Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo
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Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, insisted that perpetrators of last month’s attack on Opu-Nembe in Nembe Council of the state, which left four persons dead, must face the law. The state Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the declaration during a meeting with members of Opu-Nembe Council of Chiefs, and security service commanders in Government House, Yenagoa.…
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Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, yesterday, urged council pensioners to exercise a little more patience, saying efforts will underway to work out modalities for the payment of their gratuities.
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