Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is set to present the staff of office to a two-time Senator, Francis Alimikhena, as the Okumagbe of Uwanno Kingdom in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Alimikhena’s appointment as Okumagbe of Uwanno Kingdom was approved by the Edo State Executive Council on July 6, 2026.
In a statement signed by Chief Tony Akiotu, Chairman of the Media/Publicity Coronation Planning Committee, Alimikhena will be coronated on August 22, 2026.
Alimikhena served in the Senate between 2015 and 2023. He was elected into the 8th National Assembly in 2015 and was made the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate even as a first-timer. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2019, where he served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff.
The coronation ceremony is expected to attract eminent sons and daughters of Uwanno Kingdom within and outside Nigeria.
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