Today, April 20 2016, popular Yoruba actor, Bigval Jokotoye held a secret Court wedding with the love of his heart. Though, Yorubamoviegist.com is yet to get any information about the lady but the actor shared these photos thanking God for the success of the wedding. Congratulations bro!

Though, he is an upcoming actor but Dauda Sulaimon is very popular among his colleagues in the Yoruba Movie industry. The talented actor, who recently produced a movie titled Tani Kinro Temi Fun is set quit bachelorhood if the story getting to Yorubamoviegist.com is anything to go by. Dauda, we scooped will walk down the aisle with his sweetheart, Blessing Omoragbon come May 7th 2016 in Edo State. The engagement comes up first at the bride’s family house in Benin City before the church wedding takes place same day. Immediately after they must have been joined as one, the reception will follow at Emporium Hall, JB Estate, Boundary Road, GRA, Benin City. fast rising actor, Olohun Iyo and Aboki are masters of ceremony of the day. Blessing is a business lady. They met at the University of Ado Ekiti where they both studied accountancy and graduated same day. Their love journey started 3 years ago.

Veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Babatunde Hassan, better known as Ogogo, has finally opened up on the cause of the illness that almost claimed his life some years back . The rumour then was that he had HIV/AIDS while some were of the opinion that he carried cocaine alongside late gospel singer, Baba Ara to the USA which wasn’t successful. Recently, Yoruvamoviegist.com had an exclusive interview with him and told us the real story. According to him, “I have said this over and over but for a reminder,  I takes alcohol occasionally but aside that, I don’t  smoking but when the news about my sickness broke, people started passing fallacious news about me saying that I carried cocaine while some said it was HIV/AIDS, I was just laughing at the sick bed, it was a friend of mine in the media that wrote the story and I believe now that he will be thanking God for my life anytime he set his eyes on me. That day, I was on my way to the hospital and he called me on phone to confirmed it and I said it was ulcer, he was trying to convinced me with what people were saying concerning the state of my health, he said it was HIV or cocaine and I told him that I don’t want to talk much about it because I was the one driving myself to the hospital, so go and write whatever that comes to your mind and the result of that was the report of HIV and Cocaine. There are some journalists in Nigeria who are image makers while some are image breakers, a top soft-sell magazine in Nigeria has made many images and that is why they edge above others. I pray that God will continue to strengthen them. After the rubbish he wrote, there was a particular day in 2004, it was during Ramadan’s period, I was driving to a movie location, I will attribute that sickness to my mistake because I don’t know how to wake up early in the morning to eat breakfast popularly called “Sari”, it is the food I used in breaking at night that will take me till the following evening. I was going with a friend of mine and this man doesn’t know how to drive, something hooked me in the tommy and I had to park for relaxation, this was at Ikeja, the man told me to break my fast but I felt reluctant, I was heading to late Arakongudu’s location, may God just forgive him because he is an ingrate person. I came to your location and I felt sick and I was on bed for almost 5 good years, this guy didn’t call me for once to ask after me let alone of coming to the hospital to check on me, he was owing me N50.000 yet he was saying rubbish about me which I wouldn’t like to put on the pages of newspaper, I was surprised when I saw a report with an headline saying Ogogo Falls, Arakongudu Rises, there is something called Muibat in Arabic language which means “LOVE” and it is only those who God want to give that thing to that will have it. Despite the tough time I had, many still love me, then why do I still need to disturb myself fighting for what doesn’t make sense? I don’t think there is a special award from anybody that is bigger than the love of God. The day I started  sickness, I felt it was a play, it started around 9am but later in the evening, Remi Surutu now said that with this complain of mine that it was ulcer and she has several ulcer drugs in her bag because she is also a patient of ulcer. She advised me to break the fast, the boy we were going together hastily bought milk, he poured it in a bowl to mix it with water, I prayed and drank it. Immediately after  taken it, my body came back to  normal shape but for the fact that it has damaged a lot of things in my system, if I eat a tea spoon of rice and I have not vomited it, I won’t get myself. I did this for good 7 months, I do my prayers on seat, I was very lean, as at that time, I scaled 94 and I reduced to 69 when the sickness started, when I walked, I will be feeling it. One day, I decided to take a walk to my barbing saloon, I didn’t know that I was lean like that but when I opened the door, I saw myself in the mirror, I was so sad that day, doubting if I was the one but above all, it has been written that I must face that challenge, it is called “Amiwo” which I don’t pray to see again. I have never set my eyes on cocaine before let alone of taking it or carried it like they alleged. If I leave my house by 8am and somebody comes in to smoke, when I return at night I will surely know because our gift or talent is different but glory to Allah for everything”.

