The Nation Newspaper Ex-president Jonathan, Wife mourn late Amanyanabo of Kalabari, pledge support to family
Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience, have pledged support for the burials of the late Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, describing the late Monarch as a King among Kings. as not just a loss to the traditional institution in the country, but a loss to humanity and the academic community.
The Nation learnt that the late Amanayanbo taught former President Jonathan at the University of Port Harcourt. “He will be fondly remembered for his contribution to national development throughout his career in academia where he occupied several strategic positions in which he excelled. His achievements earned him a place in the history of our great country and the award of Commander of the Federal Republic in 2011.
She said that as an Ijaw daughter of Okrika extraction, the Kalabari monarch was not just a Kalabari king, but also her father and a father to all sons and daughters of the Ijaw nation and prayed for peace, unity, love and progress in the Ijaw nation and Nigeria at large. In his speech, the Chairman of the media sub-committee, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, invoked the assistance of the former president in ensuring the king is given a befitting farewell.
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