{"id":11614,"date":"2016-09-24T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11614"},"modified":"2016-09-24T19:57:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:57:23","slug":"the-ogiamiens-challenge-appeal-court-suspends-coronation-of-a-new-oba-till-final-determination-of-the-main-suit-by-faith-omorodion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11614","title":{"rendered":"The Ogiamiens Challenge: Appeal Court Suspends Coronation Of A New Oba Till Final Determination Of The Main Suit &#8211; By Faith Omorodion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Justices of the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City yesterday 20th September 2016 suspended judgment in the case between Ogiamien Vs Oba of Benin before it but further ruled that both royal families should maintain statusquo and go back to the High Court to continue the main substantive case.<\/p>\n<p>The implication of this decision of the Appeal Court ruling which favours the Ogiamiens is that the installation and coronation is hereby suspended till the determination of the main suit at the High Court. This decision did not go down well with the Oba palace because the main substantive case at the High Court was filed against the Oba Palace by the Ogiamien Royal Family after releasing their King from Oko Prison last year.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10763&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>In the suit, the Ogiamien Royal Family is seeking for the full implimentation of the Ekiokpagha Treaty entered into by the first Oba of Benin Oba Eweka I and Ogiamien Erebo in 12:00AD, when Obaship was forcefully introduced into Igodomigodo in 12:00AD by which time Ogiamien Erebo was the reigning King of the Binis.<\/p>\n<p>The Ekiokpagha Treaty from what we are hearing now divided Igodomigodo now Bini into two; one part Ogiamien Erebo reluctantly leased to Oba Eweka I in 12:00AD to stop the Oyo Empire that attacked them for further massacre of the Binis then, the portion which is now known as Benin Kingdom, while Ogiamien Erebo took the remaining part now known as Utantan Kingdom. The Bini speaking area of Edo State is made up of seven federal local government areas namely:<br \/>\n(i) Oredo Local Government Area<br \/>\n(ii) Egor Local Government Area<br \/>\n(iii) Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area<br \/>\n(iv) Ovia South West Local Government Area<br \/>\n(v) Ovia North-East Local Government Area<br \/>\n(vi) Uhunmwode Local Government Area<br \/>\n(vii) Orhionmwon Local Government Area<br \/>\nBy the provision of the Ekiokpagha Treaty, Ikpoba Okha LGA, Orhionmwon LGA, Uhunmwode LGA and part of Oredo LGA are within the territory of Utantan Kingdom while Ego LGA, Ovia South West LGA, Ovia North-East LGA and part of Oredo LGA are within Benin Kingdom but all this while the Oba of Benin according to revelations coming out from the Ogiamien Royal Family has been in control of these 7 federal constituencies, leaving them with nothing. Now, the Ogiamien Royal Family is asking for:<br \/>\n(1) The establishment of a separate Traditional Council for the Ogiamien known as Utantan Kingdom as contained in the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict No. 37 (cap. 19) made at Benin the 7th day of November, 1968.<br \/>\n(2) The total refund of the amount of money due to the great Ogiamien Palace from the three and half Local Government Council Areas in Ogiamiens domain namely Ikpoba-Okha, Orhionmwon, Uhunmwode and part of Oredo Local Government Areas collected by Benin Traditional Council from 1968 2015).<br \/>\n(3) Proper observance of the terms of the treaty of Ekiokpagha. That is, the maintenance of the demarcation line which divided the Bini Nation into two equal parts. While the Ogiamien maintains his Kingdom, the Oba maintains his part of the Kingdom too without interference from both sides on how they preside over their parts from each other.<br \/>\n(4) A review of one of the land lease fees of Ugianmwen to the present day Naira which is N350,000,000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only, four persons including a woman, a large drum called the Okha, a flute-Orhu, a cow, and Ukhurhe Staff, Agba and Ere.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>(5) Direct collection of his royalties from the Local Government Council Areas under his domain and<br \/>\n(6) Never to refer to the Ogiamien as a Chief under the Oba of Benin as the Ogiamien is equal in rank or status with the Oba of Benin (in modern times) if not superior to the Oba as the Ogiamien is the Obas Lessor.<br \/>\nAccording to reliable sources, the Ogiamien Royal Family is<br \/>\nSaying that until these conditions are met, they would not<br \/>\nadminister the Ekiokpagha Treaty on the Crowned Prince HRH<br \/>\nEheneden Erediauwa. This is the main substantive case at the High Court, so asking both royal families to maintain statusquo, go and face the main case at the High Court invariable means further suspension of the coronation of the new Oba and of course this was not in the best interest of Oba Palace because apart from the case taking long time to be decided, it is going to expose more many hidden secrets.