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Late Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo

Oba of Benin dies

Late Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo
Late Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo
The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo I, is dead.
His death was announced late Friday evening by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe, on behalf of the Benin Council of Chiefs.
Paramount traditional ruler of Benin Kingdom in Edo State has reportedly been battling an unknown illness since last year.
In what raised suspicions about the monarch’s state of health, the Crown Prince of Benin, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa last October began rites to be crowned new Oba of Benin as he was formally installed as the Edaiken of Uselu after the successful completion of the mandatory traditional rites.
Erediauwa is expected to go through some traditional rites before he assumed the traditional stool of Edaiken of Uselu.
As the Edaiken of Uselu, the heir apparent to the Benin traditional stool is expected to be in Uselu, which will become his temporal place for 90 days.
The Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, HRH Prince Eheneden Erediauwa trekked from the Oba Palace to his Palace in Uselu as part of ceremonies to officially install him as Edaiken N’Uselu

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