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As at that time, I was reading law at then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/27\/six-family-members-killed-as-explosion-rocks-rivers-neighbourhood\/\">Rivers State<\/a> University of Science and Technology, now Rivers State University.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wike also said he worked at Ukala\u2019s firm after he finished from law school, adding that it took the senior lawyer\u2019s efforts to ensure that his family \u201cgot justice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Narrating another experience with his former boss, the governor said when he wanted to contest for the office of chairman of Obio-Akpor LGA in 1998, some \u201ccallous politicians in his constituency ganged up and conspired with the police\u201d to accuse him of armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ukala intervened and secured his release, adding that the SAN also defended him \u201cfrom the tribunal up to the Supreme Court when some vested interest in the council desperately attempted\u201d to prevent him from being sworn into office as Obio-Akpor council chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my chairmanship matter in 1998, when we had election down to April 4, 2000 when Supreme Court finally decided my matter, he (Ukala) never took a dime, one naira,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen my governorship election, most people may not believe it, from governorship tribunal down to Supreme Court, he never collected one dime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described Ukala as a \u201crefined and discipline lawyer\u201d, and praised him for being a \u201cworthy mentor\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has narrated how all the male members of his family were arrested over a murder charge arising from a chieftaincy dispute when he was a student. 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