Alamieyeseigha didn't fake his death, to be buried March 26- Cousin says

Major Graham Naingba (rtd), the Traditional Ruler of
Amassoma kingdom and the first cousin of former
Bayelsa state governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,
says the funeral of the former governor who died
last October, will commence on March 24th and end
on March 26th.


The monarch who is from Alamieyeseigha's village,
said the deceased would have been buried on
November 16 last year, the day he would have
marked his 63 birthday but it was put off because of
preparations for the state governorship election and
lack of agreement between the state government
and the deceased’s family.

According to The Nation, the Monarch discredited
reports that Alamieyeseigha faked his death to avoid
being extradited to the UK. According to him, anyone
who fakes his or her death in their village will die. He
said although the Chiefs in their community is yet to
see his corpse, the former governor's death is true

"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' he said