The Oba of Benin, Omo N’oba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, on Friday called for peaceful co-existence and unity among Nigerians.
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The vice president, who was in Benin for the ongoing National Festival of Arts and Culture, said: “We are here in Benin to celebrate the NAFEST, taking place in your kingdom.
The Oba made the appeal on Wednesday in Benin, when he received Maj-Gen Anthony Omozele, the General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Nigeria Army, who paid him a courtesy visit in his palace.
The Oba of Benin, Eheneden Erediauwa, Ewuare ll, said he would be celebrating his 4th anniversary on the throne during the 2019 National Festival of Arts and Culture holding from October 19 to October 26 in Benin.
Buhari said this on Thursday when he visited the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, in his palace in Benin.
Frank Irabor, the Secretary of Benin Traditional Council, announced this on Tuesday
Also at the meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes were the Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, his Deputy Governor , Phillip Shaibu and former Governor of Edo, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Apart from the allowances, the Oba said the Oba Ewuare Foundation would provide the necessary tools/facilities for those who had gone through the various skills acquisition programmes.
The courtesy visit took place after the movie premiered in Benin, with some of the Nollywood acts dressed in Benin regalia for the premiere of star-studded epic movie.
The Oba of Benin made the call at a reception and cultural display held in his honour by Edo State indigenes residing in Abuja on Saturday
Speaking while receiving the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II. at the State House, the President said Nigerians have reasons to be proud of the stabilising roles Benin chiefs had played right from the colonial era to the current period, not only in the Delta region but the entire country.
The Oba, who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:05pm, was received by some Benin traditional chiefs, prominent Benin indigenes and friends.
According to Oba Ewuare II, Benin City has always had a well designed layout of roads, feeder roads, streets and lanes since pre-colonial times.
In Benin, the Oba’s statement is obeyed like the law
Igbinedion said he came to present the tiger as a mark of respect to the monarch in the palace
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who visited the scene on Thursday reports that Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa was the last heir apparent that lived in the palace before his coronation as the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II
Acting on the authority of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’Edo, Ewuare II, the BTC announced the suspension of Isekhure at a news conference in Benin on Tuesday
The burial rites, which lasted for 15 days as announced by the Iyase (Prime minister) of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe, began on May 25 and was rounded up on Wednesday morning
He said: “The Oba lived a glorious era, he was a father, helper and a wonderful leader who demonstrated unique and exemplary qualities as an uncompromising and revered monarch. The country has, indeed, lost one of its best within the traditional institution.”
We ask mischief makers to desist from trivializing the issue at this period of mourning of our great monarch who has joined his ancestors