By David Diai, Flashpoint News
The
Crown Prince of Issele-Uku (Oligbo Kingdom), in Aniocha North Local Government
Area of Delta State, His Royal Highness, Engr. Nduka Ezeagwuna has indicated
his intention to ascend the throne of the ancient kingdom and fulfill the age
long rites of his people by assuming his rightful position as the Monarch of
Issele-uku.
Crown Prince Nduka
Ezeagwuna gave this assurance during a royal visit to the Crown Prince of Benin
Kingdom, HRH Amb. Eheneden Erediauwa, Edaiken N’Uselu, where he had gone to pay
homage to the next Oba of Benin at his Palace and inform him of his intention
to ascend the throne of his fathers, having graduated from University of
Ibadan, from the department of Engineering, with emphasis on Production
Engineering.
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| Crown Prince Ezeagwuna of Issele-uku |
The Crown Prince of
Issele-Uku told the Edaiken that he is aware of the age long relationship
between Oligbo kingdom and the ancient Benin kingdom and this had motivated him
to pay the royal visit and assured the Crown Prince of Bini Kingdom of his
desire to continue that age long relationship, even as he emphasized the
historical fact that Benin remains the ancestral root of the Isei people.
Welcoming the Issele-Uku
Crown Prince to his Palace, the Edaiken equally affirmed the brotherly link
that connects Benin Kingdom and that of Issele-Uku, adding that it was in
keeping with the ancient traditions of kingship rites that such a royal visit
was undertaken to fully endorse the emergence and recognition of a new Obi in
Issele-Uku.
“We have no problems with
this visit and the intention and purpose for which it has been undertaken. It
is in keeping with our ancient traditions and I fully endorse and give you our
royal consent. Let me also thank and commend you very much for recognizing the
value of our tradition and culture and for deciding to ascend the royal stool
of your fathers.
“I look forward to
receiving information of your coronation arrangements and we will also do the
same to keep you on notice of activities heralding our festival towards my
ascension as the Oba of Benin Kingdom,” the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom
assured Crown Prince Nduka Ezeagwuna.
The
delegation that accompanied the Crown Prince of Issele Uku Kingdom on the royal
visit to the Palace in Benin included, the Regent, Prince Domnick Egbune,
the Oji Oba of Issele-Uku, Chief Ike Odoe, the Odogwu,
Chief G.C. Okwumabua, the Ogbelani of Issele-Uku, Elder
Isichei, Chairman of Coronation Committee, Engr. Frank Mordi, Chairman of House
of Assembly Service Commission, Chief Barr. Mrs. Ada Josephine Kachikwu.
Others were Chairman of
Media Committee, Prof. Mrs. Mokwunyei, Secretary of Media Committee, Comrade
Patrick Ochei, as well as other members including Prince Chuks, Mr. Emma Ojei,
Mr. D.D. Mordi, Mr. Nwaba and others too numerous to mention.
Recall that 22-year-old engineering
student of the University of Ibadan, Nduka Ezeagwuna, had been crowned the new
Monarch of Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta, State
replacing his late father who had been the Obi of the town.
Crown Prince Ezeagwuna,
had been a 300-level undergraduate at the time of his coronation by the
community’s kingmakers, to fulfill the transition and ascension of kingship
rites in the kingdom, pending the date for the performance of the full ritual
of his formal ascension to the throne of his fore fathers.
The coronation had been
carried out by the Onishe of Issele-Uku, a retired judge, Justice Azomani, who
had performed the traditional rites of sitting the young monarch on the throne,
while awaiting the full coronation ceremony.
The new king, as at the
time of his coronation, can be said to be the second youngest king to be
crowned in the state, following in the heels of the record holder, the Dein of
Agbor, His Royal Majesty, Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi 1, who was crowned in
1979 at the age of two years and four months.
His late father, King
Henry Ezeagwuna, had passed away in a fatal auto crash at the Otulu junction on
the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway, which also claimed the life of Mr. Sunny
Ofili, a journalist and special adviser on information and communication
technology (ICT) to the former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Udughan,
on the weekend of August 9, 2014.
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