 He opted out stating that should he become High Chief, the Lakeba people would not listen to them as they had no kinsfolk amongst them but should Malani take the chieftainship and require anything, he would direct the Lakeba people to follow his brother’s orders as they were his kin.It was thus that Malani succeeded to Roko Sau and Tui Nayau without further dispute.Further records show that Soroaqali was alive when the first missionaries arrived on Lakeba.