Protesters Take over Asaba as Delta Traditional Stool Palaver Rages
It was reported today that protesters, numbering hundred today marched through streets in
Asaba, the Delta State capital, to express disapproval of the alleged
plan by the state government to formally recognise Mr Agbaovwe Afugbeya
as authentic monarch in Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli
North Local Government Area.
The protesters claimed that the state government has con
lauded plans to present the said Agbaovwe Afugbeya with Staff of Office
and officially gazette him as the Uwheru king.
I was learnt that the protest was a highpoint of the lingering
kingship tussle in Uwheru Kingdom, with a section of the kingdom
accusing the state government of bias.
The placard bearing demonstrators, chanting protest songs, marched
from summit Junction to the Government House on Anwai Road, through the
office of the Commissioner for Justice on SSS Road to the office of the
Deputy Governor on DBS Road.
They expressed disenchantment with what they termed divide-and-rule
tactics of the state government regarding the traditional stool for
Uwheru Kingdom.
They warned of serious crisis in the area should the state
government go ahead to present the staff of office to Agbaovwe Afugbeya
as king and gazette him for the position while the matter was pending in
court.
Drawn from the five ruling houses in the kingdom, they carried
placards with various inscriptions including, "Allow rule of law to
prevail" and "Don’t dabble into our affairs."
They called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, his Deputy, Mr Kingsley
Otuaro, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Peter
Murakpor, to suspend the purported plan to recognize Agbaovwe Afugbeya
as King of Uwheru Kingdom pending the decision
of the issue in the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin-City.
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