The Olubadan-in-Council in a letter has warned Dr Alex C.
Alozie to stop parading himself as holder of the title of Eze Ndigbo of Igbos in Ibadan and Oyo State.
Meanwhile, Alozie yesterday protested
against the letter.
The letter addressed to the President General, Ohaneze
Ndigbo, marked LL8co/02/16 and signed by one Oladepo Abiodun Esq states that
“Our instruction is to make it clear to you that your action and that of your group
you purport to represent in Ibadan and Oyo State in general amounts to an act
of insubordination, illegality and a calculated attempts to cause chaos and
breed a state of anarchy in the state.”
But, responding Dr. Anozie said, “We had informed the whole
world in the past of a high court judgment over the Igbo leadership tussle in
Ibadan and Oyo State which favoured Dr. Alex Anozie and our association, ACDA,
affiliate of Ohaneze worldwide.
Making reference to the letter from the council, he said the
documents referred to were documents that featured between 1997 and 2010 when
most people were confused by the deceit of his opponents.
While addressing newsmen at his ‘palace’ in Ibadan
yesterday, he said “ the State High Court in Ibadan had ruled on the 18th of
February 2014 which no other court has vacated, that only me, Dr Alex Alozie
should be paraded as Eze Ndigbo of Ibadan and Oyo State.”
He further stated that “ it is quite unfortunate that most
people were confused through disgruntled individuals who go about deceiving
people and parading themselves against the judgment of the High court in spite
of the fact that the judgment of the High Court has neither been vacated, nor
have they got any stay of execution against the case.”
He further clarified that the title of Ezendigbo, Onyedu
Ndigbo, Onyeisindigbo or Ochiigbo all mean the same thing in Igbo expression
and that not withstanding anybody or group is at liberty to refer to him as any
of those mentioned Igbo titles.
