Dickson Employs Wives Of Two Dead Pilots

The Governor òf Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has offered employment to the wives of two Bayelsa-born pilots who died in action while fighting Boko Haram insurgents.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relation, Fidelis Soriwei, quoted Mr Dickson as making the pronouncement when he visited one of the widows, Diepreye Inokoba Jacob.
Her husband, Flight Lieutenant Pereowei Jacob, died in a helicopter crash at Damasak, on January 2, 2019.
Dickson also extended the offer of employment to the wife of the second pilot, Flt Lt. Ebitimi Owei, who died in an earlier helicopter crash in October, 2015, when the Commander 115 Special Operations Group, Port Harcourt, Air Commodore E Ebiowei, called his attention to it.
The governor said the employment offer was the state government’s modest way of encouraging and rallying support for the relatives left behind by indigenes of the state who got killed in action.
He described the late pilots as heroes whose services were a source of pride to the Ijaw nation.
He said, “We are very proud of the services and the sacrifices that our departed young hero made. We hereby announce automatic employment for the wife.
“We hear you are doing your National Youths Service, you will get your letter of employment as soon as you complete your compulsory service to the nation.