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1933 - 1978 | |||
Rayuwa | |||
Haihuwa | 1899 | ||
ƙasa | Najeriya | ||
Mutuwa | 1978 | ||
Ƴan uwa | |||
Mahaifi | Eweka II | ||
Yara | |||
Sana'a |
Ọmọ n'Ọba n'Ẹdo Uku Akpọlọkpọlu, Aguobasimwin Eweka,[1] Akenzua II (7 Janairu 1899 - 11 Yuni 1978) shi ne Oba na Benin (shugaban gargajiya na mutanen Edo, a Najeriya ) daga 1933 har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekara ta 1978.
An naɗa Akenzua II a matsayin Oba na Benin,-(sarkin Benin) a watan Afrilu 1933 bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa, Eweka II (r.1914 - 1933) a watan Fabrairun wannan shekarar.[2] Oba Akenzua II ya sadaukar da kansa ga samar da ilimin turawan yamma ga mutanensa, mutanen Edo.[1]
A cikin 1936, ya fara yunƙurin komawa Najeriya Bronze na Benin da aka wawashe daga gidajen sarauta da bagadan kakanni a balaguron ladabtarwa na Benin na 1897 . A lokacin mulkinsa, biyu ne kawai daga cikin tagulla 3,000 na fadar sarki aka mayar. Duk da haka, rawanin murjani guda biyu da tufafin murjani, wanda ake tunanin na Ovonramwen ne, an mayar masa da shi a ƙarshen shekarar 1930 ta hanyar GM Miller ɗan memba na balaguron Benin, wanda ya ba da rancen guntuwar ga Gidan Tarihi na Biritaniya a 1935.[3]
A cikin 1923 an haifi ɗansa na fari, Prince Solomon Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua Akenzua.[4] Sunan da ya zaɓa an kafa shi ne akan sunan Ere, wanda ke da alaƙa da Oba Ernis wanda a al'adance ake ɗauka a matsayin Oba hamshakin attajiri.[1]
Zuriyar Akenzua sun haɗa da ƴarsa Princess Elizabeth Olowu, jikanya Peju Layiwola, da kuma jikansa Thompson Iyamu.[5]
Oba Akenzua II ya rasu ne a ranar 11 ga watan Yunin 1978, lokacin da ɗansa, Yarima Solomon, ya gaje shi, wanda ya riƙe muƙamin Oba Erediauwa kuma ya riƙe muƙamin shugaban gargajiya na mutanen Edo a birnin Benin, Najeriya.[6]