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Lead Counsel to former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has revealed that his deportation from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he was taken for medical treatment, was against medical advice.
Lead Counsel to former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has revealed that his deportation from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he was taken for medical treatment, was against medical advice.
Barrister Mike Okoye told reporters in Lagos on Thursday after the adjournment of a 41-criminal count charge of money laundering filed against his client, that the former governor, being charged alongside some companies owned by him had not completed his surgical operation before he was deported.
'How come the visit of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to Chief Alamieyeseigha in Dubai, amounted to security risk?" Okoye asked.
He added: 'Alamieyeseigha, as we are talking now, is very very ill, he requires urgent medical attention.
'It is unthinkable that a visit by his former Vice President would be sufficient for the government of Nigeria to fly him back to Nigeria without completing his medical treatment. It is a shame that a country can do that to its citizen. This is against the spirit of patriotism. Since when has Atiku become a security risk?"
Alamieyeseigha, Okoye noted, 'is not a war prisoner. He has never been convicted, why is he being treated as if he is a war convict?"
Meanwhile, legal arguments on the fresh bail application brought by Alamieyeseigha, currently facing a 41-count charge of money laundering, has again been stalled at a Federal High Court in Lagos.
This was due to the absence of the Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Rotimi Jacobs.
Justice Mohammed Shuaib, on his part, has fixed August 3, 2007, for the hearing of the application.