Few hours after he was official stripped of the Ologbotsere title by the Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko, the Ogiame Atuwashe III, embattled Chief Ayiri Emami has reacted.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Olu Of Warri on Tuesday (today) 5th day of October 2021 derobed Ayiri who had been suspended as the Ologbotsere of the Itsekiri people.
The Ologbotsere family was also formally invited and instructed never to address Ayiri as Ologbotsere anymore.
Meanwhile, Pa. Higson Ajofotan Oporokun the Olori-Ebi of the Ologbotsere family has been given the powers to conduct all activities as it relates to the Ologbotsere family henceforth.
However, in a swift response to the development, Chief Ayiri in an exclusive interview with TNG said the Olu does not have the power to dethrone him as he (Ayiri) and the authorities do not recognise him.
“My family and I are meeting on Thursday to discuss the new development. I stand firmly that he (Olu of Warri) is not recognised. The Ologbotsere title in question did not make me. I have achieved all that I am today before becoming the Olotgbotsere some three years ago. In fact the title is not making me focus on things I should. So it’s not about the title but that due process must be followed in installing a new Olu which was not in this case,” Chief Ayiri said.
TNG reports the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III was crowned On August 21 as the 21st Olu at Ode-Itsekiri, his ancestral home in Warri, Delta state.
The ousted Ologbotsere mounted stiff opposition to the emergence of the new Olu, insisting that he was not qualified to ascend the throne of his fathers due to his maternal heritage.
