WARRI MONARCH IS OLU OF ITSEKIRI, NOT WARRI, Declares Kemepadei .... Responds To Edema Over Surveillance Contract To Tompolo

His Royal Majesty, 
Ogiame Atuwatse III

"Edema Oritsetimeyin, you remain an outcast to Itsekiri people, a cursed stray dog who has wandered very far from home, exhibiting traits of frustration, who should be called to order for the unscrupulous attempt to ignite an ethnic crises." Prince Kemepadei 

Egbesu High Priest in the Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepadei today responded to the gibberish by one Edema Oritsetimeyin just as he referred to the reverred Warri monarch as "Olu of Itsekiri" over the Pipeline surveillance contract awarded to High Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a, Tompolo.

This is contained in a statement signed by Apostle Kemepadei and made available to journalists.

In a reaction to a purported publication in national dailies by one Edema Oritsetimeyin who has allegedly dragged Tompolo into contentious issues arising from the pipeline Surveillance contract awarded to him by the President Muhammadu Buhari lead Federal Government.

According to Apostle Kemepadei, "Edema Oritsetimeyin, so the "Boy-King" sent you a stray dog to bark.

"As a firm believer of traditional institutions, a disciple of Agadagba, and servant to the Divine Throne of Aketekpe, stool of the mighty Ijo, let me vent my reactions to your misleading, demeaning and misconstrued boy-king sponsored reports trending on some national dailies.

"Edema Oritsetimeyin, you remain an outcast to Itsekiri people, a cursed stray dog who has wandered very far from home, exhibiting traits of frustration, who should be called to order for the unscrupulous attempt to ignite an ethnic crises.

"First and foremost, inform your boy-king that he who comes to equity must come with clean hands. The reports contained in the national dailies are cheap, petty and tantamount to misinform first your kins, the Itsekiri people, to save image and divert public attention. 

"An African adage says, “if you see a child in the public dancing naked, it must either be that the drummer is nearby or he is raised by mad parents."

"Till this moment, there is no public record of Tompolo issuing any statement linking the Olu of Itsekiri to any pipeline surveillance job, why then the baseless attempt to drag Tompolo's name into an itsekiri palace quarrel.

"The mention of Tantita security services shows that you must have been briefed as regards the companies handling the surveillance job. Edema should also be tutored to furnish the public with the owners of pipeline infrastructure and its financial records, if it will not implode the Itsekiri Nation and expose selfishness emanating from what is supposed to be an exalted Traditional stool. 

"Let me also remind you that the contentious issues arising from the surveillance job has been under the supervision of the Olu of Itsekiri and his late father in-law for the past seven years, instead of engaging stakeholders, his kinsmen, and host Communities like Tompolo has made his a welfare package for all, it was made a secret and personal which resulted to huge oil theft, Pipeline vandalism, which led the FG to revisit the contract and allocated some fractions to others owing to lack of capability.

"I also read with disdain, the defamatory and derogatory remarks made against the person of the Pere of Gbaramatu, describing him as a Juju priest. It clearly shows your ignorance on traditional history and institutions. This is why you think a purchased litigation would change the history of the Gbaramatu People as aborigines who, out of love, accommodated your fleeing ancestors (Ginuwa), who sought for refuge at Oporoza Toru now named Escravos Rivers, for fear of his life and the Ijaws gave you a home when your forefathers were bent on alienating Ginuwa's existence. Anthropological evidences of the people also discredit any litigation you rely upon.

"However, it is obvious that the current settlement of the Olu of Itsekiri has no common history and symbiotic existence of their forefathers. Up till this point, the Olu is likened as an errand throne operating on a rented land, and has become a King in absentia. The original Palace should be Ode-itsekiri and not Warri. It is a fact that there is no such thing as Olu of Warri but Olu of Itsekiri, with no traditional recognition compared to other Monarchs in the Niger Delta and Nigeria. 

"The further reactions from Edema to distance the Itsekiri Palace from the Surveillance Contract is adjudged to the saying that "Nothing secretive lasts forever" and he should be aware that a guilty conscience fears no accusations.

"I therefore advise him to employ new strategies and encourage the Palace to be benevolent enough like Tompolo and use the benefits associated with his throne to touch lives of the teeming Itsekiri people. 

"Lastly, I advise that all companies handling this surveillance job emulate the kind gesture of Tompolo and extend their hands to youths, women and leaders of the Niger Delta region. More importantly, the Olu should inculcate members of his cabinet and his subjects, ensuring they are fully carried along as well."