By Embattled Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has urged Itsekiris from across the world to return home for Yuletide as he’s innocent of the stolen crowns allegation.
Emami, who says he’s forgiven his detractors, said that the Yuletide season usually provided a unique opportunity for Itsekiri sons and daughters to come home to felicitate and bond together.
He, therefore, urged the people to return to their various homelands, particularly communities in the riverine areas, to celebrate this year’s Yuletide with their folks.
Chief Emami has been in court to challenge his suspension as Ologbotsere of Warri by a faction of the Ginuwa Ruling House and the processes that led to the emergence of Prince ‘Tsola Emiko as the 21st Olu of Warri Kingdom.
In a statement made available to Stonix News on Sunday, the classy socialite and oil and gas business mogul waxed nostalgic, underscoring the essence of having his kinsmen home during the festivities.
“As a young man raised in the ocean-locked Ugborodo community of Warri South – West Local Government Area, Delta State, I know the necessity of encouraging Iwere sons and daughters to frequently visit their aboriginal communities, invest in the socio – economic structures and set up machineries for the sustainable infrastructural and political development of the communities,” he averred.
He said attempts by some individuals to tarnish his reputation would not deter him from advancing the cause of Iwereland and its immanent cultural and sociological significance in the comity of nations.
“The orchestrated plot by a few Itsekiris to blackmail, intimidate and tarnish my hard-earned reputation, for reasons best known to them, will not deter me from advancing Itsekiri culture and tradition as well as firmly pursuing the rule of law, which Warri Kingdom is known and respected for, across the world.
“It is ridiculous to press criminal charges against me for a purported missing royal crown of Warri Kingdom, when the identity of persons that invaded the Olu Palace Warri few months ago and laid siege there for two weeks, is known to the security agencies and members of the public, especially my fellow Itsekiris.
“Just like the legal proceedings I instituted regarding my purported suspension as Ologbotsere of Warri by a section of the Ginuwa Ruling House and the controversy surrounding the succession battle for the 21st Olu of Warri, I will go the full legal throttle to exonerate myself from the criminal charges leveled against me and ensure those responsible for the alleged stolen crown, face justice.
“Everybody knows I know nothing about the crown. As a thoroughbred Itsekiri son with good knowledge of our rich history and culture, I know the implication of stealing a royal crown and I will never commit such a sacrilege,” he declared.
The youthful Itsekiri reiterated that in spite of all odds and hurts in the past months, he’s pardoned his traducers.
“I have forgiven those fighting me, including persons doing so as a result of ignorance or avoidable petty jealousy, because whatever I have achieved in life and will continue to achieve, is by God’s grace and hard work,” he noted.
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