Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that the Ijaw nation would forever remain grateful to the Abacha family for the creation of the state.
He said, “The government and people of Bayelsa State will remain eternally grateful to the Abacha family for that singular act of love and concern for Bayelsans and the Ijaw Nation in general.”
He described the wife of the late former Head of State, Mrs. Maryam Abacha as a courageous, peaceful and loving woman.
Paying tribute to the matriarch of the Abacha family, the governor said “her love, support and wise counsel, were some of the driving forces behind the historic decisions of the late Military Head of State.”
Dickson prayed God to grant her sound health, long life and a happier future with the rest of the Abacha family.
