Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of  Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been conferred with the award of Distinguished Service Star of Rivers State (DSSRS) by the River State Governor Nyesom Wike.

The award was presented to Malami by the Governor at an event held in Port Harcourt, capital of the state, on Saturday.

Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice made this known in a statement he issued.

The statement added that the award was conferred on Malami for his outstanding contribution  in the establishment of Dr. Nabo Graham-Douglass Rivers State’s Campus of the Nigerian Law School among other monumental contribution to nation building.