Former senator James Akpanudoehe has
publicly declared his recognition of the paramount ruler of Etinan, His Royal
Majesty, Akwa Edidem Ime Dickson Umoette as the Oku Ibom Ibibio IV, says a news
report published in Global Concord, a
local tabloid in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
“It has been my wish to come and meet
you and your council as my fathers and custodians of Ibibio culture, values,
and peacemakers in Akwa Ibom State to declare my support to your throne as Oku
Ibom Ibibio IV,” Udoedehe who was the ACN 2011 governorship candidate in Akwa
Ibom State reportedly told Edidem Umoette when he paid the monarch a visit in
his palace to officially invite him and other Ibibio traditional chiefs to the
burial of his late mother.
“I have followed trends of events and
have totally aligned myself with the wishes of Ibibio people and their
traditional rulers regarding the throne which you now sit,” the former senator
was quoted as saying. “So my visit to your palace is to make known to my
supporters exactly the direction to follow and who to pay their
homage to as
the traditional leader of Ibibio people.”
The Oku Ibom Ibibio is the highest
traditional leadership among the Ibibio ethnic group in Akwa Ibom State of
Nigeria. The stool has been a subject of lingering tussle between the paramount
ruler of Onna, Edidem Akpabio Udo Ukpa and other paramount rulers in the state
who are opposing his ascension to the influential throne.
Edidem Ime Umoette
Udoedehe’s recognition of Umoette looks
good to fetch the monarch some measure of goodwill among the Ibibio people
because of the former’s senator’s political clouts.
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