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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has dethroned the suspended paramount ruler of Swali Community, His Highness, Chief Wilcox Seiyefa, from his Ebeniken chieftaincy throne.
The politician announced the dethronment done his deputy, Peter Akpe, during a gathering with stakeholders of Swali Community successful Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday.
Diri said the removal of the paramount ruler was based connected recommendations from a fact-finding committee.
Recall that the dethroned Ebeniken and his Council of Chiefs were suspended by the authorities authorities connected the 21st of May, 2025, aft allegations of aiding and abetting insecurity successful the Swali Community.
The politician stated that the enactment was successful enactment with Section Six of the state’s Chieftaincy Law, particularly successful the country of maintaining peace, bid and bully governance successful the state.
He had directed that the process of electing a caller paramount ruler, which helium described arsenic a large and important community, indispensable commence instantly and beryllium completed wrong 3 months.
“The fact-finding committee engaged assorted stakeholders successful Swali Community, and besides got proposal from information agencies connected the mode forward.
“From the recommendations of the committee, pursuing their findings, it is wide that, arsenic astatine the clip those actions (ca...
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