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The Edo Government of State has assured the good people of the state that it will take firm and decisive action to prevent the actualization of a purported coronation of one Idriss Addano as ‘Sultan of Shuwa Arab of the State.
Secretary to the Edo State Government Barrister Osarodion Ogie in a statement described the act as illegal and sacrilegious and that all persons found to have been involved in the conception or execution of same would face the full wrath of the law.
Ogie noted that under the Edo State Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Law, it is an offense for anyone to proclaim himself, or allow himself to be proclaimed as the holder of any traditional title not recognized under the said law and/or without the approval of the appropriate authorities.
He said the purported coronation is a potential threat to the peace and security of the state, with the capacity to cause a breakdown of law and order as citizens of the state are likely to be provoked by the obnoxious ceremony.
The SSG said Government has been inundated with complaints from indigenes and residents of the State over the purported move and that whether or not this event is held at the proposed, or any other location within the state, it would constitute a direct assault on the traditions, custom and culture of the people of Edo State, by individuals who clearly have sinister motives and are trying to abuse the well-known Edo hospitality by their act of sacrilege.
The Government of Edo State, therefore, calls on all citizens to be calm, law-abiding and rest assured that they are firmly on top of the situation.
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