Obviously, this picture was taken from the location of a yet to be released movie, but only God knows what this lady did to the newly appointed Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Arts, Culture and Tourism, Femi Adebayo which would have warranted this action. This posture looks as if they are trying suicide.  Just take a look at the photo.

As the popular saying goes, behind a successful man, there is a woman. In the Yoruba movie industry today, Aina Gold is one of the richest Yoruba Actors rocking the industry if not number one. Aside acting, his investments speaks volume for itself. He is the boss of Aina Gold Etate located at Abeokuta, Ifo, Ikorodu, Lekki etc. he also has a private school in Lagos. However, the woman who always supports him to be successful in his chosen career is Aina Olabimpe Olajumoke. She is an assistant head in a public school and also the chairman of board of directors of a private school called B-Gold group of schools. Olajumoke and Aina, Yorubamoviegist.com was told that they met when they were very young in their neighborhood in Oshodi, Lagos. Her father has a street adjacent to Aina Gold’s father’s house which gave them the privilege to be attending same church in the axis. Olajumoke is a quiet type and well reserved.

Let us be the first to tell you that veteran Yoruba actor, Yinka Quadri, who is the boss of Odunifa Caucus, the biggest theater school in Nigeria that celebrated its 30th anniversary recently, has joined the list of Yoruba movie stars who are brand ambassadors for property companies in Nigeria.
Yorubamoviegist.com gathered that the Kwara State-born thespian signed a multimillion naira deal to become the face of Al-Amanat Islamic Estate, located at Apeje Road, Imota Ikorodu, Lagos.

Prior to the many controversies trailing star actress, Toyin Aimakhu and her estranged boyfriend, Seun Egbegbe, star actress, mercy Aigbe has taken to Instagram to back her colleague, Toyin. Mercy stated on her page that mistakes happens to everyone on daily basis and Toyin is a human like us.

Read below:

mercyaigbegentryToday I am crushing on my talented, beautiful Edo sis, down to earth, crazyyyyyy and fun to be with……@aimakhutoyin I love u aburo, continue to stay strong……u know u can always count on me (dats if u will listen oh ) Werey girl…..LOL …….pls all those who are crucifying my sis, biko leave her alone oh! We all make mistakes and we learn from it……love u sweets

Exactly a week after star actress, Mide Funmi Martins and her actor husband, Abiodun Afeez Owo crumbled their 12 years marriage over alleged infidelity from the wife, the actors have put the story behind themselves and continue their love from where it stopped. Yorubamoviegist.com gathered that after the whole drama went viral in the media last week, the members of the 2 families had an ultimate meetings to reconcile them but Afeez was said to be very hellbent on the separation until when a rich man in Nigeria called the lovers to rejoined them on the early hours of Tuesday 19th April, 2016. Congratulations to you guys.

This is definitely another sad news from the household of late actor, Ahmed Ishola Durojaiye popularly known as Alasari, as his widow Adeola, ended her sojourn on earth after a motor accident on Friday, April 22, 2016. Adeola was reportedly crushed to death by a truck in Adatan area of Abeokuta.

According to Sunday Tribune, the mother of one was coming down on a motorbike when the incident occurred and she was said to have died on the spot. An eyewitness stated that the truck rammed into the woman from behind which resulted in her death.
‘The truck crushed the woman from behind as she was trying to disembark from an Okada. She died instantly,’ the eyewitness said.

The incident was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi.

He said, ‘The accident occurred at Car Wash in Adatan on Friday, where a truck crushed a woman to death. We later got to know her identity as the wife of the late Yoruba actor and movie producer; Ahmed Ishola Durojaiye popularly called Alasari.’

One of late Alasari’s close friends, Bolaji Amusan aka Mr Latin also confirmed the news saying, ‘It is a sad news. She died on Friday at Adatan after a truck hit her. She was actually coming from a bank when the accident occurred.’

‘She is Alasari’s second wife. People got to know her after the death of Alasari. She has a son for him. She will be buried today in Alasari’s house at Elega, in Abeokuta,’ he added.

Late Alasari died on March 20, 2010 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, where he was admitted following a ghastly accident he was involved in on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

Nollywood stars, Sylvester Madu and Joy Anyim recently completed shooting of an upcoming movie titled ‘Her Shoes’.

