30/07/2026
🛑 I WILL NOT DO A DNA , GREAT SOPPO CHIEFTAINCY CANDIDATE DR. WOLOA REJECTS A DNA TEST.
In a dramatic twist to the escalating traditional succession battle, Dr. Absalom Woloa has flatly refused to take a DNA test—the cost of which was to be fully covered by the Royal Family. The rejection has sent shockwaves through the villages of the Great Soppo as to why the SDO of Faro and his half brothers publicly deny a DNA test branding the test a deliberate "distraction" from ongoing consultative talks aimed at resolving the chieftaincy impasse.
The proposed test, which would take merely a few hours to yield conclusive results, and seen by many as a straightforward path to settling questions of paternity and royal lineage has been dismissed by the candidate.
However, villagers are openly questioning the refusal. "If you be true royal blood, why wona di fear simple test? Truly It takes less time than a village meeting," a resident of Great Soppo emphasized Refusing only fuels suspicion."
That suspicion is already burning bright in Great Soppo, where a growing faction of villagers has rejected Dr. Woloa’s candidacy outright, arguing he is constitutionally ineligible for the throne.
Leaked legal documents obtained by this newspaper confirm that Dr. Woloa’s paternal grandfather and father Late Jacob Monono hail from Boanda Village, Mile 16, while his mother is of Bakossi descent. This very paternal lineage, sources reveal, was the official ground for his father’s dethronement a mere three years after he ascended the stool a historical precedent that now haunts the son’s ambitions.
Critics point to Dr. Woloa’s deep administrative connections as the engine behind his campaign. "He has used his privileged access to the administration to sway local opinion and manufacture admirers," a family head lamented. "But influence cannot rewrite birth records."
As the royal family insists on biological proof, the people of Great Soppo are left watching a familiar playbook unfold.
Many now call for Dr. Woloa to rise above political maneuvering and confidently challenge the Royal Family to that very DNA test—not as a distraction, but as the ultimate act of transparency. "A DNA Shall be conducted, we have nothing to fear ” - Moka Esele.