Prof.
Aaron
Baba,
Special
Advicer
on Technological
Development
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Kogi State
Updated
November 30, 2008
VOL.
13 No. 747 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
22, 2008 ISSN 1116 - 7085 N70.00
Ohinoyi Blames
Obehira Crisis on Politicians
Worried by the recent crisis
in Obehira – Okengwen in
Kogi Central Senatorial
District, the Ohinoyi of
Ebiraland, Alhaji Ado
Ibrahim said he would
continue to intervene for
peace to reign in the area,
just as he noted that as a
royal father, the safety of
his people and passers-by
would not be trivialized.
He made this known in his
palace at Okene during a
press briefing on the
crisis, saying the violence
was ignited sequel to a
pamphlet that was circulated
on “who succeeds Ohidache”?
According to the royal
father, some people hide
under masquerades, politics
and clannish differences to
perpetrate crime, adding
that selfish politicians use
the cultural system to their
own advantage at the peril
of the entire society.
Commending governor Ibrahim
Idris for “his untiring
intervention” in the crises
in Ebiraland, the Ohinoyi
however appealed to the
state government to
implement the recent report
of a committee set up to
inquire into the Obehira –
Okengwen crisis.
He assured that just like in
2007 when he intervened to
mellow down Ihima crisis, he
would make sure that peace
returned to Obehira-Okengwen
communities.
The royal father who also
recalled that after the
Ihima crisis, he recommended
to the state government to
establish the Ministry of
Chieftaincy Affairs, payment
of compensation to victims,
among other recommendations.