Owere - Ezukala Community Celebrates New Yam Festival, as Obiano shuns invitation

Owere-Ezukala in Orumba South Local Government Area at the weekend celebrated their 2018 New yam festival. The traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Thomas Ogbonnaya and the entire community at Ishishi Square of the town. 


The 8 villages in the community were in attendance with different cultural exhibitions.

Igbawuru-aja cultural troop of the Owere-Ezukala, which emerged champions at 1977 FESTAC cultural exhibition in Lagos, also performed during the new yam celebration.

The town had expected the Governor , Chief Willie Obiano to perform functions at the
Africa’s biggest natural cave and waterfalls, the Owerre-Ezukala Caves and Waterfalls but he allegedly did not come. Details later