Bayelsa
State Governor Seriake Dickson has described the late Kaduna State
Governor Patrick Yakowa as a detribalised Nigerian, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Dickson said this in his tribute at the special
valedictory session of the Bayelsa Executive Council in Yenagoa on
Tuesday in honour of Yakowa, who died in an air crash in Bayelsa on
Saturday.
He said, “The late governor was and will remain a
great Nigerian patriot, who came to Bayelsa, building bridges of love
and bonds of fraternity.
“He was a dedicated and humble servant of the people of Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.”
The governor, who described the accident that killed
Yakowa, former National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi and others as “a
hurting nightmare”, said “the day would forever remain dark in our
memories forever”.
He said the nation lost two distinguished leaders and
dedicated military officers in the ill-fated crash, adding that Yakowa
died in active service while visiting Bayelsa as a friend of the state.
Dickson said, “Bayelsa has lost a great friend and I, personally, have lost an elder brother,” he said.
The governor, who was accompanied to the special
session by his wife, Rachael, assured Yakowa’s widow, Amina, that the
government and people of Bayelsa would remain close to her.
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