President General of the Igbo Community Assembly, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Engr. Ikenna Ezenekwe has advocated for the scrapping of the Eze Igbo title in Diaspora, saying that it negates the tradition and culture of kingship in Igbo land.
Ezenekwe spoke at the weekend while reacting to the attack on the palace of Eze Igbo Ghana recently by the indigenes following the reported acquisition of hectares of land by the diasporan monarch.
Ezenekwe, while condemning the attack, noted that abolishing the Eze Igbo title in Diaspora in accordance with the Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s recommendation, would go a long way in averting such unwarranted crisis between the Igbos and their host communities.
He charged the Igbos in Diaspora to live in harmony with their host communities, as well as respect the culture and traditions of the host communities.
He blamed the over bearing attitude of the diasporan monarchs in their host communities as the major causes of such crisis.
The Igbo leader insisted that there was no need for Eze Igbo title outside Igboland as every autonomous community in Igbo land has its traditional ruler.
He added that Eze Igbo title in Diaspora be replaced with the office of President General and Council of Elders to administer the affairs of Igbo in Diaspora.
Ezenekwe said, “The problem is this Eze Igbo title in Diaspora.
“Some people want to be Eze in foreign land. If you want to be Eze, go to your autonomous community and contest.
“The over reaching and over bearing attitude of some of these Ezes in Diaspora has not helped matters.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo recommended for the scrapping of Eze Igbo title in Diaspora and that is where I stand. It should be scrapped.
“We don’t need Eze Igbo title in Diaspora when we have our Ezes in our homeland.”
