The Obobanyi of Ohionwa in Ihima, Okehi local government area of Kogi state, Chief Jeremiah Akaava, has died at the age of 116.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a statement issued by the Ohionwa clan in Lokoja on Saturday, April 27, said that the monarch died in the late hours of Friday, April 26.
The statement, signed by Yusuf Itopa on behalf of the Ohionwa Clan, described the late monarch as a man who stood for peace, unity and progress of Ohionwa, Ebiraland and Kogi and Nigeria as a whole.
The clan expressed its gratitude to men and women of goodwill who appreciated the late Obobanyi’s role as a unifying force in the land and consequently showed love and respect to him while alive.