Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the previous governor of Bayelsa State, stole $954,000, which has now been restored to the state government by the federal government.
The news was revealed by Mary Beth Leonard, the US ambassador to Nigeria, during a press conference on Thursday in Abuja.
She said that from 1999 until his impeachment in 2005, the former governor’s official wage during his time working for the government did not correspond to the stated sum.
“However, during that time, he accumulated millions of dollars through abuse of office, money laundering,” she said.
At the age of 62, Alamieyeseigha passed away in October 2015.
The immediate directive from President Muhammadu Buhari is that the money be used to improve Bayelsa’s healthcare system.
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