Oba Ewuare II N’Ogidigan of
Benin on Friday recalled Mrs Victoria Orhue ostracised
from Obe N’Evbueribo in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo by Odionwere
(head) and Ohen of the village.
The Oba
also directed that all her lands and other property that were confiscated by
the village leadership be returned to her immediately.
Ewuare
II gave the order at Ugha-Ozolua in his palace while presiding over matters
affecting individuals, families and villages. Orhue
and her children were banished from Obe N’Evbueribo in Ikpoba-Okha by the
Odionwere, Mr Oyeobasojie Ekhator and Ohen Osaghae Edobo after a dispute over
land and other property.
She was
also said to have been assaulted severally by some Community Development Agency
youths believed to have been working for the Odionwere and Ohen.
Oba
Ewuare said the banishment was unacceptable and a unilateral decision of the
Odionwere and Ohen, adding that they had no powers to banish anyone from the
village.
The oba
ordered that decision on certain traditional matters must be brought to the
palace for due consultations before adjudicating on them by traditional and
village heads including ohen in Benin kingdom.
Ewuare
II further directed odionwere and ohen to desist forthwith from such decisions
and make peace with Mrs Orhue and her children including all the people of the
village
Also,
Mrs Ann Aghayere reported Odionwere of Amagba, Mr Oduoriyekemwen in Oredo Local
Government Area to the palace over the selling of her land.
Oba ruled
that a fresh land of same measurement with the one sold, including the seized
documents, be restored to her with immediate effect.
The oba
also directed that a perimeter fence should be erected on the said land by the
Odionwere as compensation.
The Naijaroyaltyculture.blogspot.com, reports that there was jubilation in the palace ground by
friends and relations of the litigants after the verdicts, and prayed for the
success of monarch.
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