Owoniyi emerges new Obaro of Kabba

Two years after the death of the Obaro of Kabba, Chief Michael Olobayo, the Kogi State Government, on Thursday, approved the appointment of Solomon Dele Owoniyi, a retired Custom Officer to fill the vacant stool.

The appointment according to a government was part of resolutions reached at the State Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Yahaya Bello at the Government House, Lokoja.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abubabar Ohere, congratulated the Okun people on the appointment, saying that the new monarch is expected to use his vast experience in the public service to unite his people and the entire state.

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The Exco, he revealed, has also upgraded the stool of the Maiyaki of Kupa in Lokoja Local Government Area of the state from second class to 1st class status.

Other vacant stools in the state whose replacement have been appointed are;  Chief James Abalaka as Ejeh of Ofu, Chief Simon Ujah, Ejeh Olamaboro and Alhaji Muhammed Bello as the new Ohi of Adavi among others.

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