Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commiserated with the Graham-Douglas family of Abonnema community in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State over the death of prominent Ijaw leader, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas.
Alabo Graham-Douglas, who was at various times the Federal Minister of Social Development, Youth and Sports, Aviation, Labour and Productivity as well as Culture and Tourism, died a week ago in Abuja at the age of 82.
In a condolence message to the family, the Bayelsa governor described the late Graham-Douglas as a foremost nationalist and cultural icon.
He stated that Graham-Douglas belonged to the pantheon of the Ijaw elite that made the ethnic group proud.
Governor Diri noted that the former four-time minister and exceptional politician would be greatly missed for his frankness, forthrightness and fatherly disposition.
He urged the family to take solace in the fact that Graham-Douglas lived a fulfilled and accomplished life that impacted on not only those whose path crossed with his but indeed the whole of Ijaw nation and Nigeria.
Daniel Alabrah
Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor