Delta State has been thrown into mourning with the reported news of the
death of the Olu of Warri, Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko.
sources confirmed that the Olu of Warri died on Sunday at age 65.
Late Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko, born 19 March 1955 to Olu Erejuwa II
(1951–1986) and Olori Eyinagboluwade Emiko, was the 20th Olu of Warri.
The deceased succeeded his younger brother Olu Atuwatse II who died in
March 2015.
He was crowned Ogiame Ikenwoli on the 12th of December 2015 at
Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri people in a ceremony
which was witnessed by many dignitaries in Nigeria such as the Secretary
to the Federal Government at the time, David Babachir Lawal, the Delta
State Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Emmanuel Uduaghan (former Governor
Delta State), and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All
Progressive Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party.