Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo Kneels Before Olu Of Warri To Receive Royal Blessings. [Photo]

The first-class monarch was crowned in his kingdom on Saturday.

“He (Obasanjo) went to Warri this morning (Sunday) to pay homage to the new king,” a source disclosed to Eaglesforesight. It is a traditional institution; he (Ogiame Atuwatse III) is not the one who sits on the throne, but the institution, the source told our correspondence when asked why Obasanjo knelt down before Olu Of Warri.

Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo Kneels Before Olu Of Warri To Receive Royal Blessings. [Photo]

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo knelt before HRM Tsola Emiko, Olu of Warri, when he paid homage to the king at the weekend.

Meanwhile this is not the first time the elderly man, Obasanjo, will be captured kneeling before Monarchs. He was once captured before the Royal stool prostrating flat down for the Ooni Ife, Oba Eniyan Adewusi, Ojaja 2 during his visit to Ile-Ife to pay a royal homage to the King.

Olusegun Obasanjo have convinced many people that, truly he is a Yoruba man, and one of the things seen in a Yoruba man is been humble and respectful.

The first-class monarch was crowned in his kingdom on Saturday.

“He (Obasanjo) went to Warri this morning (Sunday) to pay homage to the new king,” a source said. It is a traditional institution; he (Ogiame Atuwatse III) is not the one who sits on the throne, but the institution is. 

To what Olu Of Warri Tsola Emiko did during his coronation On Sunday, Akinyemi told our correspondent, “Obasanjo is the Baba of Africa, and he can pay homage to every exalted traditional seat.”

“It wasn’t Baba’s first time; he also prostrated before Gbagura,” the aide continued. In August 2019, the former President, who is also the Jagunmolu of Egbaland, attended Oba Saburee Bakre’s coronation as the Agura of Gbagura in Ago-Oka, Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he also paid homage to the then-new king. 

You didn’t Know Obasanjo, unquestionably one of Africa’s most illustrious global citizens, served as Nigeria’s democratically elected President from 1999 to 2007. Between February 1976 and October 1979, the former Nigerian military head of state served on numerous peace committees, including the United Nations, African Union, and Economic Community of West African States, and was instrumental in the restoration of peace in many parts of Africa, including Liberia, Sudan, and Ethiopia, among others.

Godwin Toritseju Emiko and Gladys Durorike Emiko, the 19th Olu Atuwatse II, are the parents of the new Atuwatse III. The new Olu, a descendant of Olu Akengbuwa, was born on April 2, 1984, and studied both in Nigeria and abroad. Noble Nigeria Ltd. and Coral Curator Ltd. are his companies. He is also the Chairman of Ocean Marine Security Ltd., as well as a Director of Gulf of Guinea Ltd. and Vessel Link Big. Ltd. He is the father of three children with Ivie Uhunoma Emiko, the daughter of late Edo billionaire business mogul Idahosa Okunbo.

According to history, this would be the first time in over two centuries that an Olu’s eldest son would ascend the throne while his mother was still alive to witness it. The monarch returned to the past and reversed an age-old curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa II, as a result of alleged injustice meted out to him in his inaugural speech as the newly-installed Olu of Warri on Saturday. 

“Today, in our capacity as Olu, we hereby avow, as the spiritual, cultural, political, and traditional ruler of this land, that I, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the 21st Olu of Warri, the first son of Olu Atuwatse II, the grandson and direct descendant of Olu Erejuwa II, who was offended on this throne, hereby reverse the curse placed over this land. “In its place, I grant forgiveness and healing to the Nigerian Federal Government, whose power was used to perpetuate that crime. And I declare unheard-of peace, prosperity, progress, and development for this land.

I bring the government of heaven down upon this land, and I command it to flow as an unstoppable force that cannot be sabotaged, slowed, or stopped. It has a strong ripple effect that extends from this kingdom to the rest of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, and even the African continent,” the newly coronated monarch said.

The most powerful Itsekiri monarch was crowned with two new customised cars: a Rolls Royce and a Bentley 2021 model.