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By Smart Ebijo
The Agadagba of Arogbo-Ibe Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Pere Zacchaeus Doubra Egbunu, Opukutu III, has poured royal blessings on Senior High Chief Bibopere Ajube as he marks his golden jubilee, celebrating him not as a distant dignitary but as flesh of Arogbo and blood of the Ijaw nation.
In a felicitation from his palace, the royal father spoke with the warmth of a monarch honouring one of his own.
“The creeks that cradled his youth have watched him grow into a name that resounds far beyond our waters,” the Agadagba said.
He described the celebrant as a leader who has carried the heritage of Arogbo upon his shoulders and never let it fall, holding his stool with loyalty, sacrifice, and quiet strength.
https://ogelenews.ng/agadagba-of-arogbo-celebrates-a-true-son-at-50
Through Gallery Security Services Limited and Bradama International Skill Works Limited, the monarch noted, Ajube has lifted the sons and daughters of the kingdom from idleness into purpose, advancing the security of the land while placing bread and dignity in youthful hands.
The royal father added that the celebrant’s open hand to the widow, the orphan, and the striving youth marks him as a man whose greatness is measured in service.
He prayed that the God of the ancestors would grant the celebrant long life, that the tides would always rise in his favour, and that his lineage would flourish like the mangroves of the creeks, wishing a true son of Arogbo-Ibe many more golden seasons.
https://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/arogbo-ijaw-11-years-after-tussle-new-king-is-crowned
