Why I installed Uwazururike as Igbo leader- Igwe Onyesoh

THE traditional ruler of ancient Nri kingdom in Anaocha Council Area of Anambra State, Igwe Obidiegwu Onyesoh, has cleared the air on why he conferred the highest title in Igboland on the leader of the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. 
The conferment, he insisted, was divinely guided.  
Onyesoh, who spoke yesterday in his kingdom, chided politicians and other self- acclaimed leaders for their
uncomplimentary remarks about his decision to decorate Uwazuruike with the title.
He said:  “Those calling for my neck for installing Uwazuruike ‘Ijele Igbo’ are mischievous and I cannot be intimidated into reversing my actions as they wished”.   
The deputy Igbo leader, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka,  assured that the present Igbo leadership will not smear its reputation in the murky waters of Nigerian politics.
The current leadership, he stated, would only play advisory roles where and when necessary to ensure that politicians are accountable to the people. 
He said the group will never deviate from the divine mandate of restoring the values and dignity of Ndigbo.
He cautioned politicians mounting pressures on Eze Obidiegwu Onyesoh to withdraw the chieftaincy title conferred on Uwazuruike  to retrace their steps.
Ezeonwuka, who spoke yesterday while conducting newsmen round the Ogirishi Igbo Conflict Resolution Center at Oba, Anambra State, said there was no going back on the chieftaincy tussle since the spirit guiding the ‘Ofo’ symbol has been given to Uwazuruike by the Nri monarch. 

-TheNation

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