Notice of Impeachment
To DSP Alamieyeseigha, Governor of Bayelsa
State
We the undersigned Honourable
Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly hereby give you NOTICE
that His Excellency CHIEF D. S. P. ALAMIEYESEIGHA (J.P) is guilty of
GROSS MISCONDUCT in the performance of the functions of his office,
which renders him liable to be IMPEACHED from office. PARTICULARS of the
various acts constituting the GROSS MISCONDUCT are as follows:
• Involvement in money-laundering
occasioning his arrest and investigation by officers of the Metropolitan
Police, London culminating in his current trial on charges of
money-laundering in the United Kingdom with prospects of being convicted
and sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom. This constitutes an
unacceptable embarrassment to the people of Bayelsa State.
• Freedom of movement restricted
to his home in United Kingdom far removed from his Constituency, Baye1sa
State of Nigeria with the result that he is incapable of discharging his
constitutional functions as Governor of Bayelsa State thus necessitating
the appointment of his Deputy as Acting Governor by the State House of
Assembly.
•Under investigation for grave and
damaging allegations of fraudulent and corrupt self-enrichment by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other appropriate
security agencies in Nigeria.
•Maintaining foreign bank accounts
while in office in the following banks viz:
(i) BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON
(ii) NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK,
LONDON
(iii) ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
(iv) COMMERZ BANK, LONDON
contrary to the clear provisions
of Paragraph 3 of the Fifth Schedule (Part 1) of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 the provisions of which he swore on
oath to uphold.
•Corrupt enrichment of his wife
and children namely: MR. ENETONBRA ALAMIEYESEIGHA, MR. SELEAKE
ALAM1EYESEIGHA, and MISS EMBELEAKPO ALAMIEYESEIGHA as disclosed by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in its report on investigations
into allegations of criminal diversion of public funds by CHIEF D. S. P.
ALAMIEYESEIGHA, Governor of Bayelsa State.
•Failing, refusing and/or
neglecting to formally notify the Government of Bayelsa State
particularly the Bayelsa State House of Assembly of his arrest,
detention, arraignment and trial in court in London for the offence of
money laundering but instead deceptively wrote to the Bayelsa State
House of Assembly a letter obviously back-dated to the 1st day of
September, 2005 requesting to be away for 120 days to enable him
recuperate from a surgery he underwent in Germany, thus deliberately and
mischievously attempting to keep away from the Government and people of
Bayelsa State the fact of his arrest, detention and trial in London of
money-laundering charges a fact that is now household knowledge all over
the world.
•Criminal diversion and
misappropriation of public funds to facilitate his acquisition of
(a) One billion Naira shares in
Bond Bank PLc by private placement. (b) Purchase of Chelsea Hotel, Abuja
for the sum of Two billion naira (c) Acquisition of £ 1 0 Million worth
of properties in London.
•Making false statement in his
Declaration of Assets and Liabilities as the Governor of Bayelsa State
to the Code of Conduct Bureau in breach of the provisions of paragraph
11 (2) of the Fifth Schedule (part I) of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Enclosed herewith and marked as ANNEXURE BYHA
1 is a copy of the report and or findings of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) on investigations into allegations of criminal
diversion and misappropriation of public funds against CHIEF D. S. P.
ALAMIEYESEIGHA (J.P) Governor of Bayelsa State. We hereby adopt the
findings therein as particulars of the acts of Gross Misconduct we have
alleged in the NOTICE OF IMPEACHMENT.
We trust that you will take
appropriate action on this matter in accordance with the provisions of
Section 188 (2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999.