Press Statement
Oba Of Benin: We’ve lost A People's Monarch, says Saraki
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commiserated with the government and people of Edo State over the call to glory of the Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, as he said "we have lost a People's monarch."
In a statement by the Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to the President of the Senate, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki described the late Oba as a just, fair-minded, courageous, benevolent and a people's monarch who lived his entire life in the service of his people as a prince and king while also serving the nation as a bureaucrat and diplomat of high repute.
The Senate President who received the news of Oba Erediauwa's transition with great shock said, "a glorious chapter in the annals of the Benin Kingdom has just come to a close. My grief stricken heart however goes out to the immediate family of the Oba, the Benin Traditional Council, the people and Government of Edo State, over the glorious but yet sad exit of the Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa - our highly revered King.
"He was a fearless and pious monarch - attributes that distinguished him among other monarchs in the country. As we mourn the departure of our highly revered and benevolent patriarch, I can only enjoin his immediate family and the people of Edo State to take solace in the long, peaceful, enigmatic life of the departed which was full of exemplary service to his subjects and the entire country," he said.
He prayed that Almighty God will grant Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa of Benin eternal welcome and bliss in the midst of his ancestors and make his successor-designate a greater king and worthy successor who will positively advance the commendable legacies of progress and development exemplified by Oba Erediauwa.
The Senate President said, the country will surely miss the late Oba of Benin Kingdom because he was an embodiment of peace, culture and traditions of the Benin Kingdom in particular, Edo State and Nigeria in general throughout the time of his reign.
Signed:
Yusuph Olaniyonu
Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) to the Senate President

for those who don't know, the OBA of BENIN is someone who can never be bought with money, he doesn't give a damn about wealth. Unlike the onni of ife(past and present), oba of lagos(tinubu stooge) etc that live on bribe and settlements from the government, the OBA of BENIN is not concerned with all that, hence he cannot be intimidated with EFCC. It baffles me when some people from the onni race come online to compare the OBA of BENIN to all those criminals(obas in disguise). you can compare that of ife to oba rilwayne of gidi, they are in the same level(bribery and corruption)



OBA of BENIN cannot be bought, look at the last election, all the obas(emirs) were compromised, but the great OBA of BENIN wasn't.

May he rest in peace. We all must die but the question remains- after death wot next?

TANTUMERGO007:
for those who don't know, the OBA of BENIN is someone who can never be bought with money, he doesn't give a damn about wealth. Unlike the onni of ife(past and present), oba of lagos(tinubu stooge) etc that live on bribe and settlements from the government, the OBA of BENIN is not concerned with all that, hence he cannot be intimidated with EFCC. It baffles me when some people from the onni race come online to compare the OBA of BENIN to all those criminals(obas in disguise). you can compare that of ife to oba rilwayne of gidi, they are in the same level(bribery and corruption)



OBA of BENIN cannot be bought, look at the last election, all the obas(emirs) were compromised, but the great OBA of BENIN wasn't.

what is wrong with you?,see your life,

chikel2000:
May he rest in peace. We all must die but the question remains- after death wot next?

nothing is next

erusen:
what is wrong with you?,see your life,

attack the message and not the messenger





i just checked your dp, are you a ga(y)-briel?

R.I.P to the oba and prison in waiting for saraki

TANTUMERGO007:

attack the message and not the messenger





i just checked your dp, are you a ga(y)-briel?

another mad man on the lose,we lost a monarch and all your uneducated brain could do was bring tribalism over to the fond

erusen:
nothing is next

dey dia d deceive ursef