Ologbotsere of Warri Ayiri Emami Sets To Challenge His Suspension In Court

Ologbotsere of Warri, Ayiri Emami is set to challenge his alleged suspension in Court.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom and Chairman of the Olu Advisory Council, Ayirimi Emami, says he has concluded plans to challenge in court his alleged suspension by a section of the Ginuwa I Ruling House.

The spokesman of the Ologbotsere Descendants worldwide, Alex Eyengho, disclosed this in a chat with some journalists in Warri.

Eyengho said the Ologbotsere of Warri, is taking this decision after thorough, comprehensive consultations with critical stakeholders on the matter both home and abroad.

According to him, the Ologbotsere’s prayers in court “shall be seamlessly simple, straightforward and from the point of extant laws.”

The Spokesman said, “I am sure that the general public must have noticed the dignified deafening silence of Ologbotsere Ayiri Emami since his purported suspension by a section of the Ginuwa I Ruling House.”

Eyengho said the silence of Emami “is certainly not a mark of weakness but an opportunity to give those involved enough time to retrace their steps, swallow their feelings of pride, apologise to him and the Itsekiri for their illegal activities, in the overall interest of the Itsekiri and as the only sure way forward.”

“The Ologbotsere will simply be asking the court to interpret within the framework of the 1979 Edict as it concerns the Warri Kingdom and other relevant extant laws whether the Ginuwa I Ruling House has the power whatsoever to suspend any or the least Chief of Warri Kingdom let alone the number one Chief in terms of hierarchy, the Ologbotsere of Warri.

“He will also ask the court to determine whether the same Ginuwa I Ruling House has the power to empower the current Iyatsere of Warri and number two in the hierarchy, Chief Johnson Atserunleghe or any other Chief for that matter to perform any or all the functions of the Ologbotsere. At the same time, he is still alive, hale, and hearty. These are some of the basic questions Ologbotsere Ayiri Emami shall be asking the court for interpretations and definite pronouncements.”

Eyengho, therefore, disassociated the Ologbotsere from the new trend of hired armed thugs and hoodlums invading court sittings in Warri and chasing out judges, lawyers, etc., from court premises.

According to him, “Because of the nature of this impending case, we are not ruling out the possibility of the same set of thugs storming the court in an even more violent manner when we appear. We shall then know whether the police, DSS, and other security agencies are all on AWOL (Absent Without Leave) to the detriment of law-abiding citizens, particularly those whose only offence is seeking justice in the law court.”

The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom through his Spokesman, therefore, called on the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies to beef up security around the Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, for obvious reasons,” adding that “We cannot afford to take chances or underestimate the extent to which those against extant laws can go in achieving their targets.”

According to him, “The Itsekiri are people known to follow the law at all times. We rely on the law and decided cases in all our internal and external issues. The Itsekiri have never been known to be part of the illegality of any kind. Therefore, we cannot afford to approbate and reprobate on this and other matters.

“This is the stand of the current Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, whose only crime was to err on the side of the law by advising ab initio that the extant law (1979 Edict) as it concerns the successor of the 20th Warri monarch, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, be followed, stricto senso. However, we take solace in the fact that at the end of the day, the truth can never be buried in perpetuity, and justice shall prevail in this matter.”