Yakubu Applauds Oba Ewuare II For Receiving Esan Enijies, Others
…Eulogizes Esan Enijies for their initiatives
By Simeon OSAJIE
The Benin Monarch, Omo N’Bba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin Kingdom has been commended for receiving the Esan Enijies and members of the Esan Okpa Initiatives who were in his palace on an advocacy visit on the need to have an Edo Governor of Esan extraction come 2024 gubernatorial election.
A frontline Edo 2024 Governorship candidate and former Chairman of Esan-North East Local Government Council, Hon. John Yakubu gave the commendation following the successful visit of the Esan Enigies to the Oba in Benin City.
He said that the Benin monarch’s response to the visitors to consult with his chiefs and leaders of thought was the right thing to do in order to carry everyone along.
Hon. Yakubu who was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship candidate in the 2016 Governorship election said that he is confident that the Benins being just, fair and accommodating people will find the request of the Esan people as presented by their Enigies and leaders of thought acceptable especially as the Benin and Esan peoples are brothers and sisters.
The former Chairman of Esan-North East Local Government Council, commended the Esan Enigies for finding the time to leave their domains to pursue this worthy cause very dear to their subjects.
He prayed God and our ancestors to protect them as they crisscross the state in their search for political relevance for their subjects.
