{"id":156766,"date":"2025-03-26T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/we-are-not-under-your-control-group-carpets-ban-by-abia-council-of-traditional-rulers"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:29:24","slug":"we-are-not-under-your-control-group-carpets-ban-by-abia-council-of-traditional-rulers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/we-are-not-under-your-control-group-carpets-ban-by-abia-council-of-traditional-rulers","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are not under your control\u2019 \u2013 Group carpets ban by Abia Council of Traditional Rulers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group, Ndigbo Progressive Traditional Rulers has said that it is not under the control of Abia State Council of traditional rulers and cannot be disbanded.<\/p>\n<p>Abia State Council of traditional rulers had last week, disbanded the Ndigbo Progressive Traditional Rulers because of some alleged unwholesome activities.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Chairman of the group, Eze Everest Nnamdi Ofoegbu in a statement, explained that his group was not an appendage of the Abia State Council of traditional rulers or a body under its control.<\/p>\n<p>Eze Ofoegbu, who is a traditional ruler in Ohuhu clan of Umuahia North LGA, said that the group is not a parallel body to any Council of traditional rulers in the South East but only working for the collective good of the citizens of all Igbo-speaking States, lawfully and peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe constitution of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers does not empower it to ban any organization, body, or association from conducting its activities, especially when such an organization is operating lawfully and does not disrupt societal peace or cause harm to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is perplexing that the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, whose influence is confined to Abia State, would attempt to ban a body like Ndigbo Progressive Traditional Rulers, whose membership and influence extend across the entire Igbo-speaking regions of the Southeast and South-South\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eze Ofoegbu reaffirmed the support of the group to Governor Alex Otti and other governors of the Igbo-speaking States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A group, Ndigbo Progressive Traditional Rulers has said that it is not under the control of Abia State Council of traditional rulers and cannot be disbanded. Abia State Council of traditional rulers had last week, disbanded the Ndigbo Progressive Traditional Rulers because of some alleged unwholesome activities. 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