Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, said on Thursday President Goodluck Jonathan deserved commendation for his adherence to the Rule of Law and respect for the nation’s judiciary.

Akpabio said this while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The governor spoke against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s obedience to Wednesday’s judgment of an Abuja Federal High Court, which ordered the swearing in of Mr Bala Ngilari as the Adamawa governor.

“Ngilari is a PDP man; he is not in the opposition and what it means is that I must always congratulate Jonathan for being a president who upholds the rule of law and who has respect for the judiciary.

“This is because it was a judicial pronouncement and of course the federal government has been known worldwide for upholding the rule of law.

“So, what happened in Adamawa, for me is a function of the fact that we must always give respect to judicial pronouncements and the judiciary.