Over the weekend, there was a news story that the Lagos State Government had banned non-indigenous traditional titles over a video made by the Eze Igbo of Oshodi-Isolo, Fred Nwajagu, in response to the ethnic attacks on Igbo during the last election.
Likewise, a Daily Trust news story of August 22, 2014 had the headline: “Okorocha presents a car to Sarkin Hausawa in Imo.” That was obviously part of Okorocha’s way of watering the ground for his presidential ambition. Last year, he eventually contested the presidency in the ruling All Progressives Congress. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chose that period to storm his home days after he bought the presidential form and whisk him away over allegations of corruption.
But this is completely different from the case of those who are called Eze Ndigbo or Oba Yoruba or Sarkin Hausawa. Most times, someone appoints himself to the position, with some of his handpicked friends and associates acting as those who “elected” or “chose” him. Such people eventually become “members of his cabinet.”
As a result of this political usefulness they serve, they are prime assets which cannot be dispensed with by the state governors. Therefore, deep down, even if state governors find them irritating, they cannot do anything to ban them. The worst state governors can do is to clip their wings if they become too overbearing.
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