Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has eulogised the late King of the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State, His Serene Majesty, Prof. Theophilus Jacob Tom Princewill, describing his impact to humanity and the academic community as indelible.

The former President, in a statement, yesterday, said the revered king’s demise was not just a loss to the traditional institution in the country, but to humanity.

He spoke when the son of the late monarch, Prince Tonye Princewill, visited him to inform him of the burial of his father and the Amachree XI, Amanyanabo of Kalabari

Jonathan described the transiting monarch as a King among Kings, recalling his days and experience in the university when the king was first posted to the University of PortHarcourt as a lecturer.
While condoling with the family of the king and the entire Kalabari Kingdom, he pledged his assistance in ensuring the successful transition of the king.

Earlier, Chairman of the Central Working Committee, Prince Tonye Princewill, briefed the former President on the main reason for the visit to his office in Abuja.

Prince Princewill said as the highest-ranking Niger Delta son and a former student of the University of Port Harcourt, the visit was imperative.

Co-chairman of the Central Working Committee, Chief Dr David Briggs,thanked Dr Jonathan for the warm reception with a reminder that the burial committee is looking up to people like him.