Joseph Evah endorses IPF, lauds efforts at uniting Ijaw media houses

Joseph Evah endorses IPF, lauds efforts at uniting Ijaw media houses

Niger Delta foremost Rights and environmental activist super Comrade Joseph Evah has thrown weight behind the Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF, describing the inauguration ceremony of the National Council of body as a long time dream of Ernest Okoli and Chris Gomorrai of blessed memory.

Evah who described the invitation as a pleasure, promised to do all within his disposal to give moral support for the IPF inauguration.

He said building a formidable mainstream media in Ijaw was first dreamed by Ernest Okoli and followed by Chris Gomorrai but these noble ideas were killed by our common enemies.

According to him, raising strong Ijaw based media houses would definitely bring conspiracy of foreign media against Ijaw people to proper check.

While commending Ijaw Publishers, Evah also agreed that the foreign media criminalised Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for self-determination and resource control.

He called on Ijaw leaders in the private and public sectors to give the Ijaw Publishers all the needed support and patronage which is a road map to building better Ijaw based media.

SP Bozimo backs lPF, promises to grace Inauguration on 29 February in Warri

SP Bozimo backs lPF, promises to grace Inauguration on 29 February in Warri 

Yenagoa _____ The 2/C Anti-Kidnapping Bayelsa State, SP. Bryant Ebibode Bozimo has declared support for the Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF. 

The young promising Nigerian police officer cum philanthropist made the declaration on Monday 26 February, 2024 when the leadership and members of IPF led by its National President, Comrade Austin Ozobo paid him a courtesy call at his office in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital.

Ozobo noted that the intellectual body of media executives was ready to collaborate with the Anti-Kidnapping office towards attaining maximum results.

The body also officially invited SP Bozimo to grace its maiden inauguration ceremony slated for Thursday February 29, 2024 at Tunde Smooth playground, opposite Barracks junction, NPA Warri, Delta State.

In his reaction, SP Bozimo lauded the IPF for taking the bold initiative across Ijaw nation towards building a formidable media front to project and protect the ljaw interest in the Nigerian State.

Declaring his support for the body, Bozimo pledged to key into IPF vision by engaging them whenever the need arises, adding that his office is always open to welcome them at when necessary.

Ijaw Traditional Rulers to Grace Publishers Inauguration Feb 29

Ijaw Traditional Rulers to Grace  Publishers Inauguration Feb 29

Prominent Ijaw traditional rulers have commended the Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF) for coming up with the laudable initiative to unite and speak with one voice under the elected body of the forum.

The traditional rulers, Pere of Akugbene-Mein Kingdom and 1st Vice Chairman of Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, HRM Stanley Perediegha Luke-Kalanama VIII (JP), and the Pere of Ogbolubiri Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Johnbull Polokowei, Apiarogun, Ongolo 1 made the commendation on Saturday, February 24th, 2024, during a courtesy visit led by the chairman of the forum, Comrade Ozobo Austin.

Speaking during the visit, the chairman of the forum, Ozobo who briefed the Akugbene Monarch, pere Luke-Kalanama during the visit hinted that, "We have resolved to speak in one voice under one umbrella of Ijaw Publishers forum.

"We have conducted an election and I emerged as the chairman. We deem it fit to come and inform you as our father that the body will be inaugurated its elected executives and we will be grateful to have you as our Royal father of the day".

Pere Luke-Kalanama appreciated the visit and promised to grace the historic event of the Ijaw Publishers Forum, adding that he will make time from his tight schedule to attend the occasion.

The pere of the Ogbolubiri Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Johnbull Polokowei expressed joy over the birth of IPF and encouraged the body to dwell together in unity, he also promised to grace the occasion.

Oromoni pledges support for IPF, promises to attend inauguration Feb 29

Oromoni pledges support for IPF, promises to attend inauguration Feb 29

Warri ____ The ljaw Publishers Forum, IPF paid a courtesy visit to the Special Adviser to the  Governor of Delta State, Chief Sylvester Oromoni at his Warri residence in order to officially invite him for the upcoming inauguration of Council.

The apex Ijaw media body was led by its National President, Comr. Ozobo Austin alongside his Deputy, Mr Oyinbi Onduku, Tare Magbei, Secretary-elect, Hon. Tamsokunbiri Mmd Kpakamtv CEO, Dr Peres Clinton of Iduwini voice and Mr Preye Ekpegha of South-South Daily and others.

