The Benin monarch His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba Ewuare the second has conferred a posthumous title to his Queen mother, Queen Ikuoyemwen Erediauwa.
The conferment of the title to his transited mother is in line with the tradition and customs of the land.
Oba Ewuare, Ogidigan, conferred the traditional title of IYEOBA N’USELU at the Ugha-Eroba, axis (ancestral hall) of the palace ground, Benin city
Armed with a royal scepter and ancient ancestral staff, Omo N’Oba, while performing the sacred traditional ceremony at the Ugha-Eroba ancestral hall, danced and offered intense prayers to ancestors and spirits of the land.
Accompanied by various top palace chiefs and functionaries, Shortly after the ceremony at the Ugha-Eroba ancestral hall, the monarch exchanged pleasantries with the different groups present at the event, including priests and priestesses of various deities