By Okechukwu Onuegbu
The Coordinator of APGA Media Warriors Forum, Evangelist Chinedu Obigwe has warned Chief Austin Ndigwe to stop parading himself as the Traditional Ruler of Awka kingdom as it amounts to rubbing shoulders with the State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo.
Ndigwe was spotted in a viral video parading as a monarch with police escorts at a burial event held on Monday in the State capital despite the State government implementation of a white paper report of a committee set to investigate the rulership crisis which ruled that Obi Gibson Nwosu remains their authentic monarch.
Obigwe, while reacting to the incident in a press statement, described it as a shameless act of an impostor, dancing naked dance of shame on Monday.
"Governor Soludo is not the type of Governor Austin Ndigwe can rub shoulders with. He can do it with any other person but not Soludo. One other person that saw the above referred news report told me that Austin Ndigwe is playing with a consuming fire.
"As of today, the report of the Judicial panel of enquiry on the Awka traditional stool crisis has been adopted and gazetted by the State government. That report stated clearly that Austin Ndigwe is not the traditional ruler of Awka and that the authentic traditional ruler of Awka is His Royal Majesty igwe Gibson Nwosu.
"The cobwebs covering the eyes of the impostor will soon clear from his eyes and that will be when he must have realised that Governor Soludo administration is not one that he can toy with. Am happy that many people saw him parading himself as Ezeuzu Awka the 3rd on Monday so that when he faces the consequence of his lawless action, the Governor will not be accused of witch hunting him.
"The issue of the authentic traditional ruler of Awka has been settled and the position of the State government is that Gibson Nwosu remains the recognised traditional ruler of Awka.