In a query dated 5 January 2023 and signed by Enimola Eniola, the State Director of Chieftaincy Affairs on behalf of the Honourable Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. The state government said the Ohinoyi of Ebira land failed to welcome Mr. President during his visit to Okene on 29 December 2022 which is quite unbecoming of a revered Royal Father of his status.
Enimola stated in the letter that the monarch bluntly refused to come out and receive the President at the designated venue rightly approved by the State Governor. He said courtesy demands that when a personality of a President occupying the highest office in the land is visiting or passing through the state, the Governor and top Public Officers including topmost Traditional Rulers are expected to receive him as a mark of respect for him and the office he occupies.
Mr. Eniola allowed the monarch to reply to the query by providing a written explanation within 48 Hours of why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for the act of insubordination and disloyalty to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigerian, the Executive Governor of the State and Ebira nation at large.
