…Say title is towards custom, name for abolition of follow
By Anayo Okoli & Emmanuel Iheaka
Conventional rulers within the South East have strongly condemned the coronation of people as Eze Ndigbo or Obi of Igbo exterior Igboland, insisting that such follow is alien to Igbo tradition and custom.
Reacting to the current motion of a self-acclaimed Obi of Lagos, Chairman of the Imo State Council of Conventional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, described the event as unacceptable.
He careworn that Igbo custom doesn’t allow anybody to bear the title of Eze Ndigbo or Obi of Igbo in one other man’s land, warning that such titles undermine the sanctity of the standard establishment.
“Eze is our heritage. If anyone needs to be the chief of Ndi Igbo within the diaspora, he can reply Onye Ndu Ndi Igbo. However we now have stated it a number of occasions that we don’t wish to hear Eze Ndigbo or Obi of Igbo once more. It’s not in our custom,” Okeke said.
The monarch defined that solely these coronated correctly by their communities in Igboland can bear the title of Eze. In response to him, some other type of coronation exterior Igboland has no conventional legitimacy.
In the identical vein, the instant previous Chairman of the Abia State Council of Conventional Rulers, Eze Ndubuisi Nwabeke, described the follow as unlawful and absurd, calling for its complete abolition.
He argued that an Eze should preside over a neighborhood inside Igboland, with clearly outlined territory and conventional authority, not in states or cities exterior the area.
“This factor known as Eze Ndigbo in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, or anyplace exterior Igboland shouldn’t be inspired. It should be abolished as a result of it portrays disrespect to the Igbo conventional rulership system,” Nwabeke stated.
He recalled that the South East Council of Conventional Rulers had lengthy suggested Igbo residents exterior their homeland to designate their leaders as Onye Ndu Ndigbo (Chief of Igbo Individuals) reasonably than Eze Ndigbo.
“An Eze ought to rule over a neighborhood that has a map, a structure, and other people of that lineage. Nobody could be an Eze in one other man’s land. Tenants in city areas can not declare to have palaces in international lands,” he added.
The normal rulers due to this fact urged Igbo communities within the diaspora to respect their host states and cities, whereas preserving the integrity of the Igbo conventional establishment by abolishing the controversial titles.
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