Soludo suspends monarch for conferring chieftaincy title on APC’s Ifeanyi Ubah

Soludo suspends monarch for conferring chieftaincy title on APC’s Ifeanyi Ubah

Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has suspended indefinitely the traditional ruler of Neni, Igwe Damian Ezeani.

The monarch was said to have drawn the anger of the governor by conferring a chieftaincy title of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress in preparation for his contest for the next governorship election to challenge the incumbent governor.

The state government, through the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Collins Nwabunwanne, said that the monarch did not get permission to do such.

A statement by the government, signed by Nwabunwanne, said the order as well as directives by lawful authorities could not be tolerated in the new Anambra of today.

The statement read, “We have received confirmed reports that you, as the traditional ruler of Neni, conferred such a phantom chieftaincy title today on one Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in violation of the Code of Conduct and without clearance from the ministry.

“Whether or not your action was for pecuniary reasons as being insinuated in many quarters is irrelevant. What is important is that your action is an affront to order and good governance.

“In the light of the, above, and for order and good governance, I am directed to inform you that Mr. Governor has in the exercise of his powers under Section 2 (C) of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers (Amendment) Law, 2020, suspended your recognition as Traditional Ruler of Neni until further notice.”