Alamieyeseigha To Be Buried In March

According to The Nation, the funeral rites for the late former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, have been released by his family after a long wait.

The newspaper reports that the burial ceremony will commence on March 24 and ends on March 26, according to a family source on Tuesday.

The former governor died in October 2015, but nothing was said about his burial, which spurred speculations that he may have faked his death.

According to the Nation, Alamieyeseigha would have been buried on November 16, 2015, but this was “put off because of preparations for the state governorship election and lack of agreement between the state government and the deceased’s family.”

A first cousin of the deceased, Major Graham Naingba (rtd), who is the traditional ruler of Amassoma, it is a taboo for anyone in Ogboin community, comprising Amassoma, Amatolu and Otuan, “to fake his death.”

He affirmed that “Alamieyeseigha is truly dead. I have heard people who claimed that he faked his death. It is not true. In Ogboin community, we don’t fake our death.

“If anybody claims that he is dead and he eventually comes back, the person cannot live for more than three months. It is our tradition. If you fake your death, you are gone because you cannot live again.

“Even if the whole world says he is not dead, I the traditional ruler of this community will tell you that he is dead.”