The Ijaw Publishers appreciated the Special Adviser, Oromoni for his unwavering support for Ijaw people during the Warri Crisis and also making Ijaw nation proud in the private and public sectors.

In response, Oromoni commends the apex body, and also advised them to report objectively and conduct themselves in a manner that would promote the Ijaw Nation and the Niger Delta region.

He also promised to honour the invitation in the Inauguration ceremony which would be held on Thursday February 29, 2024.

King Pereama, Alagoa to grace lPF lnauguration on 29 February in Warri

King Pereama, Alagoa to grace lPF lnauguration on 29 February in Warri 

Yenagoa ____ Following the upcoming inauguration of the Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF), delegation of the council on Sunday 25th February, 2024 paid a courtesy visit to the Numupere lI of lzon-lbe, King Pereama Freetown (JP) at his private residence in Yenagoa as well as Comrade Moris Alagoa, a renowned Niger Delta Environmental Rights Activist at the Era Niger Delta Resource Centre, Yenagoa in order to officially invite them to grace the historic event.

The delegation used the opportunity to commend the Ijaw leaders for their selfless contributions to the Ijaw nation development and of course Niger Delta, adding that it would be a rare privilege for IPF to have their esteemed presence at the Inauguration coming up February 29, 2024 in Warri, Delta State.

Speaking at the visit, King Pereama Freetown commended the intellectuals for coming together to coordinate how the Ijaw and the Niger Delta stories should be told, after pledging to be in attendance personally. He also advised that the body should go about their business professionally and always avoid divisive reportage among leaders of ljaw nation.

While Alagoa Morris expressed joy over the visit and declared that he would attend the event, stressing that his organization, Era Niger Delta Resource Centre would work with the IPF in furthering the cause of the Ijaw people and the Niger Delta at large.

THE BRUISERS AND THE BRUISED ON THE JUDGEMENT DAY

THE BRUISERS AND THE BRUISED ON THE JUDGEMENT DAY

BY: Ekanpou Enewaridideke

In every struggle there are bruises and blessings as are bruisers and brutes.

The bruised are not only those bruised by bruisers

The bruisers and the brutes are as well the bruised.

The bruised are the losers but the bruised are not the only losers.

The true losers are those who sold and lost their integrity in the game.

The circle of the bruised is a treeless ocean, wide and multi-coloured in look; yet, echoed here are not the bruised of Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah.

Only the bruised known to the bruisers and the brutes are echoed here.

 

You may not like it.

You may like it, but

there must be judgement after everything.

So we went and waited for the first judgement,

Minds more on the held waiting second sacred judgement.

Like everyone we parroted our passion for you ,good-intentioned.

Only bruises and brutes came for us on the harvest day, the blessings waiting nearby with lips hermetically sealed, awaiting the second sacred judgement.

A loser always a brother of bruises and brutes - brutes that bring bombs to brutalise the bruised even after the claimed harvest.

It pays karmically when bruises and brutes are held at bay after the harvest.

The bruised, bruisers and the brutes must be partners in the politics of smiles after success and loss because tomorrow is befogged ...

The loser a brother of bruises and brutalities on the boat in the brook. 

The loser bombarded by mouth-bombs bundled to denigrate the diminished. 

The loser deafened into  a dance of denial of the denigration brought by the diminishment.

For the loser bombs begin a dance of denial detonated from dawn to dusk until the cycle ends its orbital journey when joys lose their charm in cycle-cessation.

It is always the story of denigratory dance whenever a manatee goes upland.

It is always the story of denigratory dance whenever a whale goes aground.

It is always the story of denigratory dance whenever a forester is stung by wasps.

It is always the story that denigratory dancers do dance but only once and no more, waiting for another song yet to be encored and played.

Bruises bring brutes who bomb the bruised with mouth-bombs fluttering triumphal wings.

Bruises bring brightness and benediction too because the loser is the bridegroom of bruises, brutes and blessings

Too blind to the cosmic bell we parroted our way into bruises

Too blind the brutes and the mouth-bombers bite the bruised with claims of tomorrow already claimed

The bruised and the brutal bruisers are all blind in this game only ruled by the cosmic bell.

So the bruised and the bruisers must be the watchmen over their words denied a seat in the cosmic kingdom

Still it must be cast like stone that a loser is a bridegroom of bruises and blessings hung cosmically until it is another dawn...

Barricaded the bruised now  stands.

For the bruised, barricade is the barricade to new paths beyond barricade.

The awaited second sacred judgement is the supreme for the bruised so vilely  barricaded in a world that holds its inhabitants no malice .

