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Oba of Benin assures Jonathan of election victory
The Oba of Benin, Omon’oba Erediauwa, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan of victory in the forthcoming election slated for March 28. The Oba gave the assurance Thursday in Abuja through his son and a chief in the Benin Kingdom, Ada Erediuwa, who led a delegation of princes and chiefs of the Benin Kingdom on a visit to a former Minister…
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Endorsement: Benin royal palace have no favoured candidate, says Oba of Benin
The controversy that has trailed whether or not the Oba of Benin had endorsed a particular Presidential candidate has finally be put to rest as the palace has affirmed that all those contesting are the subjects of the Benin monarch. The Oba also said he has not mandated any of his palace chiefs to speak on his behalf in a…
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Bini Chiefs on warpath over Jonathan’s endorsement
The Eson of Benin kingdom, Chief Amos Osunbor yesterday admonished Edo people to disregard a statement credited to one of the palace Chiefs, David Edebiri during which he stated that the Binis will not vote for President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 polls. Edebiri had in the statement accused Jonathan of marginalizing the Binis by dropping a son of the…
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Endorsement of Jonathan: Igariwey not Ohanaeze executive, cannot speak for Ndi Igbo, says Igbo National Council
The Igbo National Council (INC), a socio-political organization of new generation Igbo leaders’ of thoughts have dissociated itself from what it described as the purported endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan as a consensus candidate of Ndigbo in the forthcoming 2015 general election by ex-President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Igariwe and members of his executives. In a press statement…
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