PHOTOS From Oronto Douglas Burial

The late adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas was lain to rest on May 2.

President Jonathan, Bayelsa Governor Dickson & wife

The burial ceremony kicked off at 9:00am with a Valedictory Session by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the Chief Judges’ Court in Yenagoa, the state capital.
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The funeral service followed at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, also in Yenagoa at 10.30am.

Douglas’ remains was laid to rest at 2.30pm in the premises of St Mark’s Anglican Church at Okoroba in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
President Jonathan, Mrs Tarinabo Oronto Douglas & children, Bayelsa Governor Dickson & wife, DCOS Abubakar, Agiobenebo, PSP Tukur, FCT Min., Nuhu Ribadu and others attended the burial.
Below are Pictures from the burial;

President Jonathan, Mrs Tarinabo Oronto Douglas & children

President Jonathan, Mrs Tarinabo Oronto Douglas & children

President Jonathan, Mrs Tarinabo Oronto Douglas & children

President Jonathan, Mrs Tarinabo Oronto Douglas, children, Bayelsa Governor Dickson & wife

Douglas died at the State House Clinic in Abuja on Thursday, April 9, 2015 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 48