You Are Not a Child of the Palace, Oba of Benin Tells LP’s Akpata

The Oba, however, swiftly dismissed his assertions, explaining that he had instructed one of his chiefs to verify Akpata’s claims.

“You are an industrious son of the soil but to say you are a child of the Palace…I am not aware that any of my children is contesting or is a politician.

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“So I need to make that clarification for the sake of the public and the fourth estate of the realm,” the Oba clarified.

Akpata graciously accepted the Oba’s clarification, acknowledging the difference by saying, “Although I may not be a direct descendant of the Palace, I am proud to be a part of the larger kingdom and a son of the soil.”