Fight To Finish On Who Succeeds Ojukwu

 


                A new twist has been added to the struggle to fill the Ezeigbo throne vacated by the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, as his close associate, Dr. Michael Nwoye Ozua Okoye, yesterday declared himself the Igbo regent. Okoye said with his position as the traditional prime minister of Igboland (Onowu-Igbo) and deputy Igbo leader to Ojukwu, he would act as the Igbo regent, pending the emergence of a successor as Ezeigbo, after the expiration of the mourning period.
He said it was not only sacrilegious for anyone to discuss Igbo leadership succession when Ojukwu’s mourning period was not yet over, but also an insult to Igbo culture and tradition.
Speaking with journalists in his office in Onitsha, Anambra State, Okoye, who called himself regent/traditional prime minister of Igboland, cautioned Ndigbo against any attempt to abandon the Igbo leadership structure left behind by Ojukwu for any other structure.
He was speaking against the backdrop of the installation of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, as Ijele Ndigbo, to replace Ojukwu as Ezeigbo Gburugburu and Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka as Ogirishi Igbo to deputise him, as well as other Igbo sons who are laying claim to the Igbo leader-hip.
Okoye queried the rationale behind all these developments when he is still alive and had been holding the title of tradi-tional prime minister of Igbo land (Onowu-Igbo) for many years and now the regent since Ojukwu’s exit.
He said he was installed as Onowu Igbo in 1996, the same day and time Ojukwu was installed as Ezeigbo Gburugburu by the Adama of Nri Kingdom.
He said: “I’m now the regent of Igbo land and I will hold on to it until a new Igbo leader emerges. I have begun to pray fervently for Ojukwu’s real replacement to emerge.”
Okoye recalled that there were other prominent Igbo personalities, who along with him, were actively involved in the course of Igbo leadership with Ojukwu.
The man expressed surprise over media reports linking some peo-ple with the positions of Igbo leader and deputy Igbo leader, without the names of those who worked with the late Biafran leader.
He said: “Most of us were very close to Ojukwu before the war and we fought the war with him and re-united again with him when he returned from exile. We formed the structure of his Igbo lead-ership and went to places with him for the purpose of Igbo leadership. So, how on earth could anybody assume the position of Igbo leader outside us or without our input?”
Okoye recalled that it was Ojukwu who chose him as the traditional prime minister to be his deputy.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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