A 94-year-old former Head of Department of Nigerian Army Base Workshop, Yaba, Lagos, Pa. Dickson Eburu, has been installed the Okpako Orere (Head) of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The event attended by elders of the Kingdom, opinion leaders, among them, George Eburu, Alex Eda and political bigwigs such as Special Assistant to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on Special Duties, Mr. Matthew Poko- Opuoru, immediate past Leader of Warri South council, Mr. Sunday Aguweye and Chairman of Okere-Urhobo Community Development Committee, Mr. Emmanuel Eminokanju.
Pa. Eburu, who is also the Igede of Okere-Urhobo, in his acceptance speech, promised to always “provide advisory opinion, safeguards that will ensure justice, unity, love and peaceful coexistence,” among members of Olodi, Oki, Ighogbadu, Makro and Itifo descendants.
Chairman of the Installation Planning Committee, Mr. Patrick Eghere, thanked indigenes of the kingdom and the Elders’ Council for making the ceremony a success. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The next person to d throne shld be getting ready.
ReplyDeleteThe youths in particular are too rugged; in order to put things in order, an experienced former Army man should be ok. Meaning the elders had taken a right decision.
ReplyDeleteThat should be ok then for a long long time
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