#BBB NEWS| Former Bayelsa Governor, Alamieyeseigha, Is Dead

The first executive Governor of Bayelsa State,Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is dead.

Alameiseigha reportedly died after he was rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in Rivers State.

Family sources claimed that the former governor  suddenly fell ill in his hometown in Ammassoma township of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa and was rushed to Port Harcourt.

D.S.P Alameisegha, who was popularly known as "Governor-General of Ijaw Nation is aged 62.

Alameiseigha,who was pardoned by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan for his conviction on corrupt practices as Governor of Bayelsa, was recently thrown into a panic state by the strange request by the Government of the United Kingdom for his extradition.

#BBB NEWS| Former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva Withdraws Petition Against Ben Murray Bruce’s Senatorial Election

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, has withdrawn a petition he filed against Senator Ben Bruce at an Election Tribunal in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State.

Sylva, who was the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa East Senatorial Seat, approached the State Election Tribunal to declare that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bruce was not qualified to contest the seat because he holds dual citizenship.

Sydney Ibanichuka, the counsel to former Governor Sylva, said the reason for Sylva’s withdrawal of the petitions was in the interest of peace saying he “has agreed to withdraw for the interest of peace in Bayelsa and Nigeria at large."