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DECLARATION MADE UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE TRADITIONAL RULERS AND CHIEFS’ EDICT, 1979, STATING THE CUSTOMARY LAW REGULATING SUCCESSION TO THE TITLE OF OBI OF ABAVO. There is only one Ruling House in Abavo known as the Oheifun. Succession is by primogeniture and females are absolutely barred. Should an Obi die without a surviving male…
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B.S.L.N. 101 of 1979.An appendix on the provisions of the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs’ Edict, 1979 as it affects the Ika Kingdoms is brought to the fore, for general information. However, all attempts made to lay hands on those of Igbodo and Ute-Okpu Kingdoms were of no avail. TRADITIONAL RULERS AND CHIEFS’ EDICT, 1979. (I)…
Royal Prerogatives: The position of the Obi in a kingdom is one of outstanding power and authority. He is the father of his people and the symbol of unity. He is the central figure in all the kingdom’s activities, and generator of traditional wisdom. New discoveries are channelled through him to the people, and those…
