US lashes out at Nigeria over pardon of corrupt Alamieyeseigha

The united Sates has criticized Nigeria for granting a pardon to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa and political associate of the president.
In a Twitter post on Friday, the US embassy in Nigeria said it was "deeply disappointed" over the pardon to Alamieyeseigha, impeached and then sent to jail during the Obasanjo presidency for stealing billions of his people's money.

The embassy said, "we see this as a setback in the fight against corruption."

Nigeria has consistently ranked at the top of most corrupt countries of the world and this pardon will help to soil the image of the country as a place where corruption is not only common place, but is tolerated and perhaps rewarded

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