Ohanaeze bans ‘Eze Ndigbo’ title outside Igbo land, adopts new constitution

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has proscribed the conferment and usage of the rubric “Eze Ndigbo” extracurricular Igbo land.

DAILY POST reports that the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator Azuta Mbata, announced this connected Thursday during Ohanaeze Imeobi and General Assembly held successful Enugu.

He said that violators would look sanctions to beryllium determined by accepted authorities.

He noted that the determination followed extended consultations and was reached aft a associated gathering involving the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and the enactment of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers.

In a powerfully worded address, the Ohanaeze person said the organisation would formally pass its presumption to authorities governments and diplomatic missions crossed the world.

“Southeast is proscribing the grant of the rubric of Eze Ndigbo extracurricular of Igbo land. Anybody who is being awarded that benignant of rubric anyplace extracurricular of Igbo onshore is connected his own. It is chartless to the Igbo people,” helium stated.

He added, “We volition telephone upon each authorities governors and correspond to each embassies successful the satellite informing them astir the presumption of Igbo.”

Mbata stressed that the presumption of Ohanaeze was last and binding, declaring that the title, erstwhile conferred o...