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Our parents silent board that has been
on four years between the children of ober

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Akensla the second, the thirty seventh
over of ben And Kingdom, took a

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new to hiss from Thursday as palace
chiefs representing various groups members of the men

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In Royal Family, priests, priestesses
and one wishers of the Ober of Benen

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His Royal Majesty Oma lober Nido Uku
Akolocolo ober Ewada Second gathered at the premises

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of the Elosted High Court on sata
Le World to express soliderity with the ober

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and the Palace following a suit found
by the enity of Evubandosa, Professor Gregory

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Acensla and the entity of Edmond Siluco, Chief of Domo Nini doo Ze Ubigman

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Edward ghi ilo Iloia, the President
of the law Orleon Union. In the

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post published on November thirty, hath
twenty twenty three of Maryland News Media accused

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the Palace of the Benin Mola of
first resulting to modern lords to settle Benie

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Royal Family issued by thus using then
of the Nigeria Police Force to arrest His

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Royal Highness, Professor Gregory Achenzia,
the uncle to the current coverer of Benin

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on November twenty first, twenty twenty
three, saying the police to the energy

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strung to Egwori a real magistrate court
with full intention to send king to Oco

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prison. According to Edward Ghee,
the crisis and the Beni royal family became

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pronounced when the energy of Evermendo,
Professor Gregory acencla On behalf of other energy

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Kings, wrote a letter in November
twenty twenty two to the Governor requested for

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the constitution and inaberation of traditional councils
in the seven local government areas in the

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Dusaut Senatorial District and the air forms
of statutory avocation be paid directly to them

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without passing through the Bening Traditional Council. The test and verbatim of egwogistatements are

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presented towards the bottom part of this
news feature story. At the ads Stance

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High Court on Thursday, just as
Peter Akacherro granted the first defendant to include

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the Bending Traditional Council as the twelve
defendants in the suits mark being twenty nine

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thousand, five, twenty and twenty
thirds, while ober E wired a second

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and the Dose State Government are the
first and second defendants, respectively. The

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ruling followed an application filed by the
second defendants lead council Professor yemi Aki Say

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George Sa and Professor Edobar Omrigh and
his team against the claimants Professor Gregory Aqinzua

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and the don money Ogain one who
moved took the robber of Benin to court

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over their suspension as Dukes of Ewo
Bandosa and Egwan Seleucal dukedomes in Dusaut Senatorial

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District in twenty twenty three. A
Dose Steh government in the press briefing on

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Thursday, says it there has no
hand in the suit instituted by Professor Gregory

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Achenzua and his Royal Highness in Monei, ogi Wan against his Royal Majesty y

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re De second about of Benin.
The States Commissioner for Communication and Orientation,

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Chris len Kelmi Grief journalists said the
States government, as a defendant in the

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suit, is interested in peace among
the parties. The terms of the Ado

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State government statement rates in court below. The attention of the Ado State Government

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has been drawn to the ground full
of misinformation regarding your court case involving our

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regard Monarch, His Royal Majesty Mudawan
Nio Uku Apulo Pulu very O re de

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second the Honor of Benin and some
energy. The State government has no hand

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in the matter and is also being
sued by the energy The Cans with suit

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Lumba being twenty nine thousand, five
twenty and twenty thirds is between His Royal

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Highness Professor Gregory Iglobo Aqenzua, the
enemy of Albumanosa Abgu and His Royal Highness

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Adoman milos obi Wan the enemy of
Evan Seluko against over over the second the

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ober of Benin and the State Government, who are defendants in the suit.

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It is serves and painful that the
matter of which is essentially among brothers,

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has degenerated to the point of litigation. The Government, how they appeals to

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all parties in the matter, being
blood relatives, to work together and withdraw

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the matter from the court and begin
a process of dialog towards the amicable resolution

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of the issues in the interests of
the sanctity of our most respective traditional institution.

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Government is also open to working with
all parties for a peaceful resolution of

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the dispute. The terms of Ego
A j Edoor Emilia, the President a

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Door or the O Union. Post
published on November thirtieth, twenty twenty three

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on Ireland News media platform reads in
Court Burburton below. The ridual scenario playing

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out in Benin Kingdom between the Bending
one up against some energy on troupe of

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changes has the attention of many many
citizens of the Do South Senatorial District and

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even beyond. The Gestapo style operation
of the use of the police for personal

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letter by the Bending Monarch was bresently
demonstrated in the state capital on Friday twenty

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first of November twenty twenty three.
One is Royal Highness Professor Gregory A.

