Ooni of Ife, Oba of Benin’s faceoff: Traditional functionaries banished in Edo

The “self-serving” traditional functionaries, who engaged themselves in a sacrilegious show of shame and falsehood against the Benin customs, have been barred from the palace of Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, inThe “integrity-challenged” individuals, identified as Johnbull Igbinosun, Iduhonre , S.E.

The Uwangue of Benin, who described their action as a deliberate attempt to undermine Benin kingdom, pronounced the suspension of the palace functionaries. The suspended palace functionaries were also barred from parading themselves as Benin palace functionaries and stopped from participating in traditional rites in Benin, and they were escorted out of the palace by Benin chiefs, including Ewaise , with occipital horns, invoking ancestral spirits to bear witness.

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