New Warri Monarch Crowned

Prince Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko was on Saturday crowned as Ogiame Ikenwoli 1, the 20th Olu of Warri, Delta State. At exactly 2.14pm, the head of the Ologbotsere family, who equally doubles as the Olara-Aja of Jakpa, Pa Higgson Oporokun, placed the 404-year-old diamond crown, said to have been worn first by Dom Domingos in 1411 on the head of the new Olu in Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri). The crowning followed three months of mourning the death of his predecessor and elder brother, Ogiame Atuwatse II.