn because he voiced the altercation between him and Obasanjo in Katsina and Plane. Obasanjo is a worse thief amongst them all. He had only N20,000 in his Temperance Farm Account with First Bank in 1998 and today he is swimming in Billions of Dollars. Where did the money come from? Yet he goes about self righteously talking about corruption
DeleteThey should arrest him fast fast. His a criminal. I like this nd this is so interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe UK authorities and their unnecessary self elevation.They should go and rest and stop feeling so relevant.
ReplyDeleteWhirlwind, u too??
DeleteSisi Eko, I understand the intricacies of this case my dear and i know Alams has a case to answer thete but the UK authorities can be annoying.
DeleteAlways trying to appear like they are second to none and God's gift to humanity.Anything that concerns Africa they like to blow out of proportion.They have zero regard for Africans.
So u support corrupt politicians,na wah for u o.
DeleteNo way Oladele, support corruption ke? God forbid!!
Deletestill on this man matter eh? in the end what will happen? he will still go free no matter how long he stays... people like this deserves immediste execution.
ReplyDeleteJonathan. Oloriibu eda kan ni omokunrin yi. Werenje gidi ni. And na some lunatics hero for ere o. All dese modafuckers, open ur eyes. Tufia!
ReplyDeleteWhich Pardon?
ReplyDeleteThat back door kurukere state pardon?
Na today?
Abeg forward march joor
Ur senior Ibori is there waiting to welcome u!
Bunch of thieves!
He must be extradicted
Should be extradicted
Chai!! Chai!!! Wahala dey oooh!
Big wahala o.
DeleteBut I sha pity d man now.
Oh my...your sins shall find you out. Ha
ReplyDeleteYes Stellz......Abeg whr d lawyerz in d house?
ReplyDeleteLobatan!
ReplyDeleteWhat state pardon, a pardon granted by a mistake man that shouldn't have rule our nation. A man that shunned integrity to favour the criminal that brought him to government. I pray he is send back to the UK and our President begin to pick up others without delay.
ReplyDeleteGod bless Nigeria.
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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They should jail his ass though no doubt...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
He should be extradited abeg to face the same music ibori is facing.
ReplyDeleteI smell A rat
ReplyDeleteMadam stella he is no longer and ex con, at least in Nigeria because he was padorned by GEJ. However the multiple corruption cases going on in 9ja and around the world is a welcome development. Let's get rid of this cancer called corruption.
ReplyDeleteStella to answer your question; Yes he can be extradited. He got a state pardon in Nigeria for the crimes he committed in Nigeria. The crimes he committed in the UK however are still pending. The Federal High Court will have to determine if he will be extradited.
ReplyDeleteOturugbeke
ReplyDeleteWow...so we still on the matter?
ReplyDeleteStill remember vividly how he was disguised as a woman lmaoooo
I agree with u Mr Peacock.
ReplyDeleteThey should go and sit down abeg, have they finished convicting all the criminals in UK. Busybodies.
ReplyDeleteThey should rot in jail
ReplyDeleteSee gbege.
ReplyDeleteBuhari is a bastard...so it is only southerners that have stolen NIGERIAN money abi?
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about that. He's doing the right thing. But if he doesn't prosecute the northerners, it's our duty to elect someone who will when he vacates office.
DeleteThis is a welcomed development! State pardon my green ass! Let the fool be extradited immediately, it is time for Nigeria to be cleansed of all these rot!
ReplyDeleteThe other day he had the guts to grant press release calling people out, I heard he is nursing political ambition. A common criminal.
Let them pack him inside a carton any container and deliver him to the UK authorities, they won't jail him if he is innocent. Afterall,James Ibori is serving his time, Diezani will soon join him so why won't he. Let this serve as a deterrent to public office holders, let them be accountable, let us have some fresh air!
E don be for em Naija politicians o...lmao.
ReplyDeleteAeegurl...
So in Nigeria, its only Bayelsan that are thieves. What about other states politicians? Can they be probed? Or na only bayelsans dey do money laundering for UK? Abeg! This is the hand work of Buhari.
