Senator Andy Uba's community in Anambra, Uga gets Igwe , after 20 years intrigues

Uga Community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, home to Senator Andy Uba
was agog at the weekend as Prince Chidi Ezenwugo emerged the Igwe-elect after a protracted  legal battle. It was gathered that the battle has been on for over 20 years.
In  a ceremony to mark the end of the tussle and emergence of  Prince Ezenwugo as Igwe-elect, President-General of Uga Improvement Union (UIU), Chief Goddy Uche Akam, said  the union followed its 1984 constitution which states that “the office of Igwe of Uga shall be hereditary.”

Chief Akam, who said there was no contention as to the family or kindred the contestant would come from, pointed out that whoever is adopted and  presented to Uga Representative Assembly (URA) for ratification assumes the position. He stressed that the emergence of the Igwe-elect was done at St James’ Anglican Church field before the Igwe-elect was presented to the General Assembly for acceptance.
During the presentation of the Igwe-elect at Nkwo Uga, a common gathering square for the four quarters of Umueze, Oka, Umuoru and Awarasi that make up Uga community, shots were fired into the air. He said the ceremony would be followed by the Igwe-elect signing a document for the community after which he would be eligible for presentation to  Aguata council headquarters. According to the law, the Igwe-elect would be installed and given certificate of recognition by the state government.