In a recent interview with
Vanguard Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former Bayelsa state governor, reveal how
late president Umaru Yar’Adua had saved his life.
Currently the chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party, he explained why he considered Nigeria’s former
president Olusegun Obasanjo cunning and All Progressives Congress national
leader Bola Tinubu clever.
When
asked if the wave of defections would affect the PDP in the upcoming
governorship election in the state, the politician responded:
“Again, I think our people
need to be educated, I can tell you that I was one of them in 2003 that formed
Action Congress. At that time, it was becoming clear that President Olusegun
Obasanjo, was going to chase most of us out of PDP, so we came together. About
18 of us. We said let us register a party and keep it in case President
Obasanjo pushed us out of the party. We can have a platform to actualize our
dream.
“Also at that time,
Obasanjo had cajoled the Southwest governors out of their seats. He deceived them.
Bola Tinubu was very clever, he foresaw what Obasanjo was trying to do, so he
was the only one that survived because the agreement was that all the Southwest
governors should all support him so that he will return them as governors for
second term.
Obasanjo’s election came
first and he deceived them. Obasanjo himself, very cunning, formed Accord
Party. When you hear of Accord, it’s Obasanjo’s party.”
Recalling
his past experience, the former governor said that life taught him many important
lessons. He also noted that a good leader never expects “comfort all the time”.
“So many things happened
anytime I sit down and recollect some of these things I laugh over them. I
thank God, I would not have been here talking to you, I would have been a dead
man because several attempts were made to eliminate me. But thank God I am
alive today and I also thank late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who saw it coming
and called as a president and saved my life.
“He said ‘Ganuwa Katsina’ they will kill you,
if you think anything will happen nothing will happen. He said weeks after your
death, your people will make noise. After, it is the same your people that will
send CV’s for appointment and that will be the end of you.
This Nigeria, don’t argue
with anybody, if it requires removing your dress so to set yourself free come
out of it. I did not sign any paper that set me free, they signed everything by
themselves, they took everything I had, I came out of detention with only N500.
Everything I had since I was born was taken away from me.”
It was reported yesterday
that £5 million looted by Alamieyeseigha was returned. Nigeria High
Commissioner to UK Dr. Dalhatu Tafida made this known over the weekend saying
that the fund was returned though the Commission in London.
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