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Hours after the Iyatsere of Warri, Chief Johnson Atserunleghe at Ode – Itsekiri in Warri South Local government area declared that Prince Tsola Emiko is the successor to Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri; Ologbotsere of Warri, Chief Ayirimi Emami countered the announcement.
Emami dismissed the unveiling of Prince Tsola Emiko as successor to the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, insisting that the revered Warri monarch has not joined his ancestors.
He declared: ” The Olu has not joined his ancestors. As far as I am concerned, whatever was done today at Ode – Itsekiri was kangaroo in search of power. The person that has the right to pronounce the transition of the Olu of Warri, whenever that happens, is the Ologbotsere, which i am till this moment by the grace of God.“I must add that the 1979 edict has not been amended to give any other person the right to pronounce the passage of the Olu of Warri, apart from the Ologbotsere “.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Chief Johnson Amatserunreleghe while officially declaring the demise of the monarch also announced three month mourning period.
‘ No burials, marriages, dancing will hold across all Itsekiri communities for three months ”
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‘There shall be no merrymaking of any kind anywhere in Iwere land. All Itsekiri sons and daughters must tie their wrappers upside down for the duration,” he said on Monday.
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