The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has approved the appointment of Pa. John Obasuyi and Pa. Ikpomwonsa Omorodion as Odionwere (village heads) in both Imasabor and Oghobaye communities.
Both communities are under the Ologbo Dukedom in the Ikpoba-Okha local government area.
Oba Ewuare II’s decision was passed through Chief Uyi Okungbowa, the Ogua of Benin, to the elders of the two communities at an enlarged meeting at the Oba’s palace.
Two youth leaders of the communities, Mr. Uhunoma Igbinigie and Mr Omoregie Omoruyi, were affirmed as the Okaigheles.
The installation ritual of both men as Edionwere was performed at the Ogue’Odion (elders’ chamber) in Ologbo.
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The Okao Eguae of Ologbo and Ehor Dukedoms, Chief Emmanuel Iyase, who witnessed both installation ceremonies, thanked the Oba of Benin for his disposition to justice and for the restoration of the ancestral rights of the Odionwere of Oghobaye Community, Pa. Ikpomwonsa Omorodion, who was deprived of the privilege to be installed by the suspended Duke of Ologbo Dukedom.
Speaking in separate interviews, the new Edionwere solicited for the support of elders and prayers to enable them to succeed in the task ahead of them.