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The funeral of His Royal Majesty, Orchivirigh Dr Alfred Akawe Torkula, Tor Tiv the fourth, and chairman of the Benue State Council of Chiefs, will hold on February 4th 2016.

The Benue State Government announced this after the state Governor, Samuel Ortom met with the Tiv Area Traditional Council yesterday.

Also announced, was the central planning committee comprising of General Atom Kpera, retired, as chairman, Senator Joseph Kennedy Nyikwagh Waku, as deputy, and Hon. Titus Zam, Special Adviser, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs as Secretary.

The committee will liaise with members of the family and other major stakeholders to draw up a comprehensive funeral programme for the deceased monarch.

Remember he was scheduled to be buried on the 19th of December but it has been shifted to show as a sign of respect to the late monarch, the tradition demands that burial arrangements of high class chief like this should not rushed.

http://www.jaybossng.com/2015/12/new-funeral-date-of-late-tor-tiv.html

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