The movie, which sees Joy Anyim playing the lead, also features for the first time in Nigeria, Tanzanian finest actor Rammy Galis.

Shot in Uyo, the Story is about a woman (Joy Anyim) who helped a foreigner (Rammy Galis) to survive in Nigeria when he lost hope.

Africa Culture Initiatives is Africa’s foremost Movement and Management firm with special focus on creating and promoting African Culture and Heritage related events across the world, this year she is organizing her inaugural AFRICA CULTURE IMAGE AWARDS themed: “Africa’s Greatness”.

The event is scheduled for the 16th July, 2016 at the SCADSHOW THEATER, Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A with the overarching objective being to appreciate and celebrate the achievements and success stories of Africans across the world while encouraging every African to strive to break new positive grounds anywhere they find themselves with the hope of their works being duly recognized.

As part of its awareness and publicity drive to make the event colorful and truly African, the organizers are set to hold a press conference on the 3rd of May 2016 at the prestigious Protea Hotel on Isaac John street GRA Ikeja Lagos. It would also be an avenue to showcase and announce the HOST/AWARDEES/NOMINEES. By 11am-3pm of the day.

A riveting personality; unflinching in her conviction and unapologetic in her decision; she is not afraid to swim against any tide. Young, gorgeous and graceful, Stella Damasus is one of the best actresses in Nigeria. Also a gifted singer, Stella is no stranger to the Klieg light. Mesmerizing in movie roles. Aura and intelligence, she exudes humility tempered with straight forwardness. Young rich and popular, she wanted to live life to the full, to get married young and grow up with her family. At 21, that wish was fulfilled, though she married a man she truly loved, the marriage did not last long. Another shot at marriage was short-lived.

Once a widow, later a divorce but now in another relationship Stella is unapologetic about her relationship with the ex (Daniel Ademinokan) of a fellow actress, Doris Simeon. In this interview with Thisday, Stella, a mother of two, talks about her short-live marital bliss with Jaiye Aboderin, an eight-month marital flop with another man and her newfound love with Ademinokan. The actress also bares her mind on why celebrities endure abusive marriage.

What is your state of origin?

I was born in Asaba, Delta State.

Take us through your background.

I grew up in Benin City (Edo State) where I completed most of my primary education. I was born into a family of six (five girls and one boy; he is now late). I also attended Greater Tomorrow Primary School and ldia College, both in Benin. I had my tertiary education at the University of Lagos where I studied Creative Arts and graduated in 2002.

Where did you meet your first husband?

I met my first husband Jaiye (now late), who was one of the children of late Chief Olu, Aboderin – founder of The Punch Newspapers – at Jazzville Onike, Yaba, Lagos State. And our (marital) union lasted for seven years which left me a widow for four years, before I decided to remarry.

How did you come about getting married to your first husband, Jaiye Aboderin, at the age of 21?

I always wanted to start (married life) early. I always wanted to have children early. I wanted to have an early marriage; I wanted to grow with a family. I wanted to learn the inside of it. I didn’t want to wait and grow, and mature, and become big and famous then start to wonder’ oh, will anyone marry me now’. I didn’t want that to happen because at 16 I was already popular. I was making money; I was travelling. So at that point looking at my life, I said, if I do this for another five, six, seven years and I don’t start a family, it will become more difficult for me later on. So, I decided to find somebody who I love, who will love me back, we will go together. We will fight all the fight and make up; we will do whatever but we will grow old together. And that’s what happened.

But did you regret that decision?

I am happy I made that decision; because today I have a 17-year-old. I grew up with my children. When you see the three of us, and you see my daughters, you will think we are sisters. And we talk as friends. So it was an important thing for me to have a family (early). We have a tendency to be crazy and do whatever we like because we could get away with anything. We could travel all over the world. We could get people to like us like this (snaps finger): we hid money to throw around. If I didn’t have that family unit to check me, I don’t know what I would have become and I won’t lie about that.

How did you recover from losing your husband then?

They say time heals. I say, I have a different definition. I say time numbs. It is not something that heals, and then that’s it, it’s gone; no. This is someone you planned to spend the rest of your life with, and grow with. Then, we made plans like every other couple. And when that happened … he died when I was 26 with two children. I just felt that my life had ended. So, but with time, this year, December 3rd will be 10 years, one full decade. So it is not healing, I won’t call it healing but I will say it numbs and once in a while, the pain is as fresh like yesterday. But it is how you deal with it that matters. And that’s what I have had to do for the past 10 years. I am very grateful for the family I have.

