Amaopusenibo Samuel Feniel Hart has been installed and capped as Akanja V and the fifth Chief and Head of the Abraham-Hart Chieftaincy House of Grand Bonny Kingdom.
The installation and capping ceremony held on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at Abraham-Hart Opuwari (community hall) in Abalamabie Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The ceremony, which was witnessed by members of the Bonny Chiefs Council led by its Chairman, Se-Alabo Dagogo Suoala Claude-Wilcox, saw the Chief and Head of Hart House, Se-Alabo Reginald Fiene Peter Abbey-Hart, assisted by elders of the Abraham-Hart House, perform the installation and capping in line with tradition.
Speaking at the ceremony, Se-Alabo Abbey-Hart commended the Abraham-Hart House elders for their forthrightness and commitment to ensuring the emergence of new leadership for the House without any rancour.
He also thanked his colleagues in the Bonny Chiefs Council for their support and diligent oversight of the process leading to the installation, assuring stakeholders that today’s event will usher in a new dawn in the Abraham-Hart House.
Speaking on behalf of the Bonny Chiefs Council, the Chief and Head of Attoni House, Se-Alabo Abel Atoni praised the elders for successfully producing a chief through a process devoid of rancour and controversy.
Recalling his youthful days with the newly installed chief, Se-Alabo Atoni expressed confidence in his character and leadership capacity, saying his knowledge of Wari-Alabo Samuel Feniel Hart gave him reason to anticipate better days for the Abraham-Hart House.
In his goodwill message, President of the Bonny Kingdom Titled Citizens Assembly, Amaopusenibo Furosigha Wilcox congratulated the new chief, as well as elders and members of the Abraham-Hart House, expressing the optimism that better days are ahead for the House.
In his acceptance speech, the new Chief and Head of the Abraham-Hart House, Wari-Alabo Samuel Feniel Abraham-Hart thanked the Amanyanabo-in-Council, the Bonny Chiefs Council and other stakeholders for their support in ensuring the success of the ceremony.
He reiterated his promise during his selection to lead and not to rule, appealing to his kinsmen to “follow as I lead”, assuring that the forward and upward trajectory of the House will be sustained, adding that service would remain the hallmark of his time on the Akanja stool.
Earlier, the Vice Chairman of the Hart House and a former Commissioner of Finance in Rivers State, Amaopusenibo Israel Williams, had while proposing a toast in honour of the new Chief, praised his antecedents in service to his community, Hart and Bonny Kingdom.
Checks by Kristina Reports indicate that the culmination of the chief making process, in line with Bonny Kingdom customs and tradition, will be the presentation of the Chief to the Amanyanabo-in-Council for induction into the Bonny Chiefs Council.
