Tony Okafor, Awka
The Oba of Nri (the Igbo ancestral home), Chief Emelie Okika, has warned the Aguleri and Igboukwu communities in the Anambra East and Aguata local government areas of Anambra State to stop laying claim to the headship of the Igbo.
Insisting that Nri is the ancestral home of the Igbo, Okika warned that such issues were spiritual matters that should not be politicised.
He flayed the Aguleri and Igboukwu communities for distorting history on the origin of the Igbo.
While agreeing that Nri and Aguleri shared some historical affinity, Okika said, “Our history with Aguleri is the same; the difference is the penchant for politics. Igboukwu is not near the claim.
“Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have contended such claim with anybody because Nri as the ancestral home of the Igbo is not in doubt.
“Our influence in Igbo land and beyond predated the colonial era….
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