Sen. Melaye to be turbaned as Jarman of Okuta

Flamboyant senator and civil rights activist representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has added another feather to his cap with his planned conferment as Jarman (Chief Warrior/Defender) of Okuta in Okuta-Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who read the letter on the floor of the Senate on Thursday in Abuja, said the turbanning would be done by His Royal Majesty, the Emir of Okuta, Alhaji Idris Sero Abubakar, on January 9 2016 in his palace.

Already about 15 governors were said to have agreed to attend the ceremony.

Melaye who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, would be turbaned “for his contribution towards anti-corruption crusade, development of Nigeria and being voice of the voiceless”.

Speaking with journalists in Abuja, he said the latest conferment will make it the 16th Chieftaincy titled being conferred on him.

Among his chieftaincy titles are Otunba of Bunu Kingdom, Kogi State; Balogun of Odo-Ape; Asiwaju of Oke Ofin; and Arogundade of Okagi-Amuro.