The leadership of Koluama Kingdom Council of Chiefs in Southern ljaw local government area of Bayelsa state has described as fake and misleading, media report in Yenagoa-based radio stations, claiming that the people of Koluama had invaded Ikebiri community, carting away valuables and destroying properties worth millions of naira.
Reacting to the allegation made by the paramount ruler of Ikebiri community, His Royal Highness Francis Odudu, clan head of Koluama Kingdom, His Royal Majesty King Solomon Ebifatei Edi (KOLU XI), described the report as false and baseless, noting Koluama people are law abiding and would never engage in an act of taking the laws into their own hands.
According to King Ebifatei Edi, it was the Amananaowei of Ikebiri community, Chief Francis Odudu, who instigated one Christmas Jerusalem to carry out the invasion on the people and tenants of Otogbene, Obomukorogbene, Sonomadeigbahe-Gbene and other satellite settlements of Koluama territory, where properties worth millions of naira were destroyed sometime in August 2022, thereby threatening the peace of the people.
He further noted that the claims by Chief Odudu were unfounded and misleading, adding that to ensure the peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding of the people, he (King Solomon Ebifatei Edi the KOLU XI) had on several occasions, invited the paramount ruler of Ikebiri and his council of chiefs for a meeting but that they blatantly refused to show up.
He further explained that even when a letter of reminder was forwarded to Chief Odudu on the 26th September, 2022, he still went ahead to make the radio announcement where he claimed that the people of Koluama invaded their territory; a story which he said was a calculated attempt to peddle falsehood and blackmail the peace loving Koluama Kingdom.
Debunking the claim made by the Amananaowei of Ikebiri that their forefather (Ike) gave the said land occupied by people and tenants of Otogbene, Obomukorogbene, Sonomadeigbahe-Gbene and other satellite settlements to their father (Kolu), the clan head of Koluama kingdom pointed out that the claim was not only laughable but that it was clearly documented in a court case report that the territories Chief Odudu is claiming was not part of the judgment where Opuadino is situated.
He therefore assured the public that Koluama kingdom is committed to ensuring that the matter is legally addressed in line with the provisions of the law and called on the Amananaowei of lkebiri and his cohorts to desist from their evil plans, adding that all amount of alliance they form with groups or individuals to formulate fake history to enable them succeed will be resisted.
