- The community also accused the Commissioner for Rural Development, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Local Government matters, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, of complicity in Okwesiri’s high-handed administration.
- Chief Anikwe Ndigwe appealed to Governor Dr. Peter Mbah to urgently dethrone the community’s traditional ruler.
- The community alleges that the monarch has been governing their affairs while residing in Boston, United States.
The IbuteEgede Autonomous Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State has taken to the streets to protest their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe Peter Ikenna Okwesiri, also known as Mmiri na Ezoro-oha.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the community alleges that the monarch has been governing their affairs while residing in Boston, United States, thereby neglecting his duties as the custodian of the community’s culture.
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In addition to their grievances against the monarch, the community also accused the Commissioner for Rural Development, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Local Government matters, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, of complicity in Okwesiri’s high-handed administration.
They further condemned the alleged persistent harassment, persecution, and unlawful arrest of their indigenes by policemen from the Police Force CID Anex at Agbani road, Enugu State, supposedly on the directive of the American-based traditional ruler.
The villagers carried plac-ards with inscriptions such as “You cannot be a traditional ruler of Ibute-Egede and live in Boston”, “Ibute-Egede deserves a Monarch that lives amongst his community”, “Stop the Police harassment”, “DPO Agbani stop the harassment”, “CP/IGP call Agbani DPO to order”.
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During the protest an elderly participant named Chief Anikwe Ndigwe appealed to Governor Dr. Peter Mbah to urgently dethrone the community’s traditional ruler, Igwe Peter Ikenna Okwesiri. Okwesiri has been accused of administering the community’s affairs while residing in the United States.
