Nigeria: Twelve Years After - Remembering Melford Okilo, the Country Man

15 July 2020

Amby Uneze recalls the life and times of the first civilian governor of the old Rivers State, Senator Melford Okilo.

It is exactly twelve years since Senator Melford Okilo passed on. Okilo who was the first elected Civilian Governor of the old Rivers State died on 5th July, 2008 after a protracted illness.

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