By Egufe Yafugborhi

THE Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, has expressed the hope that the incoming government in Nigeria would offer better leadership for the people following the just concluded general elections.

This expectation formed the thrust of the Olu’s speech to the Itsekiri nation during the activities to mark his 28th coronation anniversary, yesterday.

Speaking after his subjects and friends of the kingdom paid him homages at Aghofen, the Olu’s  palace in Warri, the monarch expressed joy that the widespread fear of violence did not happen during the 2015 elections.

The Olu said, “The people we have elected, some as we wished, some not as we wished, but we thank God for them all. We pray that through them, there will be prosperity and progress for us all.

“We hope too that those elected will learn to do better in office so that our burdens in the nation may be made lighter and for life to be better for us and our children.”

Atuwatse II, the 19th on the throne of the Itsekiri Kingdom, further expressed joy in realization of the ground breaking for the Federal Government’s Ogidigben Gas Export Processing Zone (EPZ) project before the 2015 elections.