Dethronement: NO SHAKING! NOTHING HAS CHANGED - Obong of Calabar
--I'm Still The Obong of Calabar and Paramount Ruler of Efik Kingdom
...FUNAAB Chancellor Allays Fear of Purported Deposition
-Says Court Ruling Favours Him
...Thanks Members of the University Community for Their Support.
Exuding confidence, calmness, and beaming with smile, the Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V has disclosed and declared with convincing proof that he's still on the throne of his ancestors as the Obong of Calabar and Paramount Ruler of the Efik Kingdom.
The Chancellor described the news of his dethronement from the stool of his forefathers as reported in the media as a mischievous imagination of mischief makers which is baseless and unfounded.
The Obong of Calabar cleared the air on his touted deposition while receiving in audience in his palace, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Prof.Olusola Babatunde Kehinde and the Registrar, Dr.'Bola Adekola who paid him a solidarity visit on behalf of the University.
A minor section of the media stirred the hornet's nest when it reported that the Supreme Court had in a ruling on Friday last week dethroned the Obong of Calabar and ordered the Kingmakers and Traditional Rulers Council to convoke a fresh selection process to replace the monarch.
Smarting to the report, Prof.Kehinde led Management responded swiftly by visiting the Chancellor in his palace in Calabar, the capital city of Cross Rivers State.
According to the Registrar who accompanied the Acting Vice-Chancellor on the visit, they were received by His Eminence and High Chiefs in his palace.
Briefing FUNAAB Bulletin on the visit, the Registrar in a statement informed that the Chancellor affirmed that nothing has changed and that he's strongly on the throne, moreso that the judgement favoured him and reinforced his hold on the stool of his ancestors.
According to the Registrar, "Our Chancellor is hale and hearty. He sends his appreciation to all members of the University Community for the show of love and concerns over the wrong information being peddled through the Press;
The true position is that the judgement of the Supreme Court is an affirmation of the position of the Appeal Court in a judgement earlier delivered, which was favourable to His Royal Majesty", he added.
The Registrar continued, " The judgement of the Appeal Court which ordered a new selection process had been complied with and HRM Edidem Abasi Otu (V) was returned unopposed by the ETUBOMs Conclave of the Palace (the Kingmakers) after repeating the selection process as directed".
Shedding more light on what the Chancellor said during the visit in respect of the media report, the Registrar stated:
"The judgement delivered on Friday, January 13, 2023, brought the issue to a favourable end as it only affirmed the decision of the Appeal Court which disqualified a contender to the throne in all aspects"
He added," The ETUBOMs Conclave has reaffirmed their earlier decision today through a proclamation affirming our Chancellor as their CHOSEN Obong".
© FUNAAB BULLETIN
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