UPDATE! The Next Tor Tiv And Matters Arising...
When the late Tor Tiv IV, His Royal Majesty, Dr. Alfred Akawe Torkula died, a vacuum was created to be filled by the Tiv whose population is ranked as the fourth largest in Nigeria.
Although the agitation to replace the Tor Tiv who until his death occupied the throne of the supreme traditional ruler of the Tivs began after his death a replacement is yet to be made. The throne of Tor Tiv is in the traditional headquarters of Tiv land, that is Gboko in Benue State, a state with the highest indigeneous Tiv population. Other states with indigenous Tiv presence are Taraba and Nasarawa, while some are natives of the Republic of Cameroun. However, the Tor Tiv is the supreme traditional ruler of every Tiv person irrespective of where he or she is in any part of the world. Tiv are one of the best tribes of Israel that migrated into the African continent. From their Bantu origin in Zulu land, South Africa, they migrated to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa and into Nigeria in West Africa. The Tiv nation was without a traditional ruler until 1946 when some of their sons came back home after a successful battle for the British during the Second World War which ended in 1945 and saw the need. They coined a name, the "Tor Tiv" for their traditional ruler. The first, second, third and fourth Tor Tivs were their Royal Highnesses Orchivirigh Makir Zakpe, Tor Tiv I (1946 to 1956), Orchivirigh Gondo Aluor, Tor Tiv II (1956 to 1978), Orchivirigh Akperan Orshi, Tor Tiv III (1979 to 1990) and His Royal Majesty, Orchivirigh Dr. Alfred Akawe Torkula, Tor Tiv IV (1990 to 2016). The occupancy of the Tor Tiv stool since its creation does shift between Ichongo and Ipusu among Tiv blocks.
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