Rivers State Attorney General is dead, flags ordered flown at half mast

The Rivers State Government has confirmed the death of its Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma (SAN).
The AG died on Friday at a hospital in London, a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Emma Okah, said.
According to Okah, until his death, Aguma served with an amazing sense of responsibility, commitment, passion, competence and courage.
“At all times, even in his sick bed, his exemplary zeal to serve Rivers State never waned,” he added.
Consequently, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, ordered that flags should be flown at half-mast for two days starting from Saturday in honour of the departed legend.
The government said Aguma will indeed be missed for his versatility and invaluable contributions to the development of the State and Nigeria as a whole.
It, therefore, called on all Nigerians to continually remember the family of the deceased in their prayers.
The statement by Okah said: “This loss is monumental but we urge all people of goodwill to remember his wife, children, mother and the entire Late Chief Emmanuel W. Aguma family of Port Harcourt as well as the State in prayers.”
Aguma was a member of Peoples Democratic Party.
Between 2000 and 2002, Aguma worked as Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch and also chaired the Bar from 2006 to 2008.
On July 10, 2015, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee conferred the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on him alongside 20 others.
Aguma is renowned for his position on the controversy surrounding the appointment of the President of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal as the acting Chief Judge of Rivers State.