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.
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, told Daily Sun
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 Alamieyeseigha is brought to
justice.
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.
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