- King Noble Eshemitan has confirmed that monarchs walked out on Professor Yemi Osinbajo when the vice president visited
- Eshemitan said the action was taken to protest ill treatments from officials of the federal government
- The monarch said such treatment also happened during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan
King Noble Eshemitan, the traditional ruler of Oghara Kingdom in Delta, has confirmed that some monarchs walked out on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo when the latter paid a fact-finding visit to the state and its environs.
NAIJ.com learnt that Eshemitan said the monarchs staged a walk-out to express their anger at the way federal government officials had treated them over time.
Vanguard reports that Eshemitan spoke at the Urhobo Progress Union’s 2017 America convention held in Chicago, USA.
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“We were made to gather at the venue from 10am to 5pm, waiting for the Vice President, who, meanwhile, was visiting two ethnic nationalities that are neighbours of the Urhobo.
“When the vice president eventually arrived, accompanied by the state governor, the Urhobo traditional rulers, including myself, staged a walk out.
“The governor came down begging us profusely. Why will any government assemble revered traditional rulers as early as 10am, for an event that finally commenced at 5pm?
“The truth is that the Urhobo and their leaders are not revered. Charity, they say, begins at home and we must, therefore, move beyond rhetoric and start according respect to our leaders by ourselves.
“Also, during the last administration of (former) President Goodluck Jonathan, an Urhobo minister brought the then vice president to Urhobo Kingdom for a thanksgiving ceremony.
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“Instead of having the vice president, on arrival, pay courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of the kingdom, the traditional ruler was asked to go to the stadium in the town of the traditional ruler to receive the vice president,” he reportedly said.
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