Igbo monarchs reject ‘Obi of Lagos’ coronations outside Igboland

…Say rubric is against tradition, telephone for abolition of practice

By Anayo Okoli & Emmanuel Iheaka

Traditional rulers successful the South East person powerfully condemned the coronation of individuals arsenic Eze Ndigbo oregon Obi of Igbo extracurricular Igboland, insisting that specified signifier is alien to Igbo civilization and tradition.

Reacting to the caller enactment of a self-acclaimed Obi of Lagos, Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, described the improvement arsenic unacceptable.

He stressed that Igbo contented does not licence anyone to carnivore the rubric of Eze Ndigbo oregon Obi of Igbo successful different man’s land, informing that specified titles undermine the sanctity of the accepted institution.

“Eze is our heritage. If anybody wants to beryllium the person of Ndi Igbo successful the diaspora, helium tin reply Onye Ndu Ndi Igbo. But we person said it respective times that we don’t privation to perceive Eze Ndigbo oregon Obi of Igbo again. It is not successful our tradition,” Okeke stated.

The monarch explained that lone those coronated decently by their communities successful Igboland tin carnivore the rubric of Eze. According to him, immoderate different signifier of coronation extracurricular Igboland has nary accepted legitimacy.

In the aforesaid vein, the contiguous past Chairman of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Ndubuisi Nwabeke, described the signifier arsenic illegal and absurd, calling for its full abolition.

He argued that an Eze indispensable preside implicit a assemblage wrong Igboland, with intelligibly defined territory and accepted authority, not successful states oregon cities extracurricular the region.

“This happening called Eze Ndigbo successful Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, oregon anyplace extracurricular Igboland should not beryllium encouraged. It indispensable beryllium abolished due to the fact that it portrays disrespect to the Igbo accepted rulership system,” Nwabeke said.

He recalled that the South East Council of Traditional Rulers had agelong advised Igbo residents extracurricular their homeland to designate their leaders arsenic Onye Ndu Ndigbo (Leader of Igbo People) alternatively than Eze Ndigbo.

“An Eze should regularisation implicit a assemblage that has a map, a constitution, and radical of that lineage. No 1 tin beryllium an Eze successful different man’s land. Tenants successful municipality areas cannot assertion to person palaces successful overseas lands,” helium added.

The accepted rulers truthful urged Igbo communities successful the diaspora to respect their big states and cities, portion preserving the integrity of the Igbo accepted instauration by abolishing the arguable titles.

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