NOTICE OF TRANSITION
THE COUNCIL OF OHAFIA MONARCHS (ONOKO NDI EZIEOGO OHAFIA) WERE TRADITIONALLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PASSAGE UNTO GLORY OF THE UDUMEZE OHAFIA, EBIRI OF ELU, THE CHAIRMAN AND CLAN HEAD OF OHAFIA ANCIENT KINGDOM, A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AND ACADEMIC, OHAFIA MAN OF DISTINCTION, (OMD) EZIE OHAMOHA PROF EMMANUEL UME LEKWA IMAGA.
IN THE SAME VEIN , THE ROYAL FAMILY, UMU-ELEKWA, ELU OHAFIA TRADITIONALLY APPOINTED PRINCE ENGINEER UMA AGBAI OLUGU, AS THE REGENT.
IN A STATEMENT JOINTLY ISSUED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON SATURDAY (ORIE) 20TH JANUARY 2024 AT THE UDUMEZE’S PALACE ELU OHAFIA ABIA STATE,
THE COUNCIL OF OHAFIA MONARCHS DECLARED EIGHT (8) MARKET DAYS OF MOURNING STARTING FROM MONDAY, NKWO 22ND JANUARY 2024 THROUGH FRIDAY, NKWO 23RD FEBRUARY 2024.
ACCORDINGLY, BY THIS DECLARATION ALL OUR SYMBOLS AND TOTEMS ARE TO FLY AT HALF MAST DURING THIS PERIOD OF MOURNING.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING THEREFORE, THE ROYAL FAMILY, UMU LEKWA, ELU OHAFIA, ISIAMA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL OF OHAFIA MONARCHS HAVE OPENED A COMMON CONDOLENCE REGISTER AT THE PALACE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUP CONDOLENCES.
MEANWHILE, FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL FOLLOW AFTER THE END OF THE MOURNING PERIOD.
**MBEN IFURAGARAGA, MBA BU ISHI, ACHO ISHI, OFU R’ISHI KAA NI.
SIGNED: ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL OF OHAFIA MONARCHS,
HRM MBA ODO OKEREKE (JP)
GENERAL SECRETARY.
CHIEF IMO UKWA IMO.
PRESS & PROTOCOL.
