Olu of Warri designate to be crowned on August 21

The Olu Advisory Council of the Itsekiri kingdom in Delta state has introduced August 21 because the date for the crowning of the Olu-designate, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South council space of the state

Disclosing this to newsmen right now Might 27, the performing chairman of the Olu Advisory Council and Iyatsere of Warri kingdom, Chief Johnson Amatserunleghe, mentioned the selection of Emiko as the brand new monarch got here after a “rigorous course of, which included a painstaking search inside and amongst the descendants of the final three Olu’s, as required by custom, customized and extant legal guidelines “in addition to a number of session and eventual affirmation by the Ifa oracle”

Chief Amatserunleghe, who can also be the chairman of the Warri Council of Chiefs, additionally introduced that the ultimate rites of passage for the late king, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, will start Friday, June 18 within the oil metropolis and final for 14 days.

“The burial rites for our late king, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, will start on Friday, June 18 with a commendation service right here in Warri, to be adopted by conventional burial rites at Ode-Itsekiri, the subsequent day nineteenth, 2021.

Burial actions will finish on Friday July 2nd – a length of 14 days. This part will bring to a halt the mourning interval all through Warri Kingdom.

It’s my singular honour to declare to you on behalf of the Warri Council of kingmakers, that Omoba Tsola Emiko shall be topped and formally put in because the twenty first Olu of Warri o Saturday, the twenty first day of August 2021, by the grace of God”he mentioned