JUST IN: Ebonyi Monarch, Eze Chibueze Agbo Dies

• oldest traditional rulers in the state, His Royal Highness, Eze Chibueze Agbo is dead.

Ebonyi State Monarch and oldest traditional rulers in the state, His Royal Highness, Eze Chibueze Agbo is dead.

He was the Ogaba Idu II of Izhia Kingdom, in Ohaukwu local government area and passed on at age 81.

He ascended the Izhia kingdom traditional stool in 1978.

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His Eldest Son, Prince Chinedu Chibueze Agbo announced the news on Tuesday amidst tears and weeping by all present.

Prince Chinedu Chibueze Agbo noted that the Community has lost its leader.

“The great protector of our people has gone to the great beyond”, he wailed.

Also speaking, one of his sons and former Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Ndubuisi Chibueze Agbo described the late monarch as an enigma and collossus.

Prince Agbo said, “He was among the founding fathers of Ebonyi State. He was the treasurer of the Ebonyi state movement. He also attracted the College of Medicine to Abakaliki when the state was part of Enugu state amongst other legacies”

The traditional Prime Minister of the palace, Chief Emmanuel Onweaka also eulogised the late monarch describing him as a peacemaker.

He announced that the burial will take place on November 28.