By: GELE AGBAI The weather was clement. There was neither rainfall nor harsh sunshine. In spite of the heatwave being witnessed across the country since this year, the elements on Sunday, March 31, 2024 seemed to have cooperated and collaborated to make Emeabiam Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State have a conducive ambience suitable for the ceremony. Venue was the late Chief BUB and Nneoma Dora Anyanwu’s compound at Umuikea Emeabiam. And the event was the traditional Mgbafu Mkpe ceremony of Her Excellency, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON who passed away in December 2023. Mr. Herbert Igbo, representing Umuegeolu Kindred, handed the former first lady of Ondo State to the immediate younger brother to the late Governor, Professor Wole Akeredolu. The handover to the Akeredolu's was the climax of the ceremony. This was after the Akeredolu's had indicated inter