Tension rose in Benin City, Edo State capital, on Thursday over plans by some northerners to turban a Sultan of Shuwa Arabs of Edo.
The Shuwa Arabs ethnic group from Borno, in the plan, pencilled Idris Addano as the Sultan of Shuwa Arab of the entire Edo State, who will be receiving homage from citizens from his ethnic group dwelling in Edo State.
The widely circulated invitation for the coronation ceremony slated the coronation to hold on Saturday, 21 August 2021, at Rialto Hotel, Eyaen, a suburb of Benin City, owned by a Duke in Benin Kingdom, Osazuwa Iduriase, the Enogie of Enyean.
The invitation provoked many prominent Benin youths to react on Facebook, condemning the planned…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