Even in a world that holds its inhabitants no malice...

The true losers are those who sold and lost their integrity in the game, not the bruised, the bruisers and the loser.

BY: Ekanpou Enewaridideke

Writes from Akparemogbene, Delta State.

Barrister Smooth to perform at IPF's Inauguration on 29 February, in Warri

Barrister Smooth to perform at IPF's  Inauguration on 29 Feb, in Warri 

Warri ______ Chief Barrister Smooth, Niger Delta music highlife king, aka the paddle of Niger Delta will be performing live at the Inauguration ceremony of the Ijaw Publishers Forum on February 29, 2024.

The inauguration would be held in Chief Tunde Smooth's Playground at opposite Barrack junction, Warri, Sapele road, Warri, Delta State.

The Ijaw Publishers Forum, despite its few time of establishment had gain prominence as Ijaw big weights continued to throw weight behind it.

The music maestro would thrilled guests at the event, as lots of activities are lining up to entertain participants.

The event is billed to conscientize and unveiled Ijaw owned media houses to keep watch against media manipulations and conspiracy on Ijaw and Niger Delta freedom. 

It was gathered that during the inauguration, IPF would equally take position against what its described as conspiracy and criminalization of the Ijaw and Niger Delta struggle for emancipation and resource control by foreign media.

The Forum also slammed the foreign media for throwing objectivity into the wind in the event of Niger Delta confrontation against suppression, marginalisation, balkanization and internal slavery.

According them, they would put serious check to such conspiracy deliberately orchestrated to frustrate Ijaw and Niger Delta freedom by foreign media and the government of the day.

Chief Johnny hails Ijaw Publishers, to grace occasion as Guest of Honour

Chief Johnny hails Ijaw Publishers, to grace occasion as Guest of Honour

Warri _____ A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State, and a leader in ljaw nation, High Chief Michael Johnny, the Adudukuro 1 of Niger Delta has commended the umbrella body of Ijaw media practitioners, the Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF) for taking the bold initiative to forge a common front in the agitation for a better Ijaw Nation and Niger Delta.

High Chief Johnny gave the commendation at his private residence in Effurun on Tuesday when a delegation of IPF, led by its Vice President, Comrade Onduku Oyinbi, paid a courtesy visit to tender invitation to the APC Chieftain ahead of its inauguration on February 29, in Warri.

The APC Chieftain, during the briefing noted that the Ijaw Nation is making progress as exemplified with the birth of the media forum and the sacrifices made by personalities in the region.

"The Ijaw Nation will get better more than this. Nobody knew Ijaw people will come out like this, that they will be getting this large numbers of media practitioners that can speak for the Ijaw Nation," High Chief Johnny asserted.

The Agadiwei of Gbaramatu who also said that he appreciated the IPF's visit, further counseled the IPF practitioners to always balance their reportage inorder to be seen as objective and unbiased.

"We are all progressives, moving together. It is an honour to be with you as your guest of honour," High Chief Johnny added in acceptance of the IPF's invitation.

Earlier, the Vice President of IPF, Comr. Onduku, publisher of Niger Delta Mirror, had praised High Chief Johnny for his contributions to the progress and growth of the Ijaw Nation, particularly Delta Ijaws.

Comr. Onduku also thanked their host for the warm reception and for the wise counsel, while promising that IPF will not fall short of expectations.

Among those in attendance are Mr. Abai Francis of PENGlobal, Pst. Akemetubo Arex of Waffy TV, Comr. Perez Klinton of IduwiniVoice, Comr. Ekpegha Preye of South South Daily, and Comr. Demebide Anthony of Ultimate.

Dr. Wayles Congratulates Gov. Diri on Successful 2nd Term lnauguration

Dr. Wayles Congratulates Gov. Diri on Successful 2nd Term lnauguration 

Congratulations

Your Excellency,

Senator Douye Diri, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State On the Successful 2nd Term Inauguration:

On behalf of the entire De Wayles Group of Companies, l High Chief (Dr) Emonena Victor Wayles Egukawhore, JP, FCILG, extend my warmest congratulations to you His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, 

on the occasion of your second term inauguration as the Governor of Bayelsa State .

Your re-election is a testament to the trust and confidence that the people have placed in your leadership, vision, and dedication to service. It is with great admiration that we witnessed  your continued commitment to the betterment of our state and its citizens.

As you embark on this new term, may you be blessed with wisdom, strength, and discernment to navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Your leadership has already made significant strides in advancing our state's prosperity and well-being, and we are confident that under your guidance, even greater accomplishments await us.

