February 16, (THEWILL) – The United States Government has returned a total of $954,000 loot seized from former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the State Government through the Federal Government.
US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, on Thursday, said the official salary of the former Governor during his tenure as a public servant from 1999 to his impeachment in 2005 did not match the said amount.
“However, during that time, he accumulated millions of dollars through abuse of office, money laundering,” she added.
President Muhammadu Buhari has immediately directed that the said sum be utilised in developing the healthcare of Bayelsa.
