According to the letter, Chief Osazuwa “swore on oath that you will no longer visit the Palace ... His Royal Majesty has never done anything to undermine or embarrass the Benin traditional ...

a human effigy symbolising the departed royal matriarch, was preceded by Oba Ewuare II, who led the procession from his Palace to the sacred Emotan deity at King Square in Benin City, where he ...