Despite incessant rumors circulating about the death of the Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa. The secretary of the Benin Traditional Council Mr Friday Irabor insisted that the Oba has not passed on.
He asserted that if the Oba of Benin had really passed on, the information would have been madde public; “If there is anything like that, there is usually a statement from the palace or from the Benin Traditional Council”