that we paid him a visit to advise him against taking sides in this matter and the need for him to call a combined meeting of all the chiefs, not just the factional group meetings. A combined meeting of the Regency Council, Traditional Council of Chiefs and ELOT leadership would be necessary for all the parties to be on the same plane of truth and justice, so that by the time we were done with the kingship issue, there would be no division, no court cases, bearing in mind that the kingdom had had the misfortune of going through a bad patch for over thirty years, owing to the inability of past leaders to uphold the truth and justice. Mr Smart Yomi Asekutu agreed that our advice was reasonable as he was going to do just that, but he never did, because he was already deeply committed to his skewed and parochial approach.
It is pertinent to recall that Mr Smart Yomi Asekutu became the first indigene of Egbema Kingdom to become chairman of WN-LGA in over thirty years of the creation of the LGA, following a protracted battle which was spearheaded by ELOT. ELOT was also responsible for the settlement of the thirty year old Kingship dispute using our own time and resources as well as ensuring a safe and peaceful rite of passage for the late king, HRM. Pere Gold Tiemo, Agadagba III of Egbema kingdom. ELOT has also played a leading role in nipping in the bud issues that would have balkanized Egbema kingdom.
ELOT was established with the objective of keeping the kingdom together as one entity based on Justice and Peace under God Almighty.
The fact that the allegation of bias and wrong doing was coming from a body such as ELOT should serve as a measure of the seriousness of the issue to be given full attention in order to avoid the situation being unnecessarily blown out of proportion. ELOT has no preferred candidate and at no time during our meeting with the Chairman did we talk about any particular candidate.
ELOT would want to make it explicitly clear that we do not have anything against the chairman of the WN-LGA or the traditional council of chiefs. We have nothing against Napoleon Egin as a person. He is an active member of ELOT who is supposed to uphold truth and justice, but instead, he has readily lend himself to be used as a tool for foisting evil and untruth. ELOT, as a body, is committed to ensure that justice and truth is upheld at all times in the Kingdom regardless of who is involved.
It will amount to self delusion for the WN-LGA Chairman and his misguided Chiefs to believe that ELOT will stand idly-by in the face of monumental display of untruth and injustice being exhibited by Mr. Smart Yomi Asekutu, Chairman of WN-LGA and his accomplices.
Our position is that the WN-LGA Chairman, Mr. Smart Yomi Asekutu has soiled his hands in this matter. He is deeply entangled. Mr. Smart Yomi Asekutu should tread the path of honour and disentangle himself from this web and allow Egbema Kingdom to follow due process and install their own King.
For: Egbema Leaders of Thought (ELOT)
Elder Edmund Tiemo E.A. MAWARI
Chairman, ELOT Secretary, ELOT
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