Olu Of Warri Stool: Two Princes Declared Wanted Over Stolen Crown

The Nigerian Police Force, Zone 5, Benin,  has declared two
sons of the immediate past Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli Godfrey
Emiko, wanted in connection with the missing royal crown of
Itsekiri  Kingdom.

Our correspondent gathered that the two princes, Prince Onyowoli
Emiko and Prince Omatsuli Emiko, were declared wanted on the
allegation that they broke into the private apartment of the Olu of
Warri, where they allegedly stole the ancient crown.

The duo was declared “by the Nigeria Police Force Interpol
Section, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Zone 5
Headquarters, Benin City” with a Warrants of Arrest issued against
them by a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State.

Prince Oyowoli Emiko, in the information declaring him wanted,
is said to be wanted “for the offence of breaking into the secret
apartment of the HRM Olu of Warri and stealing the Royal Crown”. He
is said to be “a student, Itsekiri by tribe, Aged 30 years, 5.2ft
of height”, among other physical identikits.

His younger brother, the 27-year old Oamtsuli Emiko, 5.6ft in
height and also a student, is wanted for the same of offence of
breaking and stealing.

The police bulletins detailing their declaration as wanted
persons were issued by the AIG, Zone  ‘5’ Benin City on the
orders of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 Command of the
Nigeria Police with headquarters in Benin City, Edo State, on
Friday quizzed the suspended traditional Prime Minister of the
Warri Kingdom in Delta State, Chief Ayiri Emami, over the alleged
invasion of the palace of the Olu of Warri.

It would be recalled that following the transition of the
immediate past Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, in December 2020, the
palace was reportedly invaded and the 400-year-old crown and symbol
of the Itsekiri monarchy were declared missing.

Ogiame’s passage had created a succession tussle in the kingdom,
until Prince Tsola Emiko, the son of Olu Atuwatse, was eventually
chosen as the Olu-elect.

The AIG Zone 5, had in a letter of invitation dated Wednesday
21st, April 2021, invited the suspended Ologbosere of Warri, Chief
Ayiri Emami, for questioning over the kingship crisis in the Warri
kingdom especially on the stolen Royal crow,  which had
resulted in high-level tension in the town.

The letter, entitled: “Police Invitation Letter. Re: case of
burglary, stealing, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace”,
addressed to Emami,, also led to the interrogation another chief,
Macgrey Richmond, for over two hours at the AIG zonal
headquarters

Emami, however, said that he knew nothing about the invasion of
the palace.

“I was invited based on the incident in Warri and it happens to
be the invasion of the Olu’s palace. I told them I knew nothing
about that because I was not in town when that incident
happened.

“It is about that laid-down procedure, which is one of the
reasons I am here and I have told the police. The police have
questioned me on that issue, what led to the invasion; I have
answered that and other issues I can’t divulge.

“I did not sign any undertaking, all they asked was who invaded
the palace and that certain things were missing in the palace, they
wanted to know the whereabouts of those things and I told them what
I knew”, Emami had told journalists after his session with the
police.

The Nigerian Police Force, Zone 5, Benin,  has declared two
sons of the immediate past Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli Godfrey
Emiko, wanted in connection with the missing royal crown of
Itsekiri  Kingdom.

Our correspondent gathered that the two princes, Prince Onyowoli
Emiko and Prince Omatsuli Emiko, were declared wanted on the
allegation that they broke into the private apartment of the Olu of
Warri, where they allegedly stole the ancient crown.

The duo was declared “by the Nigeria Police Force Interpol
Section, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Zone 5
Headquarters, Benin City” with a Warrants of Arrest issued against
them by a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State.

Prince Oyowoli Emiko, in the information declaring him wanted,
is said to be wanted “for the offence of breaking into the secret
apartment of the HRM Olu of Warri and stealing the Royal Crown”. He
is said to be “a student, Itsekiri by tribe, Aged 30 years, 5.2ft
of height”, among other physical identikits.

His younger brother, the 27-year old Oamtsuli Emiko, 5.6ft in
height and also a student, is wanted for the same of offence of
breaking and stealing.

The police bulletins detailing their declaration as wanted
persons were issued by the AIG, Zone  ‘5’ Benin City on the
orders of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 Command of the
Nigeria Police with headquarters in Benin City, Edo State, on
Friday quizzed the suspended traditional Prime Minister of the
Warri Kingdom in Delta State, Chief Ayiri Emami, over the alleged
invasion of the palace of the Olu of Warri.

It would be recalled that following the transition of the
immediate past Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, in December 2020, the
palace was reportedly invaded and the 400-year-old crown and symbol
of the Itsekiri monarchy were declared missing.

Ogiame’s passage had created a succession tussle in the kingdom,
until Prince Tsola Emiko, the son of Olu Atuwatse, was eventually
chosen as the Olu-elect.

The AIG Zone 5, had in a letter of invitation dated Wednesday
21st, April 2021, invited the suspended Ologbosere of Warri, Chief
Ayiri Emami, for questioning over the kingship crisis in the Warri
kingdom especially on the stolen Royal crow,  which had
resulted in high-level tension in the town.

The letter, entitled: “Police Invitation Letter. Re: case of
burglary, stealing, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace”,
addressed to Emami,, also led to the interrogation another chief,
Macgrey Richmond, for over two hours at the AIG zonal
headquarters

Emami, however, said that he knew nothing about the invasion of
the palace.

“I was invited based on the incident in Warri and it happens to
be the invasion of the Olu’s palace. I told them I knew nothing
about that because I was not in town when that incident
happened.

“It is about that laid-down procedure, which is one of the
reasons I am here and I have told the police. The police have
questioned me on that issue, what led to the invasion; I have
answered that and other issues I can’t divulge.

“I did not sign any undertaking, all they asked was who invaded
the palace and that certain things were missing in the palace, they
wanted to know the whereabouts of those things and I told them what
I knew”, Emami had told journalists after his session with the
police.