Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori was in Bayelsa to pay a condolence visit to Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson and Alamieyeseigha’s family over the death of former Governor of Bayelsa State, DSP Alamieyeseigha.

He was given a heroic welcome by the President of the Ijaw Youths council  (IYC), Barr. Eric Omare and his executives.

According to Ibori,DSP was a martyr of the Niger Delta Struggle.Chief James Ibori was a bosom friend and an ally of the late Chief Alamieyeseigha.
They were contemporaries in the agitation for the realization of the 13% derivation and resource control in the Niger Delta Region.