Oba Ewuare II Orders 'Bisusu Deities Rituals As Ethnic Rift' Mounts On Benin Kingdom Ahead Guber Poll ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Benin #Bisusu #edo #election #Ewuare #oba https://osazuwaakonedo.news/oba-ewuare-ii-orders-bisusu-deities-rituals-as-ethnic-rift-mounts-on-benin-kingdom-ahead-guber-poll/11/09/2024/ #Breaking News Published: September 11th, 2024 Reshared: September 11, 2024 10:08 pm Benin Monarch, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare the second
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00:00Benin Monarch, Omonaba Nido Oku Akolokolu, Oba Ewen II Nogidigan has ordered appropriate
00:07authorities in charge of different deities in Benin Kingdom to perform Bishusu ceremonial
00:11rituals to avoid calamity in the land ahead of the next Saturday Edo state governorship election.
00:17Just as some group of people suspected to be Nigerians have been making deliberate statements
00:21on social media especially TikTok to cause a break in friendly relations between the people
00:26of Benin Kingdom and people from other tribes or ethnic groups in the country.
00:31The suspected group of people whose real motives are yet to be known are currently making divisive
00:36statements to cause disharmony among people of closely related tribes within the Benin Kingdom.
00:43The head speech campaign began with a new twist towards the end of last month August,
00:48less than a month to the governorship election with direct verbal assaults and
00:52insults on the throne of Benin Kingdom, the Oba of Benin. The Oba in a press statement
00:59issued on Wednesday ordered all traditional chiefs and leaders in Benin Kingdom to perform
01:03the traditional Bishusu ceremony to ward off evil ahead of the Edo governorship election.
01:10The statement signed by Chief Stanley Obamoni, the SRA of Benin indicated that the ceremonial
01:16rituals which involved waving away calamity is to be performed with certain undisclosed
01:22traditional items as the Oba demanded the custodians of the gods to implement the directive
01:27immediately. According to the statement, the Oba's directive is aimed at ensuring that the
01:33forthcoming September 21st gubernatorial election in the state is free from violence and other forms
01:40of electoral malpractices. The statement also indicated that the Oba's directive is targeted at
01:47preventing evil from Edo, especially before, during and after the forthcoming gubernatorial
01:54election in the state. The Bishusu ceremony is a traditional ritual performed by the Benin people
02:01to ward off evil and calamity from their land. By directing the chiefs to perform this ceremony,
02:08the Oba is invoking traditional powers to ensure a peaceful and orderly election,
02:13Obamoni said. He said performance of the Bishusu ceremony would involve all chiefs,
02:20Eneji, Ikau, Edeonwere, and Igi Ohen of various deities in the Benin kingdom.
02:27He said with the directive, traditional leaders in the Benin kingdom were expected to take
02:32immediate action to perform the ceremony and use their influence to ensure a peaceful election.
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