Reports from Benin say His Royal Majesty
Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo
Erediauwa, the monarch of Benin Kingdom is
dead. He was 92 years old.
According to authoritative sources within
and outside Edo State, the well-regarded royal
father transited to the great beyond about
two weeks ago.
His death is still being kept secret because, by
Benin tradition, the death of an Oba can only
be officially announced 30 days after his
transition.
The Oba was said to have died in his palace.
Immediately he was confirmed dead by his
personal physician, a delegation of senior
Benin chiefs went to the house of the heir to
the throne, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, to
inform him of the development.
Investigations reveal that the Oba died about
two days before the campaign rally of the
Presidential candidate of the All Progressive
Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu
Buhari in Benin City. Buhari had his rally in
Benin City on Thursday, January 29, 2015. It is
believed this is why the Monarch could not
receive Major General Buhari.
Similarly, when President Goodluck Jonathan
visited Benin City for his campaign rally, he
was only received at the palace by a team of
Benin chiefs led by the Iyase, Chief Sam Igbe.
Oba Erediauwa was born in 1923, son of Oba
Akenzua II.
Before being crowned he was known as
Prince Solomon Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua
Akenzua. He attended Edo College, Benin City,
Government College, Ibadan, then Yaba
College, before going to King’s College,
Cambridge to study Law and Administration.
He joined the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service in
1957 as a District Officer, later moving to the
Federal Civil Service where he retired as
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in
1973.
For a short period he was the regional
representative of Gulf Oil. In 1975 he was
appointed Commissioner for Finance in then
Bendel State during the Military
Administration of Major-General George
Agbazika Innih.
He ascended to the throne as the 38th Oba of
Benin on 23 March 1979. During this period,
he several times acted as a peacemaker
between politicians. He intervened in a
dispute between Abia State governor, Orji
Uzor Kalu, and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the
People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees,
and resolved another face-off involving
Anenih and former Edo State Governor Lucky
Igbinedion.
More recently, he tried to broker peace
between the feuding members of Edo State
House of Assembly.
It would be recalled that his wife, Queen
Esther, died about a year ago.
Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo
Erediauwa, the monarch of Benin Kingdom is
dead. He was 92 years old.
According to authoritative sources within
and outside Edo State, the well-regarded royal
father transited to the great beyond about
two weeks ago.
His death is still being kept secret because, by
Benin tradition, the death of an Oba can only
be officially announced 30 days after his
transition.
The Oba was said to have died in his palace.
Immediately he was confirmed dead by his
personal physician, a delegation of senior
Benin chiefs went to the house of the heir to
the throne, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, to
inform him of the development.
Investigations reveal that the Oba died about
two days before the campaign rally of the
Presidential candidate of the All Progressive
Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu
Buhari in Benin City. Buhari had his rally in
Benin City on Thursday, January 29, 2015. It is
believed this is why the Monarch could not
receive Major General Buhari.
Similarly, when President Goodluck Jonathan
visited Benin City for his campaign rally, he
was only received at the palace by a team of
Benin chiefs led by the Iyase, Chief Sam Igbe.
Oba Erediauwa was born in 1923, son of Oba
Akenzua II.
Before being crowned he was known as
Prince Solomon Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua
Akenzua. He attended Edo College, Benin City,
Government College, Ibadan, then Yaba
College, before going to King’s College,
Cambridge to study Law and Administration.
He joined the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service in
1957 as a District Officer, later moving to the
Federal Civil Service where he retired as
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in
1973.
For a short period he was the regional
representative of Gulf Oil. In 1975 he was
appointed Commissioner for Finance in then
Bendel State during the Military
Administration of Major-General George
Agbazika Innih.
He ascended to the throne as the 38th Oba of
Benin on 23 March 1979. During this period,
he several times acted as a peacemaker
between politicians. He intervened in a
dispute between Abia State governor, Orji
Uzor Kalu, and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the
People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees,
and resolved another face-off involving
Anenih and former Edo State Governor Lucky
Igbinedion.
More recently, he tried to broker peace
between the feuding members of Edo State
House of Assembly.
It would be recalled that his wife, Queen
Esther, died about a year ago.
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