KINGSLEY EBERE
This is not the best of times for self-acclaimed Eze Emmanuel Chukwuakalikamadu after he realized that the Eze Udo title he has been parading is Chief class title as he eventually lost the Ezendigbo position to Eze Umenweke Chukwukadibe of Oriade LCDA in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the certificate given to Eze Chukwuakalikamadu bears the Eze Udo title (Chief class), which was created by the Ezendigbo in Lagos State, Eze Hycient Ohazuruike, for them to attend his cabinet meetings at his palace.
The Council of Ezendigbo in Lagos State led by Eze Chika Nwokedi also confirmed that Eze Chukwuakalikamadu presented the Eze Udo certificate and in the land mark judgment confirmed that Eze Umenwekwe Chukwukadibe was the first crowned Ezendigbo in Oriade LCDA.
By the certificate, Eze Chukwuakalikamadu is entitled to attend cabinet meetings at Eze Ohazuruike’s palace and not Ezendigbo in Oriade LCDA according to Ndieze but he is yet to join the association led by Eze Uche Dimgba.
Since Eze Chukwuakalikamadu realized that the certificate issued to him by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oriade LCDA, was as a Chief class instead of Ezendigbo, he has been fighting known and unknown enemies both in Oriade LCDA and Lagos State Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene.
It was gathered that Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Oriade led by their chairman, Nze Edwin Egboka, considered Eze Chukwuakalikamadu because of character issue and played on his intelligence by adding Eze Udo in his title. And due to probably lack of proper education, Chukwuakalikamadu thought that by adding Eze to his title, it makes him Eze Ndigbo in OriadeLCDA.
However, the picture became clearer to Eze Chukwuakalikamadu last week when Ohanaeze Ndigbo Oriade LCDA comprising 11 zones unanimously recognized and made a public presentation of certificate of recognition to Eze Umenwekwe Chukwukadibe as Ezendigbo in Oriade LCDA.
He was shocked, jolted by the public rejection as Ezendigbo and subsequent recognition Eze Chukwukadibe as Ezendigbo in Oriade LCDA. Since then, he has been abusing the chairman of Ohanaeze in Oriade LCDA, Nze Edwin Egboka, his executives and leaders of the 11 zones in Oriade LCDA.
However, Nze Edwin Egboka made clarifications and stated that Oriade LCDA recognized two Ezes, Eze Umunweke Chukwukadibe as Ezendigbo and Eze Emmanuel Chukwuakalikamadu as Eze Udo in Oriade LCDA.
P.M.EXPRESS investigation revealed that the Eze Udo title given to Chukwuakalikamadu did not connote Ezeship because the creator of the title, Eze Hycient Ohazuruike, made it clear that it is a Chief class title. Therefore, Eze Chukwuakalikamadu cannot claim to be Eze in Oriade LCDA.
Since he realized that he has lost the Ezeship in Oriade LCDA, he has tried to create a faction in Ohanaeze by attempting to lure the Deputy Chairman of Ohanaeze, Chief Victor Nnotum, to create a faction of Ohanaeze in order to make it look like Ohanaeze Oriade is in crisis.
However, the president of Ohanaeze, Lagos State, Chief Solomon Aguene, made a clear statement by attending the empowerment programme organized by Nze Edwin Egboka and his executives last week, by sending his chief of staff, Chief Thompson Ohia to represent him and received an award.
It was at the event that Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Oriade LCDA made a public presentation of the certificate of recognition to Eze Umenwekwe Chukwukadibe as Ezendigbo in Oriade LCDA.
He is now claiming that Chief Nnotum is a factional Chairman of Ohanaeze in Oriade LCDA. But both Nnotum and Chukwuakalikamadu were abandoned by Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Oriade LCDA.
It was gathered that Nnotum and Chukwuakalikamadu’s household with few relations now formed a faction of Ohanaeze, which is not recognized by members and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State led by Chief Aguene.