Worried over the lingering crisis rocking the family of late oil magnate and philanthropist, Chief O.B.Lulu-Briggs, which has stalled his burial for nearly two years, the Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael, Gbobo Bob-Manuel has inaugurated a Conciliatory Committee to liaise with the aggrieved factions in the family in order to give the late Paramount Head of Young Briggs House a befitting burial.
The Committee comprised of notable chiefs and individuals, drawn from the principal Kalabari towns of Abonnema, Bakana and Buguma, also includes the three Chairmen of Akuku-Toru, Asari-Toru Degema LGAs.
Inaugurating the Conciliatory Committee recently in Abonnema, the Amanyanabo maintained that the committee was not a burial committee but an interface body that would liaise with the widow of the late chief, Dr Seinye Lulu-Briggs and her step son and head of the Lulu-Briggs House, Chief Dumo Lulu- Briggs.
While disclosing that both Seinye and Dumo gave their consent for the setting up of the Conciliatory Committee, the Amanyanabo appealed for understanding from all interested parties as the continued delay of the burial had led to an embarrassment on the Kalabari people.
He stressed the need for a halt to the ongoing media war by parties involved in the crisis, while all pending suits incurring injunctions delaying the burial be immediately vacated.
The Amanyanabo also tasked the committee not to be involved in the distribution or sharing of the estate of the late Chief. adding that the committee’s mandate is to see to the peaceful interment of the deceased.
The Amanyanabo appealed to members of the committee to work assiduously to ensure, that the burial to takes place within the next 30 days, as according to him, finance would not be a problem to have the remains of the late high chief laid to rest.
He urged them to interface with everyone involved in the matter, in order to ensure that the late philanthropist is peacefully and timely interred.

By: John Bibor & Amina Ngoma