Arthur Prest

Cif Arthur Edward Prest (10 ga Fabrairu 1906 - 26 ga Satumba 1976) ɗan siyasan Itsekiri ne na al'adun gargajiya daga ƙungiyar Warri ta kudancin Najeriya.Cohen, Abner. Urban Ethnicity. Routledge, 2004. p. 302. ISBN 0-415-32982-5.

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An haifi Prest a watan Fabrairun 1906 ga wani farin Ingilishi mahaifin daga Liverpool wanda ya kasance kyaftin din jirgin ruwa kuma dan kasuwa ne, kuma mahaifiyar Itsekiri Na Najeriya, Gimbiya Mami Ogbe, wacce 'yar Olu ta Warri ce. A shekara ta 1946, an ba Prest taken shugabanci na Olorogun na Warri ta Olu na Warri.

Prest ya kasance jami'in 'yan sanda na Najeriya kuma jami'in' yan sanda na farko na Najeriya. Ya yi karatun shari'a a Ingila, kuma ya yi rajista a Kotun Koli ta Najeriya a 1947, kafin a zabi shi a matsayin wakilin gundumar Warri a Majalisar Dokokin Yammacin Yamma. Daga baya ya zama Alkalin Kotun Koli a yankin Mid-Western na lokacin.

A cikin 1950 Prest da Anthony Enahoro sun kafa Jam'iyyar Mid-West . Enahoro ya riga ya fara Mid-West Press kuma ya buga jaridar Najeriya daga 1950 zuwa 1953. A shekara ta 1951, Jam'iyyar Mid-West ta zama wani ɓangare na Action Group.Ekeh, Peter Palmer. Warri City and British Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta'. Urhobo Historical Society. 2005. p. 290. ISBN 978-064-924-7. 

Daga baya aka sanya Prest Minista yanki a Ibadan kuma mataimakin shugaban Obafemi Awolowo . Bugu da ƙari, an nada shi ministan tarayya na sadarwa a shekarar 1952. Prest, Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Anthony Enahoro da sauransu sun yi yaƙi don 'yancin Najeriya kuma sun halarci tattaunawar Lancaster House da ta tattauna' yancin Najeriya. Ya bar kungiyar Action Group a shekara ta 1957. Bayan wannan, Prest ya kasance Babban Kwamishinan na Tarayyar Najeriya a Burtaniya.

A shekara ta 1971, Prest ya shiga cikin wata babbar shari'ar kotu. Ya kalubalanci Itsekiri Communal Lands Trust wanda ke son amfani da haƙƙin mallaka na Olu na Warri a kan ƙasashe a Warri. Hakkin mai iko zai ba da amincewar mallakar kai tsaye na duk ƙasashe, gami da mamaye haƙƙin mallakar masu mallakar. Koyaya, amincewar ƙasashen al'umma ta rasa shari'ar.
Prest yana da wadataccen rayuwar iyali. Yana da 'ya'ya da yawa, wanda ya fi shahara shi ne ɗansa na farko Cif Michael Godwin Prest, wanda ya zama lauya mai cin nasara, ɗan siyasa kuma Shugaban Ma'aikata ga Shugaban Najeriya Shehu Shagari a shekarar 1979. Cif Michael Prest yana da 'ya'ya 4. Ɗansa na fari da jikarsa ga Arthur Prest shine Helen Prest-Ajayi, tsohuwar Miss Najeriya a 1979, lauya, marubuci da mai ba da shawara game da karatu da rubutu. Ɗansa kuma jikan Arthur Prest, Michael J. Prest ƙwararren lauya ne, ɗan kasuwa na farko na mai a Najeriya, mai da iskar gas kuma mai ba da agaji.  Shi ne mai tsara shari'ar shari'ar kamfanin na Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd wanda aka koyar a makarantun shari'a kuma ya bayyana jagorancin dokar kamfani.

Cif Arthur Prest ya mutu a shekara ta 1976.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1976
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1906