On behalf of my spouse and the Federal Executive, I heartily congratulate His Royal Majesty, Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, CFR, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, on his tenth anniversary at the throne of his forefathers and his 73rd birthday on October 20.
I have fun His Royal Majesty, an embodiment of tolerating dignity, tradition, and a ancient awareness that displays his other folks and, certainly, Nigerians.
Your Majesty, that is no unusual milestone. This can be a birthday celebration of ten years of royal stewardship, carrier, and an unwavering dedication to retaining the heritage and traditions that outline the Benin other folks.
For a decade, you’ve persisted to display your management via maintaining the consideration of the Royal establishment and provoking self assurance.
I’ve watched with prepared admiration the knowledge, braveness, restraint, and an abiding sense of peace that experience underscored your years at the throne. You will have remained a logo of grace and integrity, a fountain of knowledge, a mum or dad of communal values, and a rallying level for the folks’s aspirations.
I commend your efforts to repatriate the stolen Benin artefacts and your position as a exceptional custodian of certainly one of Africa’s maximum enduring monarchies.
As Your Majesty celebrates some other 12 months of lifestyles, might this birthday herald renewed energy, larger knowledge, sound well being, and a good deeper inspiration for the younger to cherish their heritage.
Might your reign witness larger successes within the cultural and social reasons you’ve championed.
Oba gha t’o kpere. Ise!
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President, Commander-in- Leader of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
October 20, 2026