Please accept our sincerest wishes for a successful and fruitful tenure. May your administration continue to bring about positive transformation and prosperity to our beloved state.

Congratulations once again, Your Excellency.

Warm regards,

High Chief (Dr) Emonena Victor Wayles Egukawhore, JP, FCILG Chairman, De Wayles Group of Companies.

Don't play politics with Amnesty office, lYC cautions president Tinubu

Don't play politics with Amnesty office, lYC caution president Tinubu

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide 

Press Statement 

13/02/2024

Coordinator Of The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), IYC Accuses Tinubu Over  Political Alienation Of Ijaws In His Government 

1. The Ijaw Youth (IYC) Worldwide has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of suffocating the Ijaw people in his Government. 

2. It is no longer a news that the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) that was established in 2009 by late President Umaru Musa Yara'Adua as a panacea for peace in the region comes with a heavy burden and huge sacrifice made by the Ijaw people. 

3. Ijaw communities and Kingdoms were leveled to the ground, precious lives that could have become pillars in Ijaw, Niger Delta and Nigeria at large were lost, properties worth billions of naira were also destroyed and both the old and young spent days in the deep forests of our villages which later comes with a lot of health challenges. 

4. While the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide will not join issues with other  tribes in the Niger Delta region as neighbours, we must state that our underdevelopment as a region is being faced by all ethnic groups in Niger Delta and the foundation of the IYC via the Kaiama Declaration in December 11th 1998 clearly state our commitment to work with other ethnic nationalities in the region, the Ijaws have relentlessly championed this cause even at the detriment of our lives. 

5. Today, the Ijaws constitute about 98% of the Presidential Amnesty Programme just as ijaw communities occupy almost 70% of all oil and  gas resources within and no other tribe in the Niger Delta region can ever claim to be more accommodating,  patriotic to other ethnic groups than the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta struggle for liberation of the whole region bearing in mind our development is collective and challenges similar.

6. However, the Ijaws have overtime championed minority rights movement in Nigeria. In 1966 our late hero Maj. Gen. Jasper Adaka Boro declared the Niger Delta republic for whose sake he laid his life, till date Boro is regarded as champion of minority rights movement in Nigeria. Boro fought for a united Nigeria until he was killed during the Nigeria Civil war in May 9th 1968.

7. The Ijaws also fought for the establishment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as we speak, every tribe in Niger Delta is enjoying the NDDC. 

8. However, the 2009 agitation of the Ijaws also gave birth to the establishment of the Niger Delta Ministry under late President Umaru Musa Yara'Adua that is now benefiting all tribes in the region.

9. In view of all these, if we are to check, in all of these, it is the Ijaw areas considering our predominantly riverine terrain are the least people to have benefitted from these Ministry and Commissions compared to our sister tribes which we are not against in any way. 

10. It is at the risk of repetition that we are reiterating that while we will not banter words with our sister tribes that are suffering same issues of deprivation and neocolonization owing to our minority status in Nigeria, we are reiterating our call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to make the mistake of appointing non-Ijaw as the Amnesty Programme Coordinator. 

11. The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is not like any other Ministry or Commission like the NDDC or Niger Delta Ministry, the price the Ijaws solely paid for the establishment of the PAP is too big a price for a people to pay. The Ijaws have been magnanimous in accommodating other tribes in the  Programme so far, hence we are confident that President Bola Tinubu will not do the mistake of appointing Non-Ijaw as its coordinator. 

12. The Ijaw Youth Council have been keenly following political developments of the Tinubu led Federal Government and so far we are beginning to see that the government is exhibiting high level of hatred against the Ijaw people and we will not continue to keep quiet forever, we cannot continue to talk about peace when the necessary ingredients of peace such as fairness, equity and justice is not there. 

13. Before our very eyes, Adokiye Tombomieye was removed from NNPCL and was replaced with someone from another tribe in Niger Delta, similar thing happened in the Local Content Development Board. 

14. Few months ago, the Tinubu led Federal Government of Nigeria surreptitiously sold NIGERIAN AGIP OIL COMPANY to its crony Oando without following the normal processes. Our people are not holding any key offices in any of the MDAs. 

15. Again they are trying to collaborate with the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria to sell the company to a Consortium owned by cronies of the Federal Government of Nigeria without cleaning our environment, an evil the IYC has spoken against and will follow up to the later until the Ijaws and Niger Deltans are given the rights of first refusal. Our people must be included otherwise this purported sale will not work. 

