By joshua 
Kupa Community in Lokoja Local Government has debunks claims on issues relating to the process of selecting new paramount ruler (Maiyaki of Kupa) describing the group as faceless which no one will take serious.
According to one of the leading light and a traditional title holder in the community, said the claims by the faceless group in an unknown online blog newspaper that the kingdom does not have a define Kingmakers is a false and an insult on the people and the entire kingdom and it stand condemn, calling it an “Aberration”.
He said from time immemorial, Kingmakers are the only recognized, established institutions saddle with the responsibility of selecting a new Maiyaki in the event of any vacuum as it’s today.
“Kupa is a peaceful community that is not known for any kind of crisis. The selection process is ongoing and progressing peacefully without hindrance.
“The attempts by ambitious and overzealous individual to hide under the vacuum of Maiyaki of Kupa to create confusion and anarchy and to denigrate, disclaim and denounce the revered institutions, the kingdom age long Kingmakers and Traditional council known as (Majelisa) is unacceptable and should be condemn by all and sundry. No true son and daughter of the soil will speak ill of it’s revered institutions”.
“If the kingdom Kingmakers and Majelisa is not properly define as claims by the faceless group, why then all the contenders submitted their letter of intents to the two highest bodies? Nobody can change the roles, Kupa community is greater than any individual interest”, he said.
He further shield more light on the claims by the faceless group about the purpoted celebration. He said what took place was simply a family affairs over the GBAMACHE Ruling House for a rancour free choice of the house and nothing more, saying many believe in some quarters that there will be disagreement among GBAMACHE House.
“It also signified two things; one, peace and second popularity over the family choice and nothing more.
“It’s wrong for the faceless group to allude to it as an avenue or recipe for chaos, which is not”, he said
He commended all the contenders for submitting their interest before the kingdom institutions and the peace among them so far.
The community thank the Lokoja Traditional council headed by Maigari of Lokoja His Royal Highness Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Maikarfi for his role so far in handling the Maiyaki stool.
He assured the government and the relevant authorities and the government headed by amiable Governor Yahaya Bello that the kingdom will remain peaceful and accept the choice of the kingdom institutions, Kingmakers and Majelisa.