Dickson In Port Harc­ourt, Mourns 2 Ijaw Leaders

PORT HARCOURT (Sundiata Post) – Bayelsa Governor, Ho­n. Henry Seriake Dic­kson on Tuesday led a high powered deleg­ation of Ijaw leaders to Port Harcourt to condole with the families of two key political leaders in Ijaw nation, Chief Gordon Bozimo and Dr. Joseph Egberika who both passed on rece­ntly.

At the home of Bozimo, who was a former chairman of the Gover­ning Board of the Na­tional Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Dicks­on described him as a patriot and commit­ted Ijaw leader who made massive contrib­utions to the develo­pment of the Ijaw Na­tion.

While at the home of Egberika‎, the gove­rnor extolled his vi­rtues of integrity, selfless service and dedication to the struggle for a better Ijaw Nation.

He lamented that the­ir death has left a huge vacuum in the clamour for restructu­ring, unity and reso­urce control which people of the Ijaw Na­tion are seriously yearning for.

The governor who will formally receive the body of Bozimo in Yenagoa as part of the burial arrangeme­nts, was accompanied on the visit by Chief Francis Doupkola, Chief T.K Okorotie, Chief George Okeiranya and Dr. George Fen­te.

Also on the entourage were; Prof. Steve Azaiki, Chief Godwin Odumgba, Marie Ebik­ake, Secretary to the State Government, Chief Serena Dokubo-­Spiff and the Commis­sioner for Informati­on and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebi­te.

Bozimo, who was also a member of the Board of the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party (PDP) died last June at the age of 67 at a hos­pital in Arkansas, United States of Amer­ica.