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How Supreme Court Judge, Justice Odili Saved My Political Career - Wike ~ OsazuwaAkonedo
May 16, 2022
How Supreme Court Judge, Justice Odili Saved My Political Career - Wike ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #JusticeMaryOdili #NyesomWike #OsazuwaAkonedo https://osazuwaakonedo.news/how-supreme-court-judge-justice-odili-saved-my-political-career-wike/15/05/2022/ By Kelvin Ebiri
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by calvin abiri
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dash
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rivers state governor nissa mazinwa wike
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says that he will remain grateful to
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justice marriott dilly for her timely
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intervention that saved his political
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career in 2004.
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governor white spoke of this aspect of
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his political experience at the 70th
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birthday and retirement thanksgiving
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mass of justice mary adeli as justice of
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the supreme court how that our lady of
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the holy rosary chaplaincy catholic
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institute of west africa ciwa in port
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harcourt on sunday
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the rivers state governor recalled how
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he cried to justice marriott dilly when
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he got hint that his name was not
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included among those cleared to contest
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either as first term or second-term
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chairman of local councils in the state
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according to governor wike justice
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marriott dilly listened to him and took
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the complaint to her husband dr peter
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adily who was the governor of rivers
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state then
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governor wike explained that the manner
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justice maria dilly presented the matter
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got her husband acting on it immediately
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he said first dr peter adily invited the
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then rivers state people's democratic
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party chairman uchesa condos to confirm
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the observation and thereafter put a
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call across to the then national
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secretary of the pdp chief vincent
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oppela for
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in 2004 that time her husband was the
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governor so she was going to boeree camp
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for women empowerment scheme
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i was to run for second tenure as
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chairman of my local government obio
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apparent now they were having lunch with
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her husband and the former state party
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chairman then prince uchesa condos
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and i was told that my name had been
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removed in the list
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so i ran down to government house
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she has finished her own lunch left her
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husband and was entering the vehicle
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i said mummy i'm finished
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she asked what happened i said they've
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removed my name
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she ran back straight to her husband and
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informed him
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her husband asked who removed his name
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at that time secondus had left
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the husband then called the security at
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the gate they stopped secondus and asked
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him to come back
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he further added that was how i went
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back as second term chairman
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for me i can't talk about my growth
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without mentioning her if she was not
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around that day to see the governor you
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know is not an easy thing
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her being around that particular day
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saved my career in politics
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and so that was how i grew from there to
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become what i am today
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governor white noted a vital lesson of
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life he learned from justice at dilly
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which is the determination to build the
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capacity to be successful in one's
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career while not ignoring giving
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requisite attention to the family
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for justice maria dilly governor white
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stated that there was a good balance she
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maintained that made her to succeed both
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in her career as a legal practitioner a
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mother and wife in the family
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governor white said justice maria dilly
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had remained an embodiment of care and
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compassion because without relenting she
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treated everybody with dignity that they
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deserved
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i have seen somebody who is very
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compassionate and very caring
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the moment you're around her husband she
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takes care of you
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she sees he was her husband's person and
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so she will always relate with you
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some of us are direct beneficiaries of
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the care through our relationship with
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the husband
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governor white commanded justice mary a
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dilly for the 44 years of meritorious
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public service which he described as no
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mean feat in his homely the chaplain of
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the chaplaincy at ciawa very reverend
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monsignor pie is key exhorted on the
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physical and eternal benefits christians
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derive when they love god one another
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and their enemies
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very reverend monsignor key emphasized
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that living a life of love demonstrates
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faithful discipleship obedience to god
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and secures daily victory in life's
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endeavors
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giving her speech justice maria dilly
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described the joy she felt as
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unspeakable and a thing of honor to have
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governor wike as a sitting governor
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doing a vote of thanks in her honor
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according to her she and her spouse dr
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peter adily have lots of things to
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always thank god and will remain
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grateful to him because he gave them
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countless triumphs despite the
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challenges that they have encountered
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the good lord knows that peter and i
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don't know how to properly thank god our
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journey in life has been such that the
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good lord has always been there there
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has been challenges no doubt but the
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good lord did not promise us that we
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will not have challenges tribulations or
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difficulties but the good lord has
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always stood by us and made us prevail
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in all those trials and tribulations
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at view's exclusive rights kelvin abiri
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special assistant on media to the
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governor of rivers state may 15 2022
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