By News Desk
Kupa Community in Lokoja Local Government, Kogi state, has debunked claims on the process of selecting the successor of the late paramount ruler of Kupa (Maiyaki of Kupa) describing the group as faceless, cowards who were mischievous that needs not to taking serious.
The called was made in a statement by one of the traditional title holder from the area who begged for anonymity.
According to the statement, the claims by the faceless group which was published in in a unrecognised online blog that the kingdom does have a define Kingmakers is a false and an insult on the sensitivity of the people and the entire Kupa kingdom, which the statement said is condemned described it as an “Aberration”.
The king makers has been existing for many decades adding that Kingmakers are the only recognized, established institutions saddle with the responsibility of selecting a new Maiyaki in the event of any vacuum as it’s today.
The statement reads in part
“Kupa is a peaceful community that is not known for any kind of crisis. The selection process is ongoing and progressing peacefully without hindrance.
“The attempts by ambitious and overzealous individual to hide under the vacuum of Maiyaki of Kupa to create confusion and anarchy and to denigrate, disclaim and denounce the revered institutions, the kingdom age long Kingmakers and Traditional council known as (Majelisa) is unacceptable and should be condemn by all and sundry. No true son and daughter of the soil will speak ill of it’s revered institutions”.
“If the kingdom Kingmakers and Majelisa is not properly define as claims by the faceless group, why then all the contenders submitted their letter of intents to the two highest bodies? Nobody can change the roles, Kupa community is greater than any individual interest”, he said.
Speaking further on the allegations made by by the faceless group, on the purported celebration,the statement explained.
” what took place was simply a family affairs over the GBAMACHE Ruling House for a rancour free choice of the house and nothing more, saying many believe in some quarters that there will be disagreement among GBAMACHE House.
“It also signified two things; one, peace and second popularity over the family choice and nothing more.
“It’s wrong for the faceless group to allude to it as an avenue or recipe for chaos, which is not”, he said
He commended all the contenders for submitting their interest before the kingdom institutions and the peace among them so far.
The community thank the Lokoja Traditional council headed by Maigari of Lokoja His Royal Highness Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Maikarfi for his role so far in handling the Maiyaki stool.
He assured the government and the relevant authorities and the government headed by amiable Governor Yahaya Bello that the kingdom will remain peaceful and accept the choice of the kingdom institutions, Kingmakers and Majelisa.
