I’m loyal to Oba of Benin – ‘Controversial’ Sultan of Edo Shua Arab

The chief of the Shua Arab in Edo State, Alhaji Idris Adanno has cleared the air on the controversy that has surrounded the purported plan to coronate a sultan of Shua Arab in Benin Metropolis which has elicited condemnation from the general public and the state authorities issuing a ban on the coronation.

Chatting with journalists in Benin Metropolis on Friday morning, Adanno who’s on the centre of the controversy declared their absolute loyalty to the state authorities and the Oba of Benin who he stated is their father.

He stated, “The entire subject was misunderstood due to the language used. All of the tribes from the North who’re resident in Edo State are all beneath the Sarkin Hausawa however all of us now have our particular person sarkin like these of Kanuri, Nupe, and others.

“In our Shua language, Sultan is our personal sarkin and we solely needed to have fun my appointment as the pinnacle of Shua Arab in Benin as a result of we’re the second-largest native ethnic group from the North. We’re all beneath Sarkin Hausawa of Benin who gave us an introductory letter which we submitted earlier than the governor of the state, the Oba of Benin, and the Secretary to State Authorities.

“We’re all law-abiding residents and beneath the legal guidelines of the state. We’re additionally loyal to our royal father the Oba of Benin who’s father to all of us. We apologise to the state authorities for the mix-up and as legislation abiding residents, now we have additionally cancelled all of the actions we needed to do as directed by the state authorities.”

Corroborating this place, the Sarkin Hausawa of Benin, Alhaji Adamu Isa stated the entire incident was due to the selection of language.

He stated, “They’re a neighborhood resident in Edo and so they have a big proportion of their individuals right here too, they’re into cattle breeding and other companies.

The factor is a misuse of language from them. About 5 months in the past, they got here to me that since they’re massive, they wish to have a standard head so I instructed them to go and search for somebody amongst them who’s going to be their chief and they also got here with one Idris after which some points got here up then I requested them to go and resolve it.

“I gave them a date to come back again. After which we did the turban of their chief in order that in case now we have points regarding them, we all know who to carry accountable.

“The entire subject was misunderstood. I used to be born and bred right here in Benin, my father was born and bred right here in Benin so I perceive the custom and customized of the land and the legal guidelines of the state. It was only a misuse of language. Sultan in their very own language means sarkin.”