ABU Alumni Salute Wike’s Giant Strides

Candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (utme), at the entrance of Top Ville College, venue of the utme computer based test in Igbo-Olomu, Ikorodu in Lagos on Saturday.

The Rivers State chap
ter of the Alumni Association of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has described the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike as an apostle of the rule of law, who has made giant strides in governance within such a short time in office.
The commendation was made by the branch Chairman, Mallam Adamu Mamman Kontagora, during a courtesy visit on the recently retired Chief Judge of Rivers State,  Justice Daisy Okocha in Port Harcourt.
Kontagora said posterity will be kind to Wike for putting an end to the crisis in the Rivers State judiciary by appointing the first female Chief Judge and opening the courts after nearly one year of closure.
The alumni chairman, who was accompanied by Professor Jessica Ezekiel-Hart, Mr. Ralph Amabipi, and Mr. Daerego Somiari, and other members of the alumni, congratulated retired Justice Daisy Okocha on her invaluable contributions to the advancement of the judiciary, citing the establishment of a biometric database and staff directory, judicial information system, provision of public conveniences for litigants, and resuscitation of medical services at the court premises during her tenure.
Kontagora said only personal commitment; exemplary devotion and selfless service could have taken Justice Okocha to the enviable career height of Chief Judge of Rivers State.
In her response, the retired Chief Judge, Justice Daisy Okocha, gave God all the glory on her retirement after 35 years of service to Nigeria through the Rivers State Judiciary.
Okocha, who is an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, also commended Wike for being the instrument used by God to fulfill His purpose in her life, and described the governor as a true Bar man with unparalleled respect for the rule of law.
It would be recalled that Justice Daisy Okocha joined the Rivers State Judiciary as a Magistrate in 1981.
A glorious career on the bench was crowned with her retirement on January is, 2016, as the first female Chief Judge of Rivers State.