A new Olu of Warri, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, has been crowned the 21st Olu of Warri, with the title of Ogiame Atuwatse III.
He derived the title from his father and 19th Olu, Atuwatse II, Godwin Toritseju Emiko.
According to Itsekiri tradition, this is the dynastic name the new Olu will henceforth be addressed by and referred to.
The new Atuwatse III is the son of the 19th Olu Atuwatse II, Godwin Toritseju Emiko and Gladys Durorike Emiko.
The new Olu was born on April 2, 1984, and he is a descendant of Olu Akengbuwa.
Emiko attended the NNPC Primary School in Warri and later Adesoye College, Offa, Kwara State, for his secondary education between 1995 and 2001.
He then proceeded to Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where he bagged his Bachelor’s of Arts between 2002 and 2006, majoring in International Studies and Political Science, while minoring in History and Economics.
In 2007, he earned a Master of Science degree in Management, also from Case Western Reserve University.
The 21st Olu of Warri is an avid sportsman, and has participated in different sports, including swimming, kayaks, basketball, American football, and soccer.
On returning home to Nigeria in 2008, then Prince Emiko served in the Public Affairs Department of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NPIMS, for the mandatory one-year NYSC scheme.
Between 2009 and 2010, he worked as an officer at the Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator and later at Sahara Energy as Government Relations Officer, between 2010 and 2012.
A serial entrepreneur, the Olu is the founder of Noble Nigeria Limited and Coral Curator Limited. He is the Chairman of Ocean Marine Security Limited and Director, Gulf of Guinea Limited and Vessel Link Big Limited, while his business acumen may be said to have flowed from his late father.
The 21st Olu of Warri is married to Ivie Uhunoma Emiko, daughter of popular Edo business mogul, late Idahosa Okunbo, and the union is blessed with three children – Oritsetsemiaye, Oritsetemisan, and Oritsetimeyin.