16. Meanwhile, the IYC is sounding a note of warning to some elements masquerading as ethnic bigots to choose their words wisely while addressing the press. You can quietly make your points while agitating for your ethnic groups, we don't have a problem with them but talking out of point is what the IYC is taking exception from. What has the IYC call on Tinubu to thread carefully in the PAP matter got to do with former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, INC, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited that some Youth leaders are talking about? The reference to the above is not in tandem and a complete deviation from the subject matter. 

17. There is no connection between the Amnesty Programme and that of the Pipeline Surveillance Security Contract, maybe perhaps some people don't have sufficient knowledge about the Surveillance contract that Tantita is not the only firm handling the Surveillance job in the Niger Delta region. There were other companies before Tantita and even now, other companies are still there Securing facilities in designated areas, so why always mentioning Tantita?. Only misinformed elements will not be aware that Tantita has perfectly done a clean job by improving the oil revenue of the federation. 

18. Finally, the Ijaw Youth Council hope that this critical message from the  Ijaw  people gets to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other critical stakeholders in the polity. Whilst we are committed for a peaceful and united Nigeria, the Government of the day must be fair to our people. 

Signed:

Amb. Binebai Yerin Princewill, Spokesman Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide.

Smooth to grace lPF lnauguration as forum marks his birth anniversary

Smooth to grace lPF lnauguration as forum marks his birth anniversary 

Warri ____ ln a felicitations visit laden with heartfelt tributes, the Ijaw Publishers' Forum (IPF) celebrated the birth anniversary of Chief Barrister Smooth, fondly known as the "Paddle of Africa" with him at his Music Studio in Warri.

Led by Comrade Austin Ozobo, the delegation showered praises on the revered Niger Delta artist, the "Born Singer" who used his musical prowess to shed light on the challenges faced by the Ijaw and Niger Delta people.

Describing Chief Barrister Smooth as a "Musical Journalist," the delegation emphasized his role in truthfully portraying the plight of his people through message-laden lyrics. They credited him for being a catalyst in the rise of many valiant and influential individuals across the Niger Delta.

The delegation acknowledged Smooth's multifaceted role as the "Music Prophet, Freedom Fighter, and Moderator," commending his unwavering commitment to speaking truth to power, both within the Niger Delta and to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Amid the accolades, the towering media professionals seized the opportunity to extend their invitation to Chief Barrister Smooth in respect of the forthcoming IPF Inauguration Ceremony scheduled for February 29, 2024. In response, the "Paddle of Africa" expressed gratitude for the initiative taken by intellectuals to form a body aimed at coordinating and enhancing the media industry in Ijaw land and beyond.

Chief Barrister Smooth urged unity among the ranks, cautioning against internal conflicts and division within the body. He also pointed out red zones that must be treated with wisdom to avoid unwanted conflicts.

The "Born Singer" pledged not only to attend the Inauguration Ceremony but also to provide any affordable support deemed necessary. Additionally, he committed to collaborating with this body of Ijaw intellectuals to further the cause of the Ijaw Nation and the broader Niger Delta region.

As IPF prepares for its Inauguration Ceremony, Chief Barrister Smooth's endorsement adds a musical resonance to the occasion, promising a harmonious union between the renowned Ijaw music industry and the intellectual community working towards a brighter future for Ijaw people and the Niger Delta.

Just-ln: Oloye, Oromoni, Bolowei to grace IPF inauguration on 29 Feb, as Guests of Honour

Just-ln: Oloye, Oromoni, Bolowei to grace IPF inauguration on 29 Feb, as Guests of Honour

Warri _____ The maiden inauguration of ljaw Publishers Forum, IPF gets more endorsement as the member representing Burutu South Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. (Chief) Peres Oloye, the Senior Special Assistant, SSA to the Governor of Delta State on Oil and Gas, Hon. Keyness Oromoni as well as the CEO Bolowei Resort Opete, Amb. Bolowei Ogoba warmly accepted lPF invitation in order to attend the forthcoming inaugural ceremony as respected Guests of Honour.

The trio gave their consents early this week as they wholeheartedly received IPF delegation, while commending the good works of ljaw Publishers Forum for projecting, promoting and advancing ljaw nation's development through their various media organizations.

The trio encouraged IPF not to relent to despised their little beginning, acknowledging the facts that Vanguard Newspaper, The Punch, The Nation, Channel TV, AIT, TVC and many other renowned media organizations in the country started small before gradually grown to the standard they are in the society today.

