Och’Idoma nullifies titles conferred on Benue Deputy Speaker, others

The Idoma Area Traditional Council (IATC) has nullified chieftaincy titles reportedly conferred by the Ward Head of Akpoge/Ogbilolo successful Ado Local Government Area of Benue State.

The improvement comes days aft the Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Chief Mrs Lami Danladi Ogenyi, was conferred with the rubric of “Ene Ebo Y’Agila”, besides known arsenic “Onkpo Etsi’Egontu”, by the Agila Akpoge-Ogbilolo Ward Traditional Council.

In an authoritative merchandise dated September 1, 2026, the IATC declared that the conferment of chieftaincy titles by the Ward Head connected August 29, 2026, violated an earlier declaration by the Council dated September 2, 2025.

The Council said the enactment was contrary to the authorization vested successful the Och’Idoma nether the Benue State Chieftaincy Law of 2016, arsenic amended.

It consequently declared each the affected titles “annulled, void, and of nary legal, customary, oregon accepted effect.”

The accepted assembly further announced the withdrawal of titles antecedently issued by the IATC to immoderate of its rubric holders who participated successful what it described arsenic the “pseudo conferment” astatine Agila and elsewhere connected August 29.

It besides directed members of the public, authorities institutions and accepted stakeholders to disregard the affected titles and accord the...