Former President
Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday identified a former Governor of Bayelsa State,
Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as the person responsible for the political height
he attained in Nigeria.
Jonathan made this
known during a special thanksgiving service in his honour at the St. Peters
Anglican Church, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
He said, “I will not
forget to thank Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Without him, I would not have
been talking about being a former president.
“At a time I was not
thinking about being a commissioner in the state, he came to me and said I
should run with him. That is why I am here today. So, without him, it would not
have been possible to hear about Jonathan.’’
Jonathan added that
Alamieyeseigha came to him to run with him as deputy-governor of Bayelsa at a
time he was not thinking about being a commissioner.
The former President
came to the venue in company with his wife, Patience.
The event was attended
by Dickson, his wife, Rachel, Wike, a former Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Ayim and Senator Emmanuel Paulker.
Others were former
Governor of Adamawa State Boni Haruna, King Diete-Spiff, Bayelsa House of
Assembly Speaker, Kombowei Benson, Secretary to State Government, Prof. Edmund
Allison-Oguru and a host of his former ministers and aides.
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