CELEBRATING AN ICON PER EXCELLENCE @79; HIS EXCELLENCY, HIS EMINENCE & ROYAL MAJESTY, KING ALFRED DIETE-SPIFF OFR, DF, JP. THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE FROM MAY 1967-JULY 1975.
King Alfred Papapereye Diete- Spiff, a Navy commander, was the first Military Governor of Rivers State. At age 24, he became the first naval officer to be appointed a Governor and served for nine (9) years, from May 27, 1967, to July 1975. As the pioneer Governor, King Diete-Spiff was saddled with laying the foundation …