Igweship Tussle: Anambra community writes Soludo, Police over illegal new yam festival

Crisis is brewing successful Ihite Community successful Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, pursuing the announcement of a day for the caller yam festival of the community, contempt a pending quality implicit the throne.

Chief Timothy Okwudiri Ifurunwa had successful January 2026 been installed arsenic the accepted ruler of the assemblage aft helium was issued a certificate of designation by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

Before his installation, members of Ihite Traditional Council, the assemblage saddled with the occupation of selecting the king had frowned astatine the enactment process, insisting that they were sidelined, and a fake assembly utilized to prosecute the job.

They challenged the enactment successful court, and secured a tribunal bid annulling and mounting speech the coronation, until each matters pending successful tribunal astir the enactment were duly treated.

Last week, Timothy Ifurunwa announced the day for the town’s caller yam festival. This irked members of the alleged sidelined accepted assembly who importune that with the throne inactive successful dispute, the disputed monarch had nary close to hole a day for the festival.

Speaking done their lawyer, N.I Onyeakpa (Esq), the assembly petitioned the Anambra State Governor done the commissioner for Local Government, Town Union and Chieftaincy Affair, Vin Ezeaka and the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Nnanna ...