Anambra state government nullifies election of new traditional ruler
The Anambra State Government has nullified election said to have produced a new traditional ruler for Oba community in Idemili Local Government Area of the state, and issued a bench warrant to arrest anybody parading himself as the traditional of the community.
Penpushing reports that Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs TonyCollins Nwabunwanne stated this in a statement on Monday declaring that the community has no traditional ruler at the moment.
The Commissioner at a press conference noted that the people of Oba had allegedly conducted an election for a successor to their Igwe, Peter Ezenwa, who died in 2018, adding that such election was known to the government, which had full supervisory power over community and union matters.
Penpushing further reports that he explained that a subsisting matter was pending in court, stopping the conduct of the election into the traditional ruler’s seat of the Oba community, and the government would not recognise any exercise in contempt of court.
The Commissioner emphasized at the press conference held in Akwa, the state capital said the government did not supervise the process as the law demanded because it was conducted in contempt of Court.
“As of today, there is no traditional ruler or Igwebuike Cabinet in Oba Community. There is a subsisting matter in court which barred the conduct of traditional ruler election before us, and until that matter is dispensed with, there can be no election’, he said.
‘The Anambra government is hereby issuing a bench warrant on anybody parading himself as the traditional ruler of Oba Community, such a person should be arrested by the security agencies’, the commissioner added.
Penpushing also reports that Nwabunwanne declared that the Anambra State Government would do all that was necessary to ensure peace, security and social order, insisting that communities must respect the laws of the state and the constitutions they made for themselves.
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