How true is your relationship with Daniel Ademinokan?

Let me put it this way; let me help you hit the nail on the head. One of the comments I have seen consistently, over and over again’ is, ‘Stella snatches somebody’s husband’; ‘Stella the husband snatched which is what has been going on. And I had sworn that I would never talk about it or even listen or stress myself about the issue. But I have decided to talk about it now, so that I end it once and for all .

First of all, let me paint a picture for you and you let me know what makes sense to you. Let’s go to the dictionary, when I looked up . The word snatch or steal it means forcefully taking something away from its original position or forcefully from its original position to another position; something that does not belong to you – that’s what I gathered from the word snatch or. Steal. So I looked at myself,

Stella, and I wondered, how is it possible to go to somebody’s home, and take a man, and take his son, away from his home and say follow me. (Let’s assume) You are a man, and according to their story, he is happily married inside his home. With his family. Complete and I walk into that home to forcefully take a man, able-bodied man, and a kid, away from somebody’s hand and you are there looking at me. How does that work?

So logically if people actually sit down and think about It intelligently, how do you snatch somebody from somebody and the person is there looking at you? So when you see a man who has settled ties with a woman and decides to move on with his life and you feel that there is something in this man that you like and he likes you, is there a problem there? I am not a kid. I am 36 years old. I am not about to start hiding myself. I was waiting for somebody to actually ask me this question, because all I have heard for the past two to three years are rumours. They said, blogs said, this said. Nobody has been bold enough to confront me and ask me. So I say, if I steal something from somebody, and the person is really the owner of the thing, you come and ask me, ‘You took something from me, give me back’. But nobody was able to do that, And I am like, if I meet an able-bodied man that has left (his family) and loved one; that is not even in the same house with whoever and is not doing anything with whoever, and both parties had decided this thing (marriage) is not going anywhere, and they have gone their separate ways, why is it easier for the world to “blame the woman that the man has decided to end up with? Why is it that it is always that woman that broke that home?

The two people that did things that nobody was there, no body said something must have happened between the two people. It is always somebody else that is the problem. And I always say I do not tolerate blaming anybody for your own problems. I have had problems. After my late husband’s death, I got married again and the marriage didn’t work.

After eight months, it crashed. People didn’t hear much about it; why? We were both mature to understand that we came together; we knew that the thing was not working and instead of us to become enemies we will remain friends; let’s just let it go quietly. And we let it go quietly. I didn’t blame anybody else for doing it (for not making my second marriage work). He didn’t blame anybody else for doing it. So I am wondering, two people come together and they later go their separate ways; this one meets somebody, all of a sudden, it is that somebody that is the problem. Did anybody ever ask, what went wrong? Why would a man pick up his son and walk away from his marriage? Was there any time another woman was the problem until the man moved on with another woman? Nobody brought up Stella’s name. Then, all of a sudden, ‘oh he’s moved on with somebody else (snaps fingers); it must be her’. How? I am still waiting for somebody to come with proof  to say ‘oh when they were in marriage, when they were still in a house, you came and did this. So the reason why I don’t like about it is that, there are some I would say to you and you would look at me like ‘oh wow!’ But I don’t want to be derogatory. I don’t want to toe the line that other people have toed by saying bad about people. I would never do that but the stories started coming.

At first I ignored the stories. I just kept quiet and then it was all over the place Google, blogs, and I am like, one day, one day, I would tell my story. There’s a reason why I am respecting certain people, respecting certain legal issues that are going on. So there might be some things I may not hammer on, but whenever you hear this person snatched, this person’s, you will ask the person, the person that they said was the original owner, What was the person-doing when they were snatching the person from him or her. I don’t get it. Do you understand? So I look at it, I am not ugly, I am not dumb;. Of all the men in the world, I will now go and look for somebody else’s own and say this is the one I want.

If he didn’t come out of it and say I want to be with you and you want to be with me, how? Why would I come and grab……? Am I that bad-looking? Am I that old? If I have 50 husbands, how does that affect you?

Does it change my work? I do my work, you enjoy it. It’s not about what I do in my bedroom  that is your issue because you don’t really know what happens in people’s bedrooms.

