Aakar Orit
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Aakar Orit is the first and former president of Okrit, originating from the Oye noble house of Aakar in Nakrama. Prior to the founding of Okrit in 7 PC, Orit was a merchant and local politician who came into major prominence through his arrangements with the Easterners.
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| Born | 27 TT |
| Spouses | Aakar dima Takob Emoceye Aakar Emotjeye |
| Parent(s) | Aakar Ebosi, Aakar dima Lakaga Cokwaze |
| Profession | Governor of Nkrama, Spice merchant, landowner |
Background
Orit was born in 27 TT to merchant Aakar Ebosi via his second wife, Lakaga Cokwaze. At that time, the agak of the Aakar family was Orit's grandfather Aakar Onoye. Orit was raised amongst his other siblings in his family residence and was educated privately by several tutors advised by his grandfather. He reportedly became literate very quickly, and began education in commercial affairs at 12 years old. In 2 TT Orit attended the eastern gardens with his father, whom then tripped and fell into the canals. In the process of rescuing his father, three men had been injured by a nearby hippopotamus, including Aakar Ebosi, whom would later die from complications from these wounds.
Orit had several spouses, as is the custom of the Oye nobility. His second wife, Aakar Emoceye, became the subject of public uproar in 17 PC after a petty theft resulted in the injury of 15 members of the public at the hand of her personal guard.
Business career
In 11 TT Orit established a goods transport company that would operate in the docks area of Nakrama, buying delivered goods and distributing them into the nearby countryside. The business was initially small, consisting of only Orit and four other men who would use only a single to transport and sell goods to villages, plantations and farmers along the banks of the Omolai.
By 9 TT this team had expanded to a team of 12 men and 5 canoes and Orit's success had aroused the suspicion of dock-workers, who began to circulate rumours that Orit's men had been acquiring goods illegitimately through bribes and theft, depriving opposing companies, and thus other dockworkers, of product and capital. Petitions from these opposition companies and their affiliated dock workers reached the Nakrama Mercantile Court, requesting an audit on Orit's team. The subsequent investigation found Orit and his company not guilty of any crimes. This ruling became controversial due to the investigation's comparatively short duration in comparison to other audits, and the ultimate reasoning for the ruling. The statement given by lead investigator and Mercantile Court head-man Agak Kawakadi Mofo being:
"There is no evidence to support the claims made against Aakar Orit and his company. No man has come to me saying he saw goods being stolen from his premises, nor is there written evidence of this happening. To recall an account from the Agak Omonyeje Degi; when a man has a melon, and his neighbour has recently lost a melon, that does not mean the man stole the melon from his neighbour. He was not seen on his neighbour's premises taking that melon, that melon was not seen within his neighbour's possession prior. We can not assume that the man had not acquired the melon legally, and that the neighbour is merely a simpleton in the habit of losing melons"
The given statement disregards The above statement given by the Lead Auditor thus implied that the evidence given was null
but found that the goods had not been witnessed being stolen, thus not meeting traditional Oye trade laws forbidding their sale. From 6 TT to 2 PC, Orit would secure deals with Waaqi iron and copper traders before inheriting the family spice trade due to his father's death.
Political career
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President of Okrit
A youth named Dom Masopo was beaten to death by police on 22-6 17 PC after allegedly “stealing an absurd quantity of fruit”. The day after the death protesters formed outside Orit’s domicile in Nkrama. Only two days later, Orit's second wife Aakar Emotjeye, was caught with stolen produce under her robes. Three men who were attempting to retrieve the stolen goods were injured by her personal guards whilst twelve more were injured whilst she was being escorted to the president’s domicile. Orit's guards were then put on alert as a larger crowd gathered around the estate. The next day the leader of Akaria, Living King, Harakar Oken proposed creating the Akarian-Okriti Alliance. Orit was more than happy to accept and left Okrit for Akaria the next day with his family to both officialise the alliance and to avoid the unrest in Nkrama. He and his family arrived at Akaria on 1-7 17 PC and had the alliance officialised. The Akarian Navy and Living Army took back Nkrama and put Orit back incharge of his country on 13-7 17 PC. Shortly after Orit cleared some land in Nkrama for Akaria to establish a base at to train his Okriti troops.