The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland (Atta Ebira) in Kogi State, Ado Ibrahim, who was queried by the state government for refusing to receive President Muhammadu Buhari, when he visited the state last December, said he was absent at the event because he was not officially invited.
The top monarch also said he was not informed that President Buhari would be in his domain to commission a new palace.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the state government queried the monarch for not receiving the president and the state governor during the president’s visit to the state to commission some projects, which include a new palace for the monarch.
The government described Mr Ibrahim’s action as “an act of disloyalty.”
A bomb planted by suspected ISWAP members also exploded a few minutes before the president’s arrival. Security have seen arrested two suspects for the bombing.
The state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Salami Deedat, later claimed he personally…
