First class monarch queried for ‘disrespecting’ Buhari, governor

First class monarch queried for ‘disrespecting’ Buhari, governor

The state government says the action of the monarch during the visit of Mr Buhari has set bad precedence for traditional institution in the state.

The Kogi State government has queried the Ohinoyi of Igbiraland, Ado Ibrahim, for allegedly disrespecting President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Yahaya Bello.

In the query to the monarch, dated January 5 and signed by Enimola Eniola, a director at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the government said the Ohinoyi erred by failing to turn up to welcome President Buhari during a state visit last December.

The query said Mr Ibrahim was aware of Mr Buhari’s visit but failed to come out to receive him

“In a flagrant disregard to the persons and high offices of the President and Governor, you bluntly refused to come out and receive the President at the designated venue rightly approved by the State Governor of the State,” Mr Eniola said.

Mr Eniola said.

Ohinoyi of Igbiraland

He said protocol demands that when a President visits a state, top government officials, including top monarchs, are expected to come out and receive him, a convention he said the Igbiraland ruler disregarded.

The query letter

“But you’ve chosen to disdain the office of the Executive Governor of the state, and this time, you did it with effrontery before the number one citizen of Nigeria,” the query said.