<br \/>\nMeanwhile before yesterdays sitting, the Oba Palace had fixed 26th September 2016 for the installation and coronation of the new Oba of Benin against the ruling of the Justices of the Appeal Court on July 28thd 2016 and when they discovered that yester<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8991\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin.jpg\" alt=\"Oba of Benin\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin-40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Oba-of-Benin-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>days ruling may not favour them, they rescheduled the installation and fixed it again between 18th and 20th October 2016 but from a reliable source they have finally fixed it now for 20th October, 2016, which is a glare violation of the earlier court order thinking that they will be able to influence the judicial process to favour them, but unfortunately they were frustrated and the 3 SANs they hired not wanting to loose a case to an ordinary lawyer; very brilliant lawyer of the Ogiamien Royal Family refused to appear at the court yesteday but they sent a baby lawyer to stand in for them to seek for adjournment on a day they had wanted to be after 20th October 2016 to enabling them secretly rush the installation and coronation of the new Oba but unfortunately, the Court again frustrated them and shifted the adjournment backward to 6th October, 2016 making it impossible for them to do the installation and coronation of the new Oba of Benin which they had scheduled for 20th October, 2016.<br \/>\nAfter this, the next thing we saw in the court today very shameful, the crowned prince HRH Eheneden Erediauwa as we are told later ordered one Chief Osamede Adun aka Bob Izua Motors a senior member of Oba Palace to bring in some tugs into the court premises, who started beating up members of the Ogiamien Royal Family in the court, seized their phones, destroyed their cars, and injured a lot of them. They went and reported to the Police who made records; they threatened to deal with Journalists who report what exactly happened today and also threatened to kill the Ogiamiens Lawyer who took refuge inside one of the court rooms until the Commissioner of Police had to send his men to escort the lawyer back to his house. They have threatened to kill the lawyer if he continues with the case. Only NTA so far reported the case last night in their news bulletin but refused to show the footages of the violence meted to the Ogiamiens.<br \/>\nThe Ogiamiens am told are very stubborn people; for now nobody knows their next plan. The truth whoever is that this is a very serious case. It has taken a new dimension today.<br \/>\nBut what is confusing many people is that the Ogiamiens are not asking for the stool of the Oba of Benin, they are saying that they want to continue to administer the Ekiokpagha Treaty on every new Oba which is their birth right they had previously administered on the 38th Obas so far that had ruled Benin Kingdom including the immediate past Oba Erediauwa but the Oba Palace wants to circumvent it because succumbing to the Ogiamiens in this jet age which is the right and normal thing to be done means loosing the 4 and half federal LGAs to the Ogiamiens and at same time many people will come to discover the hidden truth all this while that they are really stranger elements in Bini thus rubbishing their earlier claims that the Yorubas migrated from Bini These are some of the factors causing the crisis, but the question how long will the Oba Palace continues to hide all these secrets, after all the Binis are now aware of everything even those hidden before are no longer secrets.<br \/>\nIn an interview with a lawyer at the court premises Barrister Mrs. Osaro Osunde, she said: I personally came to the court to witness the proceedings and find out what is really going on because sometimes newspapers can deceive people but what I saw today was an eye opener. I did not know the Ogiamiens are the true aborigines until what I saw in the court I felt ashamed. I just cannot understand how an Oba to be will use tugs to beat up people who are supposed to install and pronounce him an Oba. I am yet to recover from this shock.<br \/>\nMany Binis spoken to whom also witnessed this ugly incident at the court a lot of them preferring anonymity concluded It is settled, so the Ogiamiens actually owned Bini. This is interesting noting that the present approach of introducing violence into this simple matter by the Oba Palace leaves very much to be desired.<br \/>\nTo cut the story short, the Appeal Court ruled that both Royal families should maintain statusquo till the final determination of the main suit meaning the installation and coronation of the new Oba of Benin is further put on hold and as it is now nobody can predict how this issue will be resolved.<br \/>\nAll efforts, yesterday to get the PRO of the Oba Palace, Mr. Frank Irabor who was at the court proved abortive as he disappeared into the tin air when the violence erupted.<br \/>\nBut in a telephone discussion with the Director of Information &amp; External Affairs of the Great Ogiamien Royal family High Chief Esotericist Monday Wehere JP whose mother Princess Helen Ogiamien Wehere is a direct scion of the Great Ogiamien Royal Family simply said: We are happy we have been vindicated but cautioned the Oba Palace to stop introducing violence into what he described as this very simple historical matter stating further that nobody any where in the world as of now has monopoly over violence\u201d Esotericist Wehere cautioned and used the opportunity to appeal to journalists at the court yesterday to send to him the stories for record purposes and for posterity especially those with the video footages since the tugs brought in by the Oba Palace to beat his people seized their cameras and the telephones of his media crew at the court..<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10763&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justices of the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City yesterday 20th September 2016 suspended judgment in the case between Ogiamien Vs Oba of Benin before it but further ruled that both royal families should maintain statusquo and go back to the High Court to continue the main substantive case. 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