Obi Akaeze I
After his father was kidnapped and killed by unknown villains,
young Obi Akaeze 1 who is just 17 years old has ascended the throne of
Ubulu-Uku kingdom, Delta State.
The Ubulu-Uku Coronation Public Affairs Committee released an official statement to that effect.
Read the statemen below:
At the weekend, a new Obi of Ubulu-Uku ascended the exulted throne
of his fathers. The new monarch, Chukwuka NoahOfulue, who assumed the
name of Obi Akaeze1, is actually a youth who will become 18 years old
later this year and he had to take time off his schooling in Britain, to
undergo the coronation ceremonies because the Ubulu-Uku monarchy
succession line is from a father to his first son.
Thus last Thursday night, according to a press statement signed by
Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Chairman of the Coronation Public Affairs Committee,
a great wave of joy surged through the entire Ubulu kingdom, and
messages swirled across the internet cyber space as Ubulu-Uku sons and
daughters exchanged messages about the joyous development in the town.
Eluemunor said: “In a sense, the deep mourning which had
enveloped the Ubulu kingdom almost all January this year as their
immediate past king, Obi Edward AkaezeOfulue 111 was kidnapped early in
the month and was found dead 18 days after, had continued till the
ascendance of the new Obi. Anywhere one or two Ubulu-Uku indigenes were
gathered, their topic of discussion was invariably the great loss they
had suffered through thedeath of the gentle, remarkably patient and
immensely religious late Obi. This pall of mourning had also affected
all those who were late Obi AkaezeOfulue 111’s schoolmates at St.
Anthony’s College Ubulu-Uku in the mid-1970s as the handsome and ever
smiling Akaeze was full of zest as a student.
"There, he was also a good mixer despite his privileged
background and readily shared his provisions and money with the less
privileged students. He first attended the Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma, and left there for London where he was born in the 1960s, and
became a lawyer. He also was not just a noted Christian but he actually
was a Deeper Life Pastor. His Christianity informed his life as a king
for the nine years he was on the throne.
“The gentle late Obi Edward AkaezeOfulue III was laid to rest
in the special cemetery that is exclusive to Ubulu-Uku kings on Friday.
"That was a day after his son had assumed his rightful position
on late his father’s throne. In the presence of Umu Obi (members of the
Ubulu-Uku Royal family up to the fourth generation) and the influential
UmuOxim people (descendants of past kings of the town from the fifth
generation onwards) and the respected Council of Chiefs, the new Obi was
crowned late Thursday. Immediately, knees began to genuflect and heads
bowed as people began to pay him homage.
"As the popular saying goes, the kingis dead; long live the
king came true in the town that day. Yes, even as the memory of the late
king will linger, even as his former subjects will miss him and pine
for him, rejoicing has come into Ubulu kingdom, no matter how haltingly,
as the youthful lad, Chukwuka Noah Ofulue, became the Obi Abgogidi, the
Obi Agu (the lion), the Obi Akaeze 1 of Ubulu Kingdom.
"Though just a youth, he has assumed his position in the great
circle of life. Prominent Ubulu-Uku citizens including the
Aniocha/Oshimili constituency representative at the Federal House of
Representatives, Hon (Mrs).OnyemaechiMrakpor the chairman of Aniocha
South council, Mr. Isaac Anwuziaand other high government officials were
in attendance. President-General of Ubulu-Uku Development Union,
Comrade Jones Ofunne, religious leaders, women, youths and other
stakeholders in the community witnessed the coronation. The Palace
Secretary, Barr. Joseph Obazei described the coronation as ‘wonderful .
"This is a young man who was not even looking up to this position because his father was young and vibrant”’.
Signed: Tony Eluemunor
Chairman, Ubulu-Uku Coronation Public Affairs Committee
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