Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has given an order restraining paramount rulers in Akwa Ibom State from interfering in the selection of family heads in
The court gave the order on Friday while delivering judgment in a case between Chief Ezekiel Effiong Japhet and three other members of Nung Atum family of Nung Ukot Itam in Itu Local Government Area, as claimants and Chief Bassey Udo Edem and Edidem Edet Akpan Inyang, the paramount ruler of Itu Local Government Area as defendants.
The court declared the first claimant, Chief Ezekiel Effiong Japhet, having been elected and selected by the family members of Nung Atum family, remains the family head of Nung Atum family. Justice Ntong also held that family headship was not a political office, but a sole duty of a family to select who should lead them, according to their laid-down tradition and customs.
Justice Ntong also said to engender peace and unity in communities, the proper line of communication should be from the family head to the village head, village head to the clan head, clan head to the paramount ruler and paramount ruler to the state government through the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
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