Okwopellagbe stool: Edo community appeals to Obaseki

Youths of Okpella Community, in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, have through a peaceful protest appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki to urgently commence processes that will lead to the appointment and coronation of the next Okwokpellagbe of Okpella.

The youths under the aegis of Association of Okpella Youths Initiative (AOYI) said that the lingering issue surrounding the vacant stool was giving rise to tension in the community and required immediate government attention.

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The association’s president, Alasa Eshioramhe, and Secretary-General, Yusuf Shamsudeen, who spoke on the development, said that the impasse was not good for cohesion and development of the clan.

They said the continued absence of a substantive Okwokpellagbe after the death of the former king, Alhaji A.Y.E Dirisu, in 2019 had negatively impacted the community in terms of infrastructural development and collective quest for unity among the existing villages in the clan.