Nii Teiku Tsuru II
The Ga Mantse, Nii Teiku Tsuru II, is in Ile Ife on a historic trip to the ancestral home of the Ga-Adangbes.
He left last Tuesday and is expected home today.
When the Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Alaye Oba (Dr.) Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi came to Ghana in 2016, he promised to host his guest when he eventually ascends the stool of Ga Mantse. The promise was made good last Tuesday when the large entourage of the Ga Mantse was received with assortment of cultural performances at the façade of the Palace in Ile Ife, Oyo State, Nigeria.
It is said that royal children start learning history from their infancy, no wonder the Ooni of Ife was able to narrate the historic bond between the people of Ife and the Ga-Adangbe when he hosted his brother from Accra.
The Ga Mantse was accompanied during the trip by Numo Akwaa Mensah III, Nai Wulomor who represented all Wulomei, Otublohum Mantse Nii Dodoo Nsaki III, Asere Tsonor Mantse, Nii Adote Tsofatse I, and Counsel of the Ga Traditional Council representing the Sempe Mantse and the Ga Mantse, Sentse Nii Tetteh Ashong V representing the Ga Paramount Dzase.
Others were the Ga State Akwashong Nii Boi Kakadan II, Ga Mantse Asafoatse Captain Nsen Kojo Mankattan IV, representing Asafoatsemei was Manye Yarborkaa Ohetse I of Kwabenya Musu Koo, Chief of Staff, Justice Naa Yarley Sarkodie-Mensah, Head of Business, Investment and Development Directorate, Lawrence Adjei and Coordinator of the Royal Service Guards, Nii Shippi Nshornaa Jata.
The Ooni of Ife made history when he set foot in Ghana, arguably as the first Yoruba king to do so.
As a first class king in Nigeria in the category of the Emir of Kano, Sultan of Sokoto, Shehu of Borno and Emir of Zazzau, his trip was accorded diplomatic courtesies, the necessary accompanying security support available for him and his spouse, Olori Wuraola Otiti Zynab Ogunwusi.
The Oba, who, like modern monarchs and chiefs in contemporary times in Africa, is an educated man. He is a member of important professional bodies in Africa’s most populous country, one of them being the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He was flown in by his private jet, which flew him back from Kumasi in a direct flight to Nigeria upon the completion of his itinerary, which included a visit to the Asantehene.
By A.R. Gomda