Kogi State Government has given the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Ado Ibrahim, forty-eight hours to re-submit his response to a recent query given to him with the appropriate title of the stool as recognised by the Kogi State Chieftaincy Law 2006 and his letter of appointment.
The monarch was issued a query for his alleged untoward conduct during the recent visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state.
He had, in his response letter addressed himself as “Atta Ebira” instead of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland.
Declaring that the Atta Ebira title is unknown to the law of the state, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Salami Ozigi, in a letter addressed to the monarch on Monday, noted that any correspondence with the Atta title was unacceptable for official purpose.
The state governemnt noted that his response was invalid provided he did not use the appropriate title known to law.
Recall that the monarch had allegedly disrespected the offices of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State when the President visited the State on Thursday December 29, 2022 to commission landmark projects executed by the current administration in the state.
Prominent indigenes of Ebiraland had, following the controversy stood by the state government’s query, flayed their traditional ruler on the issue, saying that monarchs must respect constituted authority.
The latest response from the state government is coming few days after the Ohinoye of Ebira responded to the query earlier issued to him where he addressed himself as Atta Ebira.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
