CHAIRMAN OMENANI AWKA REAFFIRMS AUSTIN NDIGWE AS AWKA MONARCH, CONDEMNS SOLUDO-LED PANEL OUTCOME
CHAIRMAN OMENANI AWKA REAFFIRMS AUSTIN NDIGWE AS AWKA MONARCH, CONDEMNS SOLUDO-LED PANEL OUTCOME Chief Toochukwu Nwokoye Nwosu, Chairman of Omenani Awka, the apex body representing traditionalists (Ndi Omenala) in Awka has strongly reaffirmed Chief Austin Ndigwe as the legitimate monarch of Awka Kingdom, dismissing the recent findings of the Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. In a strongly worded statement issued today, Chief Nwosu described the panel's conclusions which reinstated Obi Gibson Nwosu (Eze Uzu II) and declared Austin Ndigwe's claims invalid and an affront to the state government as a biased and unacceptable imposition on Awka's indigenous traditions. "The panel's outcome is a direct assault on our ancestral heritage and the sacred customs of Ndi Omenala," Chief Nwosu declared. "We reject it in its entirety. The so-called Commission failed to honor the true voice of the land and instead sought to su...