Court confirm Otuwarikpo Regent Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality

The High Court sitting in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State has affirmed Eze Felix Otuwarikpo as the regent of Ekpeye land Justice T.S.Oji gave the declarative judgement affirming that Otuwarikpo is the Regent of Ekpeye in a case between him , Chiefs Okpara Romans and others . The court gave the ruling after lawyers to the parties adopted and argued their written briefs on an application brought before it by Otuwarikpo. Eze Otuwarikpo and some traditional rulers were locked in a legal tussle and majority traditional heads recognise him as the rightful person to occupy the office of Regent in view of his position as the Deputy President of the Eze Ekpeye Logbo In-Council. Counsel to Eze Otuwarikpo , Ikashi Emeyi, hailed the judgement of the court describing it as a watershed in the history of the Ekpeye nation. Reacting to the judgement, Eze Otuwarikpo expressed happiness and appealed to the people to joined hands with him to move the ethnic nationality forward. Eze Otuwarikpo who is the Paramount ruler of Upata kingdom in Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State, advised the people to eschew evil and embrace peace as no society can thrive in the midst of rancor and acrimony. Recall that members of the Eze Ekpeye Logbo In-Council sometime last year elected and installed Eze Otuwarikpo as Regent which, attracted condemnation from a section and those aggrieved resorted to refute it through newspaper publication.