Yar’ Ádua saved my life – Alamieyeseigha

Former Bayelsa State Governor,

Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, yesterday,

said but for the late President Umar

Yar’Adua, he woud have been killed the same

way Chief MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of

June 1993 presidential election and Alhaji

Shehu Yar’Adua died while in prison.

Alamieyeseigha said the late president

admonished him to accept certain

conditions, which he did not disclose so that

he (Alamieyeseigha) will remain alive.

He said late President Yar’Adua secretly

hinted him that despite his travails, a

particular cabal was not done yet and wanted him completely eliminated.

He spoke in Abuja, at the launch of a book authored by his contemporary and former

Anambra State Governor, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju.

The former Bayelsa State governor, who was the chief launcher on the occasion, was

reacting to his colleague’s address, who had reeled out all his bad experiences in office as

governor of Anambra State.

“You have said your own experiences in office as a governor of your state but if I state mine,

you will see that yours is nothing compared to what I passed through,” he said.

He disclosed that he was writing a book on his political career, especially as governor of

Bayelsa State, adding that it will soon be concluded and subsequently launched.