Oba of Benin is not Dead -Traditional Council

                

The News of  Oba of Benin is death,Oba Erediauwa, which spread in the Internet on Friday has been dismissed as false rumour by the traditional council.
The secretary of the council,Mr Frank Irabor, explained that it is the duty of the council to issue a statement if such a development do occur.


 “They have been peddling that rumour for more than a year now, because the Oba has not been coming out.

“If there is anything like that, there is usually a statement from the palace or from the Benin Traditional Council.”

“The fact that he has not been coming out, even when the President came last week, does not mean that there is anything like that‎.”

“I don’t bother about rumours. I believe in getting information from the authentic source. For more than six months, they have been carrying the rumour,” he  told Punch