By Ovat Abeng
The people of Ndiowu community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has staged a peaceful protest against alledged plan by the State Government to conduct Igweship election (Eze Ndiowu) against the constitution of the town on Monday, January 12th, 2026.
The Protest that took place on Sunday, January 11th, 2026, at the Community’s civic center has in attendence Elderly men/women, youths and hundreds of indigenes/ non-indegenes.
speaking to Journalists on behalf of the people shortly after the protest, the former President General of Ndiowu Development Union, Chief Chike Emenike, appeal to the State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo to urgently intervened to avoid break down of law and order ahead of the planned Igweship election says to be contested between; * Barrister Ogochukwu Nwankwo, Mr Onyeka Nwafor, Onyeka Kanu, Mr Obuneme Okeke and Chief Chibuzor Okeke.
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Emenike, expressed fear that, there is likely to be crisis in the community, if the government through the State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy matters and Orumba North Council Authority refused to postpone the election day to 2026 Easter day celebration as unanimously agreed by the community.
“Our last traditional ruler died 11-years ago.
According to him, the Monday, January 12th, 2026 scheduled day for the election fixed by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy matters under the leadership of Hon Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, doesn’t tilling with the community constitution that is properly gargeted by the State government.
It has never happened since the creation of Ndiowu community where Igweship and President General elections respectively will be held outside the constitution of the town with secret ballot formula and the disfranchisement of women in electorate process.
“We don’t want someone who based in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar or Port Harcourt to be our traditional ruler. If the State Government go ahead with it plan to conduct the Igweship election is like imposing a Monarch against us and the Gods of the land.
“We are peace going people, we don’t want our community to be on fire. We want governor Soludo to urgently intervened by ordering his Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy matters, Hon Tony Collins Nwabunwanne and the Executive Chairman of Orumba North Council Area, Mr Casmir to respect the wishes of Ndiowu people by shifting the election to 2026 Easter day celebration as generally aggree by the community, arguing that the new day will enable the community to properly informed sons and daughters of the town residing outside the state about the agree new day, Emenike concluded.
In their separate contributions, Ndiowu women leader, Lady Ifeyinwa Okafor and her Youth counterpart, Comrade Onyeka Okeke, threatened to boycott the process, if the government go ahead with the plan election.