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Kinzua, a renowned pediatrician and former
Equity Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin

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and also a former Corot Chancellor of
Uncles and the University Epuma was arrested in

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his venroom by armed policeman from Zune
five men In City early in the morning

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and driven strength to an Empoi area
Magistrate Court, Benin City for prosecution at

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the behests of the Benin Palace.
Reliable sources revealed that the energy was to

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be reminded in local prison while the
presiding magistrate was to proceed on annual leed

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and the retired professor’s bill application would
be held by the same magistrates on resumption

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from leave. That would have been
a great and tortuous audient for the octogenarian

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Energy. However, the reasons in
concerration against the enogvents, which was stumbling

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Brook as someone winning Adol citizens bobilized
to save the professor from unorchestrated sulteranean augiing

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plan for him. After about two
hours arguments and counter arguments in the court

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room, the Energy, who is
also a very senior member of the Benin

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royal family, was eventually granted bill
after he was arranged in court for impersonation

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and art getting to himself the title
of the traditional ruler in Adul South Senatorial

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District, an offense which is punishable
onder Section twenty sub section seats eight,

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the saka Section twenty sub section seven
and Section twenty eight sub section six of

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the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edit Number
sixteenth of nineteen seventy nine. What the

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Energy stradegives us prosecutors and defamats did
was to only quote the s of the

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nineteen seventy nine Edit that suited the
Wins and Caprices to slender this unblemish character.

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While on the mining the section of
the editlab booms when who has the

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power and prerogative to suspend any early
traditional ruler or chief and the processes for

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doing so? They know that the
enegy committed law offense and that the so

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called suspension did not follow due process. Such suspension is not only ultra bias

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of the nineteen ninety nine Constitution as
amended and also in loality. Nothing in

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the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edit of
nineteen seventy nine and powers any traditional council

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or traditional ruler to suspend or depose
any traditional lula or chief. Part four,

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Section twenty eight one of the Edit
states inter area, The Executive Council

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may withdraw the approval of the appointment
of, or suspained, or depose any

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traditional ruler, regent, traditional chief, or any honorary chief, whether appointed

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before or after the commencement of this
law, if it is satisfied that such

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withdraw, suspension, or the position
is required according to customary law, or

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is necessary in the interest of peace
or order or good government. From the

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foregoing, it is claimed that no
traditional council or traditional ruler the authority to

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suspend or depose any traditional mullah or
chief that has been presented by the government.

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That authority is the exclusive preserve of
the State Executive Council headed by the

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Governor of the state. It is
pertinent and one point here to state that

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the only thing the enemy of every
mendosa is being molndful is that he is

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one of the eighty five energy in
the Do South Senatorial District who wrote a

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letter in November twenty twenty two to
the Governor requested for the constitution and the

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inauguration of the traditional councils in the
seven local government councils in the Dosut Senatorial

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District. The letter also requested that
the statutory allocation to the councils repaid directly

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to the seven traditional councils as required
by law. Before the ascension to the

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throne by the present Bening Monarch over
ourred as account, energy and palace chiefs

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used to receive stipend from the government
through the Bennet Traditional Council, but since

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the past seven years, no energy
or Palace chief has received a como from

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the council. Even the monthly allocation
is pred to the Bene Traditional Council letc.

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The Palace has appropriated all one is
pared to the Bene Traditional Council.

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Last year alone, the Beni Traditional
Council received more than one billion Era.

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This has been so for the past
seven years without payment of stipends to energy

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and chiefs. The Enemy of Evrobandosa, his Royal Highness, Professor Gregory A.

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Kinzua, was illegally and non constitutionally
suspended on the circourt of Epply twenty

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twenty three by the oba A Bene
at the so called Open Minigation Gallery in

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the Colors after the mening more not
surlptitiously instigated some of the orders ends in

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the community to level spurils and unfunded
allegations against him. He was not given

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any chance to defriend himself. The
enemy of evans Seleucal Road, his Royal

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Highness an Wanly idi Osa ahead One, was earlier in a similar function suspended

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illegually and conconstitutionally without due process and
lock. Till now he has not been

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given opportunity to defend himself of the
false allegations leveled against him suspension as we

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know it is usually for a short
period for investigation of the allegations men against

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someone. It is almost a year
now since the two Energy were suspended illequally

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and unconstitutionally. The fact that the
two Energy were not given the opportunity to

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defend themselves against the principles of full
hearing and natural justice as enshrined in the

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nineteen ninety nine Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as amenders. The two

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Energy hold traditional titles that are hereditary
and are subject to the rule of primate

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geniture. Customarily in Venin. Any
title holder, whether hereditary or non hereditary,

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cannot be striped of the title conferred
on him. If he commits an

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offense, he may be asked to
stay away from the colors, but he

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is never striped of his title.
The title remains with him for life.

