The chairman of the Council of Chiefs in
Benue State, the Tor Tiv 1V, Orchivirigh
Alfred Akawe Torkula has been
confirmed dead, LEADERSHIP has
gathered. The late Torkula was installed as Tor Tiv
on April 21, 1991 as the paramount
ruler of the Tiv Kingdom.He has spent
about 22 years on the throne and is one
of the longest-serving traditional rulers
and influential opinion leaders in northern Nigeria. He hailed from Ihyarev in Guma LGA of
the state while the incumbent Governor
Ortom is from the
minority Nongov in the area.

Although the Tiv traditional council is yet
to officially announce the death of the
paramount ruler, but the Tor Tiv palace
situated in Gboko has been crowded by
sympathisers who came to sympathise
with the deceased family. However, it was gathered that Governor
Samuel Ortom on Monday paid a
condolence visit to the family at the Tor
Tiv palace in Gboko town of the state,
the ancestral home of the Tiv nation. The paramount ruler, it was learnt died
in a private hospital in Abuja after a brief
illness. He was aged 71 years.

According to the state governor, Samuel
Ortom, he had not been officially
informed of the death but said he is
expecting the traditional council to bring
the staff of office and thereafter it would
be formerly announced. Meanwhile, the battle for the new Tor Tiv
has began with prominent traditional
rulers and title holders from various
blocks of the Tiv nation having indicated
interest. The Tiv Kingdom has the Jerchira,
Sankera, Jemgbah and MINDA (Masev,
Ihyarev and Nongov) blocks
respectively. At the moment prominent
traditional rulers in the various blocks
have already reportedly commenced consultation to determine which
chiefdom will produce the next Tor Tiv.

Prominently among the traditional rulers
that are being mentioned to have
indicated interest to jostle for the stool
are the former press secretary to the late
Tor Tiv and now the Ter Nagi, Chef Ayua
Abomtse, as well as the Ter Guma, Chief Ivokor Unongo.


Cc: lalasticlala


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All these ancestors joining this period hmmmm well #jst passing by

Rip to d dead monarch and congratulation to the incoming king.