Gov. Diri in Asaba to condole with Governor Okowa over loss of father


Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, arrived in Asaba  Tuesday night on a condolence visit to Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa over the death of his father, late Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa, popularly called AOU, the Okpara-Uku of Owa-Alero.

The Governor was accompanied on the trip by some top government functionaries including Hon. Fred Agbedi, member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, State Chairman of the PDP, Solomon Agwuanana, former SSG, Alabo Gideon Ekeuwei, Senator Inatimi Rufus Spiff,  Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Benson Agadaga and a friend of Bayelsa State, Hon. Gabriel Onyenwife.






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