By Paul Ibe
In 1964, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Erejuwa II, was deposed in those heady political days just before that Republic collapsed.
Erejuwa II was generally beloved by his Warri Itsekiri people but became a victim of the politics of the day.
Reno Omokri
Those who removed him then shopped for a stooge, and they found one in Moju Igbene.
Igbene, against the advice of responsible Itsekiri men (and women), readily agreed to be installed the Olu of Warri in 1965.
He took the title of Ikengbuwa II. He became a highly unpopular usurper.
He was to last barely a year on the stool.
When the Army struck in January of 1966 and David Ejoor was appointed Military Governor, he immediately restored the banished and deposed legitimate Olu to his throne and then ousted Ikengbuwa.
That Olu Ikengbuwa II (Igbene) was the maternal grandfather of Reno (you have heard him brag of his royal background).
Reno’s mother, now late (may her soul rest in peace), was the daughter of Ikengbuwa, who married Reno’s father.
On being deposed, Ikengbuwa suffered a stroke, drove away Reno’s grandmother, and lived in disgrace and isolation until his death in ignominy
Reno is following in the footsteps of his disgraced maternal grandfather.
Treachery and vaulting ambition is in their DNA.
… Ibe is Atiku ‘s spokesman
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