Presiding Apostle of the Macedonia Call Global Assembly, Dr Osaren Emokpae, has appealed to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, to learn from history and de-escalate the current crisis in his kingdom.  He drew the eminent Benin monarch’s attention to great kingdoms that had collapsed because of the insensitivity of their leaders.
  
In a message to his congregants and other Nigerians, Emokpae focused on earthly and heavenly kingdoms, stressing that the reason for Easter is to celebrate Jesus Christ who came to the world as a saviour, humbled himself to the point of being hung on a tree as an atonement for “our sins and rose up from the dead the third day so that we could rise out of sin to eternity with Him.”
  
He spoke on earthly kingdoms and empires such as Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Judah, Israel, Rome, British and Oyo, which are no more because of “pride, infighting, wars and irrelevance.” 
  
Turning to the Benin traditional ruler, he said the Oyo Empire’s demise was primarily caused by a combination of internal strife, civil wars, hubris on the part of the royals, disputes over power, weakened governance and the onslaught of Usman Dan Fodio, driving to the South at a time the Oyo Empire was experiencing self-inflicted injury of internal implosion.
  
The cleric said this is the fear of the remnants of the Benin Kingdom that is currently hovering on the precipice with internal turmoil of politicising the traditional institution. 
 
Dr Emokpae warned that if not quickly arrested, as Enogie positions are by inheritance, so too could the Oba of Benin’s position be threatened.