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A group of elders in Edo State has strongly condemned what they called “unwarranted barrage of insults and abuses” being directed at the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Oba Ewuare II, by ers of the Labour Party and its gubernatorial candidate, Olumide Akpata.

The elders, who operate under the umbrella of the Edo Socio-Cultural Advancement and Good Governance Initiative, expressed shock and disappointment at what they described as a “childish, unwarranted and unacceptable behavior” of some Labour Party ers across various social media platforms.

DAILY POST recalls that the 2023 presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi and Akpata on Saturday paid a courtesy visit to the Oba’s palace shortly after inaugurating the party’s campaign office ahead of the September 21 governorship election.

During the visit, Akpata while seeking the of the traditional ruler, repeatedly referred to himself as a “son of the palace” in both English and the local dialect.

But Oba Ewuare II later countered the claim.

According to a video clip making the rounds, the Oba swiftly dismissed his assertion, stating that he had asked one of his chiefs to Akpata’s claims, only to find that the candidate had no direct or distant links to the Palace.

The development did not go down well with some of the LP guber candidate’s ers, with some of them verbally attacking the Oba on various social media channels.

However, in a press statement made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday, spokesman of the Elders’ group, Comrade Melvin Irabor, said the Oba was not out of place in correcting Akpata’s claim to be the “son of the palace.”

“Our Oba was not out of place in correcting the erroneous remarks and insinuations by the Labour Party candidate, Barr. Olumide Akpata, for claiming to be the ‘Son of the Palace’,” Irabor said.

He noted that they were inundated with a “barrage of abuses” on the revered Oba of Benin by Akpata’s ers on platforms.

Irabor read out some of the “disappointing comments,” including one by a who described the Oba as a “useless ruler,” and another who suggested that the Oba would have “warmly received” Akpata if he had brought “money full of ‘Ghana must go.'”

The group emphasized that the Oba of Benin, as the “mouthpiece of the gods and the revered royal father of the kingdom,” has a responsibility to stay apolitical and correct any candidate making “erroneous remarks and insinuations.”

"Every candidate contesting in this election has the and blessings of our Oba. He is the father of all and he wishes every one of them well,” Irabor stated.

The elders warned the Labour Party ers to desist from hurling insults on the Oba, stating that such actions would be considered an “affront on the palace.”

They called on all political parties to conduct their campaigns in a “democratic manner and keep the campaign issues-based.”

https://dailypost.ng/2024/06/18/edo-2024-elders-slam-lp-ers-over-insults-on-oba-of-benin/

Obidients are the ones bringing hate to peter OBI with all this lack of respect to others opinion and choice

Its not an Igbo movement but they've somehow selectively said rubbish about Benin Oba,Ooni and Sultan but somehow havent touched those sub-kings from the East....Dumb logic



If other Nigerians ever had this kinda dull brain that defends shitty logic like this, then we'd not have produced a Nobel Prize winner in our 60+years existence

DevilsEqual:
Its not an Igbo movement but they've somehow selectively said rubbish about Benin Oba,Ooni and Sultan but somehow havent touched those sub-kings from the East....Dumb logic



If other Nigerians ever had this kinda dull brain that defends shitty logic like this, then we'd not have produced a Nobel Prize winner in our 60+years existence

only a fool will believe there’s something called obidient

They are just igbos who lost out n are pained

They have insulted everyone except their igbo kings

Irabor read out some of the “disappointing comments,” including one by a who described the Oba as a “useless ruler,” and another who suggested that the Oba would have “warmly received” Akpata if he had brought “money full of ‘Ghana must go.'”

This people know the useless king well

Sharpsharp00123:
only a fool will believe there’s something called obidient

They are just igbos who lost out n are pained

They have insulted everyone except their igbo kings

😂

Is that the oba that Bobrisky said 'Oba of Benin come and marry me'

Watch how shameless Tilumbu online miscreants will carry this matter for their head like firewood.

Peter Obi should call his unruly boys to order.

I learnt they've started insulting Obasanjo too.

But they said obidients are only igbos na,or is it only when something goes wrong they obidients who are not igbo? Or they just tag anyone they dislike as obidients

Maybe it's Time For Governor Obaseki To Give The Oba The Kind of Ganduje Treatment to Emir Sanusi, Traditional Rulers Should Stay Out of Politics And Remain Neutral

yyba:
Obidients are the ones bringing hate to peter OBI with all this lack of respect to others opinion and choice

Abeg this is election period, someone can use the opportunity of what oba said to set the obedients up just to spoil the candidate chance. How do you know the obedients? Anybody can assume that to chase havoc

APC propaganda. The Waste side live on propaganda and nothing more. Come to think of it , if Akpata says he is a son of the palace, that means he belongs to Bini and has respect for The throne. But the useless Oba wants to play politics with his subject.

Useless man

Lol

yyba:
Obidients are the ones bringing hate to peter OBI with all this lack of respect to others opinion and choice

Who told you all LP ers are Obidient? As a LP candidate you may pull ers from APC, PDP, and others. It depends on the politician involved.

Lol.

Obidients are truly headless. The ones outside the state dey steady insult the oba of Benin while the ones inside the state have dumped LP top to bottom and are ing structure of criminality PDP.

The "Yoruba, but" dey learn work from Edo based Obidients.

Ogonimilitant:
APC propaganda. The Waste side live on propaganda and nothing more. Come to think of it , if Akpata says he is a son of the palace, that means he belongs to Bini and has respect for The throne. But the useless Oba wants to play politics with his subject.

Useless man

This Ibo Obidient is a perfect example of those the Edo elders are taking about.

Obedient is supposed not to be a political party,it is supposed to be for good governance.This where rex one of Peter obi er was misquoted because he is ing obi for president and another candidate for House of rep.I can one candidate for president, another for governor and another for House of rep from different political party.

Useless Obidients, lost souls and children of perdition

Hoebi people always disgracing themselves

The Respected oba

Well people from that region don't have respect! They wake their fathers and mothers up with kicks

Heffalump:


Who told you all LP ers are Obidient? As an LP candidate you may pull ers from APC, PDP, and others. It depends on the politician involved.

What happened to LP top to bottom.

Hypocrisy stinks.

Everybody go collect

Abeg why is the APC candidate invincible

Vawulence loading

The obi werey people majority are illiterates, IPOB sympathisers, unknown gunmen and OLORIBURUKUS

Destroyerofyeeb:
Ever since this bini oba came to Lagos to talk crap and disrespect aworis calamity and disrespect has been following him upandan like flies , I heard they took him to court recently. The disgrace just began . A child that spits on his father would always end up in disgrace

Never it is a lie

Serves those Bini people right. When we warned you about the animals called Obidients, you didn't listen.

You haven't seen anything yet. When LP loses Edo election, you will see what those Igbo Obidients will do to you.

I think they say, EWURE is a super king, who is superior to every other kings, and after Almighty , he is next.

How come obifraud now useless deputy gods up & down?