The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said the newly created Onyendu Ndigbo title will replace the controversial Eze Ndigbo title.
According to the body, the move is to address the controversy surrounding the old title across Nigeria and diaspora,
This was revealed during the induction of diaspora leadership and inauguration of first batch of 32 ‘Onyendu’ Ndigbo leaders drawn from Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Ghana and beyond held In Owerri on Monday.
The chairman of the committee of Regularization of Igbo Diaspora Traditional Title and Leadership, Charles Odunukwe said, “The leader of the Igbos outside homeland territories would be known and called Onyendu or any other title in consultation with the council of Ndieze and Ime-obi. The Eze Igbo or Eze Ndigbo title held presently by Igbo leaders outside the homeland has been proscribed”.
During the induction ceremony, the Chairman of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke
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