Soludo Renews War with Senator Ifeanyi Ubah

Lebanese-American writer, Kahlil Gibran, said that “passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.” This has been proven time and again in the corridors of power. However, these repetitions are not enough for some people, including Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo. If they had, he wouldn’t take up the proverbial sword against his old rival, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, would he?

Things are starting to heat up in Anambra over the recent actions of the governor, Soludo. According to reports, Soludo recently suspended Igwe Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area. Soludo’s reason for this suspension is that Igwe Ezeani conferred a chieftaincy title on Ubah despite lacking the authority to do so.

Before now, anyone would have assumed that a conferred chieftaincy title was the business of the conferrer and the conferred. But Soludo has educated the public on this, showing that the code of conduct for traditional rulers in Anambra does not permit conferment outside the domain of the conferrer.

In other words, Igwe Ezeani cannot lawfully confer a chieftaincy title on Ubah without permission from the traditional monarch of Nnewi, where Ubah hails from. But can Nnewi’s traditional monarch permit any such conferment without Soludo’s permission? This question has been tactically ignored.

At this point, it looks like Soludo intends to shake the tables of the state against the senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone. They are old rivals and not unused to each other’s tactics. Yet, it looks like Soludo is set on putting new dry wood on top of a fire that is just about to die out.

Some think that Soludo is within his rights to suspend the traditional monarch of Neni indefinitely. Others think that Soludo is overdoing it just to slight Ubah. Nobody knows what Ubah thinks yet, although, drawing from past incidents, this will change soon.