As the Itsekiri of Warri Kingdom in Delta State intensify plans for the coronation of the Olu-designate of Warri Kingdom, Prince Tsola Emiko, the suspended Ologbotsere of the kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has approached a Warri High Court, seeking legal interpretation of the amended 1979 Olu of Warri Chieftaincy Edict.
A writ of summons with suit number W/128/2021, dated July 8, 2021, has Chief Emami as the claimant, while Chief Akoma Dudu Dimeyin , Prince Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh and Chief Johnson Amatserunleghe are the defendants. He is also seeking the court to upturn the purported suspension of Ologbotsere as the Chairman, Olu Advisory Council and Traditional Council of Chiefs by the Ginuwa I Ruling House.
He told journalists on Saturday that he had voluntarily kept mum on the controversies trailing the passage of the immediate past Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli; and the subsequent pronouncement of Prince Tsola Emiko as the Olu-designate, explaining that his “decision to go to court is to ensure that Iwere customs and traditions are preserved.”