South/South Yoruba Traditional Rulers Chairman Presents Staff Of Office To Colleague In Nnewi, Calls For Unity and Peace
By Jide Dominic, YENAGOA – The Chairman of the South/South Yoruba Traditional Rulers Council, Oba Sulieman Oguntunji Oluwaloni has presented staff of office to his counterpart in Nnewi, Anambra state, HRH Adebayo Taofeek Abiola as part of effort towards ensuring strict compliance with the mandate establishing the association.
While presenting the staff of office to the newly crowned traditional ruler with particular reference to the traditional rites as enshrined in Yoruba customs and culture, Oba Sulieman Oguntunji Oluwaloni admonished him to uphold the basic principles of morality, peace and unity as he pilots the traditional affairs of Yoruba indegenes in Nnewi.
The monarch who also doubles as the Oba of Yoruba community in Bayelsa State further enjoined HRH Adebayo Taofeek Abiola to desist from any form of negative influences and practices that may hinder the progress and interests of Yorubas in the ancient city, noting that the time has come for all Yorubas in the entire South/South region of the country to come together as one unique and indivisible tribe.
According to him, this is the surest way to foster the collective socio-political and economic development of the Yorubas in the region.
In his speech, the newly traditional ruler pledged to live up to expectation by ensuring that the confidence reposed on him by the entire Yoruba traditional rulers in the South/South region is not betrayed.
He called on his people to support his dream of pushing the customs, rites and culture of Yorubas in Nnewi to greater heights, urging them to always feel free to approach him whenever there’s need for dialogue that would lead to the socio-economic transformation of Yoruba indegenes in Nnewi.
High point of the occasion was the official crowning of the new traditional ruler in the presence of a marmoth crowd of mainly Yorubas residing in Nnewi who all came to witness a strict compliance with thier customs and traditions.
