Press statement from the Dein of Agbor Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Dr Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekwuzi 1, after his meeting with his subjects today, June 16 at the his royal palace in Ime-Obi.
DEIN OF AGBOR APPEALS TO BOTH HIS PEOPLE OF AGBOR AND HIS PEOPLE OF HAUSA FULANI WHO HAVE MADE AGBOR THEIR HOMES FOR DECADES, FOR PEACE, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE…_ADDRESSING A MEETING INVOLVING THE AGBOR KINGDOM AND LATER THE HAUSA FULANI COMMUNITIES WHO RESIDE IN THE KINGDOM, THE DEIN STATED THAT HE WANTS AGBOR KINGDOM TO BE ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES THAT INDEED NIGERIA HAS WORKED IN TIMES PAST AND CAN STILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY NOTED THAT NIGERIA MARCHED FORWARD WITH PRIDE UNDER OBASANJO AND THAT THE COUNTRY HAS HAD GREAT LEADERS IN DIFFERENT STATES SUCH AS FASHOLA OF LAGOS, OKOWA OF DELTA, WIKE OF RIVERS STATES, AND THE DEARLY DEPARTED FORMER EMIR BAYERO OF KANO.
The DEIN ENJOINED NIGERIANS TO WORK HAND IN HAND TO HARNESS THE ENORMOUS RESOURCES THAT GOD HAS SO OBVIOUSLY BLESSED THE NATION WITH.
HIS MAJESTY SPOKE OF NAMIBIA THAT, JUST LAST YEAR , 2020, STARTED EXPORTING BEEF TO THE US AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND WONDERED WHY WE COULD NOT USE OUR FULANI HERDSMEN TO DO THE SAME, NOTING THAT IT WOULD BE OF GREAT ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE COUNTRY.
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY IS CONFIDENT THAT ALL THESE CAN BE CREATIVELY WORKED UPON TO BRING BENEFIT TO THE NATION INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT TEARS, STRIFE, AND DISCONTENT THAT APPEARS TO PERVADE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AT PRESENT.
WHILE APPEALING TO HIS PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY TO PULL THEMSELVES BACK FROM THE DANGEROUS PRECIPICE AT WHICH PRESENTLY STAND, THE MONARCH STILL ADVISED THE FEDERAL, STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO RISE TO THE SERIOUS TASK OF DEFENDING THE UNITY OF THE COUNTRY, AND THAT ALL SHOULD IMBIBE TRUTH, HONESTY, JUSTICE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL, WHETHER FULANI, YORUBA, IGBO, TIV, OR NIGER DELTA.
HE STATED THAT WE ALL COME FROM THE FIRST HUMANS ON EARTH, EMPHASISING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL ONE BLOOD, AND THAT WE SHOULD CEASE THE ABUSING OF ONE ANOTHER WHILE WE ALL SIT DOWN TO DIALOGUE AND HEAL OUR WOUNDS; AND NOT CREATE NEW ONES…
Dein Keagborekwuzi 1 flanked by his Chiefs
Hausa Community Leaders in Agbor at the meeting
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