Nineteen years after a legal battle over who becomes the ruler of Wakrike, the Rivers State Government has presented an instrument of office to Dr Alfred Semenitari Abam as the Ado IX, Amanyanabo of Okrika.
The action by the state government is in keeping with a court judgment that confirmed King Abam as the rightful occupant of the stool.
A Port Harcourt High Court had on the third of May 2019 declared Chief Alfred S. Abam as the Amanyanabo of Okrika after years of a protracted legal battle.
The Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Chieftaincy/Community Affairs, Mr Felix Odungweru, who represented the Governor at the presentation ceremony said the instrument of office which was back-dated to 2002 was signed by Governor Nyesom Wike on the 25th of June 2019.
King Alfred Semenitari Abam who expressed joy over the development, promised to unite all parts of the Wakrike nation with the view to fast-tracking the development of the Okrika nation.
He said the Okrika nation must unite for the sake of peace and progress of the kingdom, adding that with the confidence reposed on him by the people, he will not disappoint the people.
