TRIBUNE
The Ovie of Uvwie, Dr Emmanuel Sideso Abe I, has disclosed that the age-long consultation of the oracle to pick a successor for the throne has been phased out because the system is no longer reliable.
This is just as the monarch announced plans by his palace to work closely with the Uvwie Local Government Area to acquire land and build an ultra-modern cemetery in his kingdo
The Ovie said this at the end of his 15th coronation anniversary held at his palace in Effurun.
He revealed that the cemetery will be privately managed.
“Knowing the reality that Uvwie is now an urbanised area, the challenge of burial place poses some challenges, especially with non-indigenes living among us.
“It is in this regard that we have set targets for ourselves in the next few years to ensure that a proper burial ground is built,” the Ovie said.
The monarch further revealed that the law regulating the succession to the throne in the kingdom had been regulated.
This, according to the monarch, was to remove unnecessary controversial clauses that cause delay in succession.
An example, according to the traditional ruler, is to remove consultation of the oracle in picking a successor, saying that the practice is no longer reliable
