ORDER TO ARREST HRM KING GODWIN OGUYENBO, PERE OF OLODIAMA KINGDOM, EDO STATE: OBASEKI BEATING DRUMS OF WAR
Our attention has been drawn to the unguided, unlawful and unwarranted statements of the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Godwin Obaseki, contained in the NationOnline publication dated 16th November 2017, wherein he issued an order to desecrate the Ijaw sacred institution, abuse our kingship stool and apprehend our King, in person of HRM King Godwin Oguyenbo, Pere of Olodiama Kingdom in Edo state, on grounds of unlawful coronation.
First, we wish to inform the Governor that we are aware that he is only carrying out the directive of the Oba of Benin, we are therefore surprised why on earth an Ijaw affair will be giving the Bini people a sleepless night to the extent that they had to usurp the state power against us.
Obaseki’s claim that the ijaw community in the area is non-existent, is a clear display of sheer ignorance, the ijaws have proven with historical fact that we are aborigines of those lands.
It is therefore on this grounds, following second-class treatments meted out on Ijaws in these communities of Edo State, that the ijaws deemed it necessary to have a monarch that would be significant for the growth and development of the people and lands, besides this is not the first time the Kingdom is having a King.
We also deduce that though it is the voice of Obaseki, but the words of the royal father of Benin Kingdom is behind the order of arrest issued, simply because they want to annex Olodiama kingdom into Benin Kingdom, because of the oil and seaport sited there.