You don’t know what happens in marriages. You don’t know why people like us are very weary of people knowing (about) our business. You don’t know how many marriages are suffering in silence. The issue of domestic violence that I am fighting for, it is part of it. There are marriages that they will tell themselves, especially celebrities we suffer from that. You are in a marriage and because you are worried about the press, the media, you stay in. You just stay in; you act, you play for the camera; you act like everything is okay. Then you get home and everything is hell because you know the moment you take that bold step and walk away, the backlash will be so bad. But you now ask yourself, to stay in and become a monster or to just quietly leave and preserve my sanity. When you leave to preserve your sanity, then the world wants to make you crazy. You understand. So, it’s a matter of choice. People make choices every day. They’ve made theirs, I have made mine; if you can’t deal with it, no problem. It is my life. Live yours and I will live mine. And I am. .Happy I am not ashamed; never a moment of regret.

On Daniel Ademinokan’s relationship with his ex “wife, Doris, what is your view?

Whatever issues a man has with his wife, when they deal with it, they deal with it I don’t come into it. And once you are done with it, and ready to move on, and you want to move on with me, and I want a life with you, it’s me and you. I don’t care what anybody else is thinking or saying. People have said this; it hurts because of the  impression people tried to create but I looked  at myself and asked myself, ‘Stella in your heart do you believe you did anything bad?’

If my answer is no, then my dear, there is no looking back. Because I am not a kid for me to make a decision and say I want to be with this person.

What is your view about marriage and choosing a partner?   ,

Ladies need to be careful when choosing a life partner, Women should strive to keep their homes; stop feeling too relaxed in any relationship because it could be dangerous. Before a lady should profess her love for a guy, she-should first investigate the man’s goals in-life and weigh them against hers. It is not a must for a lady to get married to the , wealthiest man. A lady should date a guy who has something meaningful doing for himself. One-thing that I find that is the most prevalent among women is saying the man has potential. The truth is, we think that we just meet a man, we fall in love and we want to marry potential. We cannot marry potential; that is why we fall into the issues that we face every day in marriages. One thing that I have learnt through experience to people around me is that when you meet a guy, you start to date, you start to fall in love even before you get to that point where he decides to pop the question way before then. Your dating’ period should be a time where you get to know each other; not what he likes or who his friends are but who he is as a man in terms of his goals in life. If his goals in life do not work with’ your own, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

That is the question currently not just on the lips of her fans but virtually everyone in the industry. Not long ago, the news broke that sexy actress, Bimbo Thomas Is pregnant. The report also had it that the plus size actress, who owns a wine shop at Unity road, Ikeja Lagos will any moment from now jet to the USA to deliver the baby. But what Yorubamoviegist.com gathered from her fans is that who is responsible for the pregnancy because she is still single. Hope Bimbo will react to this!

These are definitely not the best of times for veteran Yoruba actor,Akin Lewis and star actress, Regina Chukwu if the news getting to Yorubamoviegist.com is anything to go by. Though, we are yet to get enough details about the incident but information claimed that the actor and the actress were rubbed at a Hotel in Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria last night. The thespians, YMG.com gathered were shooting a movie in Surulere and they were lodged in the hotel before the men of the underworld paid them a visit and went away with a lot of things including their expensive phones and money. We shall give you more details later

Behind a successful man there is a woman. That is the African proverb that best illustrates the story of the beautiful wives of Top Yoruba actors rocking the industry. Unarguably, these actors are the rave of the moment, who have over the years given an account of the professionalism in them. Their acting prowess is incomparable and away from that, they have so many activities speaking volume for them in and outside the industry, but despite their job, people hardly talk about their wives who are more like the strong pillars behind them. In this special report, Yorubamoviegist.com presents to you 10 popular Yoruba Actors’ wives people hardly see, know or talk about plus what they do.

OMOLARA ADEMOLA
Call Omolara Ademola an elegant beauty and then you won’t be wrong. This is because she is blessed with a nice curve and face. Omolara is the pretty wife of seasoned actor, Muyiwa Ademola aka Authentic. She got married to Muyiwa some years back and their union is blessed with wonderful kids. The Ekiti-born woman of substance is a graduate of Adult Education & Community Development. Right now, Omolara is into private business.

AINA OLAJUMOKE
Next on this list is Aina Olabimpe Olajumoke, the wife of renowned actor, Aina Gold. She is an assistant head in a public school and also the chairman of board of directors of a private school called B-Gold group of schools. Olajumoke and Aina Gold met when they were very young at their neighborhood in Oshodi, Lagos. Her father has a street adjacent to Aina Gold’s father’s house which gave them the privilege to be attending same church in the axis. There, they met and became friends and a relationship started, the rest, as they say is now history. Olajumoke is a quiet type and well reserved.