They promised to partner with IPF and support the forum in the coming maiden inauguration slated for 29 February, 2024 in Warri, Delta State.

Meanwhile, it will interest the public to note that Amb. Bolowei Ogoba is the owner/CEO of the popular serene relaxation center known as Bolowei Resort, located at Opete Community in Udu LGA, Delta State. He is Benikuru born Tourism business expert who had made ljaw nation proud by establishing such laudable relaxation center in the heart of Warri.

While responding to the Ogbe-ljoh born young great philanthropist, Comrade Austin Ozobo, the President Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF used the medium to officially congratulate Hon. Keyness Oromoni on his well deserved appointment as Senior Special Assistant, SSA on Oil and Gas by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Executive Governor of Delta State.

IPF however, assured Keyness Oromoni of the forum's readiness to promote his office, adding that he should not hesitate to call upon the body whenever the attention is needed.

Edegbene ruling house mourns late king Ayemi-botu, pursues next king

Edegbene ruling house mourns late king Ayemi-botu, pursues next king

..........Says it is turn of Edegbene ruling house to produce next king

Warri ____ Edegbene Ruling House of Seimbiri kingdom of  Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, has mourned the departure of the Paramount Ruler the Kingdom, HRM Pere Charles Ayemi- Botu (JP) OFR, aka Lion of the Niger, urge indigenes, politicians and statesmen to observe and abide by established protocols of Seimbiri kingdom traditions as the traditional council of chief announced the mourning of  the great monarch for three months, caution those to refrain from making precipitate statements, actions or gestures.

According to the prominent son of the Edegbene Ruling House Comrade  Wareburueyegha Eric, said the first King is from Oboro ruling house, HRM king Daubiri Oromokerekere the 1st,  the second King is from Enekorogha ruling house, HRM. king Ogobri the Oromokerekere the 2nd,  The third king is from Okpokonu ruling house, HRM Charles Ayemi-botu, the Oromokerekere the 3rd, 

He said, History beckons to all in authority to conduct all that pertains to the Throne with the utmost sense of responsibility, bearing in mind that all power is a trust for which there is a reckoning, The five communities that produces King in Seimbiri kingdom, are (1) OBORO (2) ENEKOROGHA (3) OKPOKONU (4) EDEGBENE (5) DUNOU-OGUSU. Among of the five ruling house, Oboro ruling house have produced, Enekorogha ruling house have produced and Okpokonu ruling house have produced, now it's the turn of Edegbene to produce the next King of Seimbiri kingdom, We remain steadfast in our faith in Almighty God that Seimbiri kingdom will grow from strength to strength, glory to glory and grace to grace. 

We, the Edegbene Ruling House of Seimbiri kingdom join millions of descendants of Seimbiri kingdom all over the world to mourn the transition of the great king and our father,  His Royal Majesty Paramount Ruler the Kingdom, HRM Pere Charles Ayemi- Botu (JP) OFR, aka Lion of the Niger, Oromokerekere III, into the realm of the ancestors.

The Seimbiri KingdomTraditional Council of Chiefs has officially announced the death of the Paramount Ruler the Kingdom, HRM Pere Charles Ayemi- Botu (JP) OFR, aka Lion of the Niger, on 5th January 2024, at Okpokunou, traditional headquarters of Seimbiri kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State,

As heirs of the Throne the Edegbene Ruling House, we understand that all protocols of the Seimbiri kingdom and Delta State are to be respected to their logical and legal conclusions while all eligible princes prepare to pick up the giant responsibilities of the Throne.

On our part, we are fully committed to bringing seasoned and dignified leadership worthy of the Throne to the service of all Seimbiri kingdom and all Edegbene descendants. Our resolve in this regard leads us to plead with all concerned authorities, traditional and modern, to utilizes this moment of transition to revisit and rectify foundational aspects of our time-tested monarchy:

We plead with gentlemen and ladies of the press as well as Lords spiritual and temporal to henceforth refer to this revered institution guarded by the gazette with five ruling house to wit, a stool.

We urge indigenes, politicians and statesmen to observe and abide by established protocols of Seimbiri traditions to refrain from making precipitate statements, actions or gestures in honour of the Throne which is our sacred duty to preserve with utmost decorum.

We enjoin all eligible heirs of Edegbene Ruling House to come forward, realising the importance of the tasks that lie in the future, and earnestly contend for a place in the history of Seimbiri kingdom and of the Ijaw nation, he stated.