Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's father, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo, has won a chieftaincy suit in Ogwashi-Uku Aniocha South local government area of Delta State.
There was a controversy as to whose chieftaincy position is valid in Ogwashi-Uku and which Obi that can perform the installation.
11 claimants, including Emmanuel Nwaolise, had in a joint statement deemed illegal, null and void their purported removal by Obi Okonjo and four others, having been installed by the then-prescribed authority of Ogwashi-Uku community leader, Felix Izediunor.
Meanwhile, Obi Okonjo maintained that the said claimants cannot be considered chiefs since the aforementioned Felix Izediunor was himself not validly installed and recognised as the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku.
The High Court ruled that the self-acclaimed Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Felix Izediunor, was not validly installed as the Obi of the community and, therefore, could not have derived the power in accordance with Ogwashi-Uku native law and custom to perform the duties ascribed to the holder of the position to wit: installation of a chief in the community.
The judgment was a fallout of a suit instituted against the reigning Obi of the community, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, by some chiefs and elders of Azungwu Quarters in Ogwashi-Uku over what they termed their unlawful removal from their positions by Obi Okonjo.
The defendants also tendered a former court judgment which restored the Obiship throne of Ogwashi-Uku to Umu-Obahai lineage which subsequently gave birth to the emergence of Obi Chukwuka Okonjo as the current Obi of Ogwashi-Uku.
Delivering judgment, Justice Theresa Diai observed that since the said Felix Izediunor was not presented to the Onihe family for installation as adduced in the evidence of the defendants, he could not be said to have emerged the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, especially wherein the claimants on their part failed to prove to the contrary that the said Felix Izediunor was validly installed by the Onihe family of Ogwashi-Uku under its native law and custom.
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