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Engr Orugbo Accepts Okporua Ruling House Offer To Become Udu Monarch

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Chief Engr. Mike Orugbo has accepted the call by the Okporua ruling house of Udu and others in the kingdom to become the traditional ruler of the Udu people after the passage of HRM E.B.O Delekpe who was the traditional ruler of Udu Kingdom in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Engr Orugbo who is the MD/CEO O-SECUL Nigeria Ltd, a philanthropist per excellence accepted the offer at Ogbe-Udu community when the president generals of the Okporua Ruling House beacons in him to vie for the kingship position after…

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Omo-Agege Mourns As Ovie Of Udu Kingdom Dies At 85

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    Deputy President of the Senate in 9th Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has commiserated with the Urhobo nation and the Udu Kingdom whose monarch, His Royal Majesty, Barrister Emmanuel Bethel Otete Delekpe, Owhorhu I, passed on aged 85. Omo-Agege described the late Ovie of Udu Kingdom as a formidable builder under whose watch the kingdom experienced rapid development. According to a statement signed by Media Adviser, Sunny Areh, Senator Omo-Agege said “HRM Owhorhu I distinguished himself through his inventiveness and demonstrated that traditional rulers can be the pivot of…

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Udu Kingdom Announces Monarch Transition At 86 With 21 Cannon Shots

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  Leaders of Udu Kingdom, have announced the transition of their traditional, HRM Barr. Emmanuel Bethel Otete Delekpe, Owhorhu I, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Announcing the transition the Royal Monarch, at the conference of of Udu Palace, the Otota of Udu Kingdom, Chief Sam Esiko Odibo JP said, “It is with heart filled with profound sadness but with gratitude to God for a glorious reign that we announce the journey of our revered monarch, Barrister Emmanuel Bethel Otete Delekpe to be with his ancestors. “He commenced…

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Drama As Udu Traditional Ruler -dissolves-traditional-council, Over alleged Father To Son Kingship Refusal

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…declares Udu 1979 Edict invalid   ….tongue lashes Udu High Chiefs, Ufuoma Udu for not dancing to his tunes   In utter desperation and frustration in failing to push through his father to son succession plans, the Ovie of Udu Kingdom, HRM Barr E.B.O Delekpe has dissolved the Udu traditional Council, promising to unilaterally set up a new Council made up of hand-picked young chiefs to drive his agenda for Udu Kingdom, abrogating the 1979 Edict which brought him to power and tongue-lashing prominent Udu leaders for daring to share…

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Tension In Udu As Oghior Community Drags Monarch For Tagging Them Strangers, Demands Apology

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Following the alleged classification of the people of Oghior as strangers by the Ovie of Udu Kingdom, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. the Oghior Development Movement, ODM has perfected plans to drag the Ovie of Udu Kingdom to court, demanding apology from the monarch Acoording to a statement made signed by Evang. Robinson Onojighofia, National Vice President and Comrade Markson Koyaya, National Secretary of the Oghior Development Movement confirmed the intentions of several families in Oghior to file their respective cases in court against the Monarch us soon…

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