Iguoshodin N’Ebudin Crisis: Edokpayi’s allegation against Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, complete falsehood –BSM

By Angela James,

Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide has described the statement by the Talakawa Parliament, as it relates to the needless crisis in Iguoshodin N’Ebudin, a community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State as falsehood.

In the press conference earlier, Marxist Kola Edokpayi had accused the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC) of being the one fueling the Crisis in the Community.

A statement signed by the group’s President, Elder Curtis Ugbo and made available to our Correspondent in Benin pointed out that Kola Edopkayi and his cohorts do not understand the administration of the Benin Traditional Council (BTC).

“This allegation no doubt would have stemmed from what the so-called Pastor Sunny Osahon told Kola Edokpayi to say based on financial inducement.

If Marxist is, to be honest to himself the issue at stake is that someone is trying to tarnish the image of the amiable and hardworking Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council- Mr Frank Irabor and in so doing take a poke at the Oba of Benin Palace”.

Continuing “For the information of Kola Edokpayi, who is supposed to be a true son of Benin, issues of who becomes the Okhaegele of any Community is not what the Omo N’Oba gets involved with. The issue is best handled by the Enogie or the Odionwere of such Community who from his interaction with the youths knows the one that he can easily relate with and he is solely to pick such individual to assist him in the running of the affairs of the Community on behalf of His Royal Majesty, the Omo N’Oba”.

BSM said that Pastor Sunny Osahon has played a mind game on Kola Edokpayi maintaining that he has deceived him just like he deceived some people in Iguoshodin N’Ebudin that he has been appointed as Okhaegele of the Community by the Oba of Benin.

They however advised Kola Edokpayi to change his mode of operation as a human rights activist and forward a public apology to throw Secretary, Benin Traditional Council.