ReplyDeleteSo it was Buhari that asked him to steal in 2005? Or was it Buhari that told him to disguise as a woman in order to jump bail? Let's call a spade a spade abeg! Let him go and answer his case...
DeleteYes ooo. From what Is going on bayelsians are the thieves. LOL.
DeleteThey are big thieves and should be dealt with, after which the sword of justice is free to smite every other enemy of progress we have in this country (whether, yoruba, ibo, hausa etc)
DeleteIts his state resources...
DeleteBesides, all govts and presidents are thieves.
So tell me, how many of them are facing trials in UK apart from the southerners, which is Ibori, Alams and Alison.
Please, list other region govts and presidents that are in UK jail? See let me tell u guys, Alamco is the best govt that we have had for the past 10yrs.
Hehehehe. They should plz leave our prisoners for us nau. Let's deal with them in our own ways. US, leave us alone
ReplyDeleteMadam, it's UK and nt US, they were our colonial masters.
DeleteNkan be!
ReplyDeleteAlarms should not be around here , he should on his way to Malabo or a safe haven , or else it's going to be Holloway for him and many years to be spent behind bars .
ReplyDeleteEhe!!! Hanlele joor... Where is that drug baron in the senate...Kashamu. Please carry him join...
ReplyDeleteInfact that Kashamu own, na when he dey sleep dem go bundle am. I'm sure the NDLEA will not retire on his matter. Even the man knows, cos he hasn't been prominent in his senatorial duties since he became one. Eheheh
DeleteOturugbeke
ReplyDeleteAm not against dz anti corruption drive by Uk , my anger is dz their neo-colonialism mentality & big brother madness . Where they not d people dat started money laundering in Africa ? Hv they returned all they stole in Africa , he who goes to equity goes wt clean hands , my dear UK , do d needful first .
ReplyDeleteThe state pardon was granted by Nigerian government and not the UK hence he can be convicted in the UK.
ReplyDeleteAlarms should use his tongue to count his teeth....
Y do I feel he will disappear into tin air with this news making headlines.
How about Babangida? I am sorry but oil is from the south and yet it is only the southern thieves that Britain is after. How come they could not touch Babangida or even Obasanjo? All those northern governors that are always smuggling cash out of the country and buying houses abroad, they do not see them abi? Or is it BBC most of them barely speak English so it will be difficult to communicate with them? Even Saraki, they did not notice anything dodged in what he has been up to all these years abi? Maybe BBC he has a British passport. As someone pointed out, Obasanjo has a lot to answer for,. Anyone that upsets him suddenly finds the self the target of a foreign investigation. He is obviously spying for them and giving them information and in return he is left alone. He is always to be seen in the hall of United Nations international conferences seeking some relevance meanwhile he is obviously a senile, mentally unbalanced petty old man settling private grudges.
ReplyDeleteWhy hasn't he been probed? Even with the scandal of his PA who admitted taking kickbacks nothing has been done to him, instead he is using the UK and US like he used the efcc to settle personal grudges.
Its just that your south people where not smart enough to launder the money else where in another lawless country you people are what is wrong with Nigeria tribal and religious sentiments cloud your judgements never seeing the bigger picture when a corrupt politician is jailed in uk or us you don't hear the citizens saying why are they picking on politicians from the north or south of England or those from California or Texas everyone cheers on because they know it's for the good of the people you know how the developed countries are yet you take your stolen funds there what do you godamn except money cannot buy everyone so hush it and keep your sentiments to your damned self
DeleteEveryone calling obasanjo is just paranoid I don't get it stolen funds and are being retrieved is that not a good thing pls I am happy I am a Nigerian and my future can be ruined because of thieving greedy politicians we have I have a degree and masters 2 years no job and not because of lack of trying we need these funds back to reinvest and move the country forward all those who are pained should go and hug transformer these people don't share the stolen funds with you they don't even give a shit about your existence so why are you crying for them face your front and improve your life in a legit way myopic thinkers I can't stand it
DeleteAnon, sorry about inability to get a job.I am baffled that you claim to have a masters degree, wow. Read what you wrote again and ask yourself some pertinent questions.
