The Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) has conferred an award on Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for his support.
The award was presented by a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Chief O.C.J Okocha (SAN), at the EBF’s last quarterly meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The state Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Professor Zacheaus Adango, received the award on Wike’s behalf.
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Meanwhile, the Forum’s Governor, Soseipreye Williams, has commended the leadership and members of the Calabar branch of the NBA, led by Mr. Paul Ebiala for standing up to what the it described as a ”macabre drama” by the Cross River State Government.
According to him, Governor Ben Ayade had set up and inaugurated the State Judicial Service Commission “in flagrant breach of the enabling and extant laws.”
He urged the Cross River State Government to urgently take steps to correct this infraction and return the state to her “cherished path of glory.”
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