Kanu Agabi, C’ River’s Priceless Gift to Nigeria, Gov Otu Hails Legal Luminary At 80
L-R: Former Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Alhaji Hadi Sirika; Chief Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN); and Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, during the celebration of Chief Agabi's 80th birthday in Abuja, on Thursday.
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has eulogized one of Nigeria’s foremost legal icons, Chief Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN), as the distinguished statesman clocks 80.
The governor described Agabi as “one of the finest ornaments of the legal profession and an enduring source of pride to Bekwarra, Cross River State and the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
Pouring encomiums on the Bekwarra-born legal icon at his Abuja residence, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Governor Otu said Agabi’s eight decades of life have been defined by exceptional brilliance, impeccable integrity, uncommon patriotism and unshakeable commitment to justice, public service and nation-building.
