The traditional ruler of Oghara
Kingdom, Delta State, King Noble Eshemitan, yesterday, revealed why Urhobo
monarchs staged a walkout on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during his
fact-finding visit to the Niger Delta.
According to Eshemitan, Urhobo
monarchs did so as an expression of anger over the consistent ‘disrespect’ they
had endured from federal government officials.
Vanguard reports that the monarch,
who addressed members of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) at the 2017 UPU
America convention held in Chicago, USA, also took a swipe at some Urhobo sons
involved in the leadership tussle that rocked UPU.
His words: “We were made to
gather at the venue from 10a.m. to 5p.m., waiting for the Vice President, who,
meanwhile, was visiting two ethnic nationalities that are neighbours of the
Urhobo.
“When the Vice President
eventually arrived, accompanied by the state governor, the Urhobo traditional
rulers, including myself, staged a walk out.
“The governor came down begging
us profusely. Why will any government assemble revered traditional rulers as
early as 10a.m., for an event that finally commenced at 5p.m.?
“The truth is that the Urhobo and
their leaders are not revered. Charity, they say, begins at home and we must,
therefore, move beyond rhetoric and start according respect to our leaders by
ourselves.
“Also, during the last
administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, an Urhobo minister brought the
then Vice President to Urhobo Kingdom for a thanksgiving ceremony.
“Instead of having the Vice
President, on arrival, pay courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of the
kingdom, the traditional ruler was asked to go to the stadium in the town of
the traditional ruler to receive the Vice President.”
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