Delete@anon87 you are right! But we should all pray that one day Obasanjo, Tinubu and every single ex-governor would be properly investigated by the NCA and FBI (not our useless EFCC).
DeleteWe need to recover some money from them too. The scale of justice should be balanced.
Thanks Anon 07:42. U spoke well.
DeleteAlamco refuses to obey OBJ that's y he was framed with stealing public fund. What obj wanted was our oil which Alamco refused, and he sent the efcc after him, making him looks as if he's the worst criminal in nigeria. So u people should stop talking trash when u know nothing about.
Things are taking a diferent shape..
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Abacha will happen to Buhari
ReplyDeleteU nko? Not unless u are certain that you'lld live forever.
DeleteAbeg, that prayer is bad. Ha! Allow him rule and go. Osibanjo is intelligent but to fragile to be a president. Don't want him becoming older than his age like Jona
DeleteYou people go and rest jor. The thing is that bayelsans are not United, and do not love themselves.
ReplyDeleteYes, dia is no unity among us. Everybody dey ans him papa name here.
DeleteUdybabes Holloway is a women's prison and not for men.
ReplyDeleteSome idiots on this blog just dont get it. It is UK's business because they used the U.K. as a country to launder their stolen money and to invest their stolen money. Do you see Singapore or any other country they did not use to launder stolen funds getting involved?
ReplyDeleteThe U.K. is very involved because they don't want people using their country to launder money and anyone who uses their country to launder money will be prosecuted.
People just want to comment blindly on things they do not understand.
Oh shut up, we understand it.Stop sounding like you have said anything extra ordinary.
DeleteLol! Not everyone knowledgeable about politics, diplomacy, jurisdictions , foreign policies and extradition laws. You can enlighten them without sounding condescending. After all , no one knows everything.
DeleteFor instance, you can't kill somebody in the U.K. And expect them relax just because Nigeria government granted you pardon. He commited an offence in both countries, the pardon is for Nigeria only Not U.K. Gej has no jurisdiction to pardon him for crimes he alledgly commited against other countries.
ReplyDeleteHmmm this recent development may just be connected to the comments Alams made about OBJ recently.
ReplyDeleteThen we can say he caused his problem. He should have kept quiet knowing he still has a case in U.K . If I were him, nobody will hear my voice again in this country.
DeleteNot only him..they shld fish out many in d society
ReplyDeleteApparently, the people who have been looking for witches in Nigeria have flown to the United Kingdom. After attempting to catch the Senator, they moved to Alison, and now DSP.Na wa o
ReplyDelete12:53 what are your numbers/population in Nigeria?, who the fuck will vote for your kind to rule this country again.
ReplyDeleteYou will NEVER rule Nigeria again. As you know it was by chance and circumstance that made you rule in the first place.
Shameless thieves the lot of you.
Dis westen world people are out to destroy Nigeria by all means since their prediction of nigeria's brake in 2015 seems not be working they device and means by targeting south south leaders in order to provoke the militant so the northern regime of buhari will attack them of course we all know what the consequences will. Instead seeing the reality you people are here insulting yourselves. May God bless nigeria
ReplyDeleteDis westen world people are out to destroy Nigeria by all means since their prediction of nigeria's brake in 2015 seems not be working they device and means by targeting south south leaders in order to provoke the militant so the northern regime of buhari will attack them of course we all know what the consequences will. Instead seeing the reality you people are here insulting yourselves. May God bless nigeria
ReplyDeleteSo anytime Britain or America sneezes now, Nigeria must jump. Can Nigerian govt ask Britain to extradite her citizen to Nigeria to face charges. Nah wah o. Hope PMB will not not need to obtain permission from the West b4 he makes any decision for Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteBuhari is trying to plz the Britain by all means because of umaru Dikko saga, don't blame him it is part of the chattam house deal during his canpaign nonsense
ReplyDeleteTrue talk jarii
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