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In the case of hereditary title holders, the title devolves on the first milk

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child on death. Energy are not
enemies of the Oba, as the recognize

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his suitmenting over the entire Bending Kingdom, the ones to serve the Bubba in

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the most long way, but a
situation in which Energy are treated like slaves

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leaves a lot to be desired,
since the adments of the present dispensation energy

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are meant to remove their healthiest and
being for two to three hours well addressing

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the Oba and on the slightest provocation, some energy have been destroyed publicly and

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meant to go home with only under
aware. It appears that there is a

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grand design to humiliate sob jeget and
reduce energy to nonentities, and this has

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never happened in Bending history. The
recent practice of Buba awareduce accult to withhold

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approval indefinity for the eldest son of
the disease enerally to assume the title of

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the deceased father, which automatically divorces
on him after performing the required funeral occipie,

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has never been the practice in the
honours of Bening Kingdom. There are

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currently about twelve us are parent who
have completed the funeral occipities of their fathers,

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some over five years now, but
apported advance for no apparent reasons,

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even though Section twenty two subsections five, six, six and six being of

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the traditional rulers and chiefs now clearly
state that such approvals should not be withheld

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and in the event of being withheld. The Executive Council can intervene to review

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such decisions to withhold approval and substitute
its own decision. They are strangely some

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Energy who were recently installed were taken
to several shrines all over the Kingdom and

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were conquered to swell to all of
allegiance to the over instead of the usual

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ceremonial page of loyalty he became.
This has never been the practice in the

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Kingdom from time in memorial. These
are practices designed to humiliate and intimidate the

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Energy and also they are forced loyalty. Recently they held to the jukedom or

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the Goldneking was invited to the palace
and was handed over to the police a

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former market police station for detention over
false allegation of installing himself as Energy.

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Leadership, whether political, traditional or
communion, is derived from the people and

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as such mostly responsive to the units
and aspirations of the people. All traditional

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title holders such as orbs, areas
ubus and the likes, are subject to

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monent laws in the democratic dispensation,
and none of them can appopeiate absolute power

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to themselves to determine the destiny of
others. The scenario playing out today in

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Benning Kingdom prominently almost with Prommental’s tendency, represents an artivism that hinted on something

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varying semblance to the fifteenth century or
acceptable practices regenerated in the twenty first century.

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Is this a case of the most
civilized society is the most susceptible it

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is to its varied atavism energy in
the door South are not seeking to undermine

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the authority of the Burning Monarch,
as the rules prescribed for them in the

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nineteen seventy nine Edits do not run
counter to his prescribed power. The functions

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of the traditional councils established for each
local government council area are thought out in

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Part seven of the Edict. Does
to form less general proposals by way of

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advice to the local government b where
applicable to hormonality activities of such local government,

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discussion of problems afflicting them generally,
and by giving advice and guidance their

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own to such local government. C
where applicable to co ordinate the development plan

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of such local governments by joints.
Discussion and advice d were requested by the

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executive governor or, as the case
will require by one or all the local

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governments in its area. To assist
in the assessment of rates in consultation with

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such local governments in the area,
and there are subsequent collections. E.

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To give support in arts and culture. F To assist in the maintenance of

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order. G To advance on any
matter referred to it by the state of

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federal government. H. To make
representation or express opinions to the state government

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or any other organizations on behalf of
the local government. J. To advance

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on questions relating to chieftaincy matters and
control of traditional titles. The Austroal absence

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of traditional councils in the local government
areas of the DOSALT is the vientual reason.

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Local government headquarters in the Dou South
such as Igo, Bazula, agu

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Igogo, Ao Ego and Okada are
not at powered at Puma, Oulomi,

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Ubiaja Elohimi, iguab Imura, Alji
Funga, among the others. In the

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Doo Central and not senatorial districts as
Ude Gregady. You bring me in a morgagizaway