Rigidity mounts in Enugu group over Igweship tussle, contestant seeks Gov Mbah’s intervention

There may be disquiet in Isiagu Akpawfu autonomous group, Nkanu East Council Space of Enugu State over alleged strikes to impose a standard ruler on the folks.

Natives are accusing some individuals of violating the group’s structure with impunity.

Our correspondent gathered that although the Igweship tussle is at present pending earlier than the Courtroom of Attraction, one prince Tony Okoye has already been given Certificates of Recognition and Return, a growth that didn’t go down nicely with majority of the natives of the locality.

Talking with newsmen on the event on Friday in Enugu, one of many contestants to the Igweship stool, Chief James Ede Ogbu mentioned he was disqualified on the grounds that he was not a local of the autonomous group, an allegation he described as humorous and laughable.

He mentioned: “I’m from Obodo Onovo Nwowo and it’s gazetted. Telling me that I’m not from the autonomous group made me to ask why this needs to be so?”

Based on him, the purported omission of his household identify (Ogbovu) in the neighborhood record was deliberate and a conspiracy geared toward stopping him from taking part within the Igweship election.

Ogbu additional burdened that the one approach Igwe can emerge in keeping with their structure was via election and never imposition, insisting that there was no election that led to the emergence of Prince Tony Ike Okoye.

He famous that three contestants had earlier been screened and cleared by the electoral committee however was shocked when Okoye went to acquire an injunction that stopped the method.

Ogbu acknowledged that he appealed in opposition to the judgment swiftly to right the impression that he was not a citizen of the group.

He averred that he was shocked that whereas the case was nonetheless pending earlier than the court docket, the Commissioner for Native Authorities , Chieftaincy Issues and Rural Growth, Chief Okey Ogbodo acknowledged Okoye as the normal ruler of their group on twenty sixth April, 2025 with out conducting an election.

He appealed to Governor Peter Mbah to wade into the matter.

Corroborating Ogbu, the Assistant secretary of the city union of the autonomous group, Mr. Ibezimako Ede Stephen mentioned the purported declare that Ogbu shouldn’t be from the group was a lie from the pit of hell and appealed to the governor to return to their rescue on this matter.

“I’m saying this as a result of conscience is an open wound that solely fact can heal, we don’t want the federal government to acknowledge anyone as Igwe for now.

“Now we have not gotten any Igwe, we need to select our Igwe via an election,” he acknowledged.

Efforts by our correspondent to talk with the Commissioner for Chieftaincy Issues was not profitable, as his telephone line couldn’t undergo as of the time of submitting this report.