RUTH ADEKOLA
Ruth is the wife of the talented Yoruba actor, Odunlade Adekola, she is a staunch born again Christian who doesn’t use any form of jewelry but the beauty of the lord always shines on her. They got married a couple of years ago and their union is blessed with three great boys. The Abeokuta Ogun State-born woman is an undergraduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and she is also into business.

VICTORIA ADEOLU
Victoria Adeolu got married to Funsho Adeolu over a decade ago. The quintessential actor, who shot into limelight with a superlative performance on the blockbuster movie “Ale Ariwo”, met his wife eight years before they got married. Victoria is also into business. She celebrated her 40th birthday recently.

OMOLARA AFONJA
Though, they’ve both be living as a couple for a very long time but Omolara and Olaniyi Afonja aka Sanyeri were legally joined together in December 1st, 2013. She is a business type. They met and fell in love a decade ago at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

OLAIDE OYETORO
The wife of popular actor, lecturer and MTN ambassador, Hafiz Oyetoro, aka Simply Saka is Olaide Oyetoro. They have been married for over 10 years and they have three children. They met while Hafiz was a lecturer at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education and Laide was a student at the same college. She is currently running a mega shop in her area.

 
FRAN FABIYI
Popular Yoruba actor, Yomi Fabiyi got married to his British lover a few years ago. The actor exchanged marital vows with Fran at the Apapa Registry amidst selected friends and family members in attendance. Fran is a Human Resource consultant and they both met at Manchester when Yomi was on a long vacation that lasted for several months. Yomi had family introduction in the UK before Fran came to Nigeria to see the actor’s family.

MOJISOLA OLAYIWOLA
Although, she is also an actress but Mojisola Afolayan got married to Veteran Yoruba actor, Rasaq Olayiwola aka Ojopagogo. Their union is unknown to many people apart from those in the industry. The Nollywood couple got married in December 3rd, 2003. Moji is a daughter of late movie legend, Ade Love.

LANRE OMIYINKA
Though, Popular Yoruba comic actor, Lanre Omiyinka well known as Baba Ijesha has been keeping the name of his wife from the public domain, but she is one of the beautiful wives of Yoruba actors that we can’t afford to miss. The actor performed his quiet and secret wedding with the lady on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at an event place in Somolu, Lagos. The event was attended by family and friends of the couple. The lady works with Mobile Technology Giant, Samsung.

RONKE AMUSAN
Last on this list is the 40 year old pretty wife of comic actor, Bolaji Amusan aka Mr Latin, Ronke. The ever-ravishing woman, who is a movie writer and producer, met Mr Latin some years ago at Isabo, in Abeokuta Ogun State before the marital journey began. Ronke shuttles between Nigeria and the United States of America.

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku
Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, is dead.
His death was announced by the governor of
Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole in a statement.
“Our hearts are heavy, laden with pains and
grief, at the announcement of the passing on
to glory of Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku
Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa of Benin, our
highly revered Oba,” Oshiomhole said.
The Governor described the late Oba as” a
distinguished Edo numero uno, an accomplished
Nigerian, a seasoned bureaucrat,
quintessential unifier, unique personage and
exemplary Omo N’Oba, whose reign brought
distinction, immense class, finesse and
integrity to traditional institution in Edo state
and the country at large.”
“To us at the Edo state Government, he was
our strongest supporter; both in his
uncommon faith in our ability and his
readiness to offer uncommon advice to
sharpen public discourse in our shared
commitment to transform Edo state. It
gladdens our heart, therefore, that our
revered Oba was alive to witness the positive
transformation of Edo state under his reign,
and for standing with us through thick and
thin in the course of making the Edo economy
a treasure to behold. Being part of that
eloquent history of transformation before his
reunion with his ancestors gives us further
reassurance that he will occupy a special pride
of place in the hereafter.
“We are enveloped with a deep sense of
nostalgia that our great Oba, a great-
grandfather, grandfather, father, uncle and
iconoclastic royal father of exemplary carriage
and conduct, who sustained the dignity of the
average Edo mind, has joined his ancestors.
We are, however, encouraged by the fact that
another great son of the Great Benin Kingdom,
His Royal Highness, Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown
Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, who is already
showing manifest quintessential attributes of
his great father, will step into his father’s big
shoes.
“Edo people will miss our iconoclastic royal
father of the great Benin Kingdom. Nigerians
and Nigeria will miss this great exemplar of a
Royal Father, an Oba of distinction and
integrity. Adieu until we meet to part no
more.”