The
Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON)
has indefinitely suspended the Amayanabo of Twon-Brass, Bayelsa
State, King
Alfred Diete-Spiff.
The body’s
national chairman, Owong Effiong Bassey Archianga, at a press briefing
yesterday in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, said the embattled monarch was creating
confusion by exhibiting an anti-establishment conduct following his remarks
recently in a national daily (not The Guardian).
TROMPCON
cautioned the suspended traditional ruler against using the title of national
patron pending his readmission.His words: “ TROMPCON Observes with dismay the
conscious but deplorable attempt by HRM King Alfred Diete-Spiff to create
unwarranted confusion in the body by embarking on anti-TROMPCON activities by
denigrating the highly revered stool of the Oba of Benin using the name of
TROMPCON. At no time or forum, did TROMPCON mandate or authorise HRM King
Diete-Spiff to go fishing for a new national chairman. There was absolutely no
need for such venture because the succession mechanism in the association is
self-regulatory.”
In a swift
reaction, Diete-Spiff said his purported suspension was a fluke, saying the
body remains his brain-child and will continue to work for its progress.
Meanwhile,
the Benin Traditional Council (BTC) yesterday cleared the air and distanced Oba
Ewuare II from any leadership crisis in TROMPCOM.A statement by the monarch’s
Chief Press Secretary, Desmond Agbama, expressed shock that Owong Bassey was
claiming the chairmanship of the body after Diete-Spiff and other executive
members had pleaded with the Oba to chair the association for the next two
years.
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