Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, at the weekend, installed his father, His Royal Highness Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwamkpu, as the traditional ruler of his newly created autonomous community in Ndufu Ikwo, Ebonyi State.
Nwifuru presented a certificate of recognition and a staff of office to the new monarch (his father) which he noted, was in accordance to the Law establishing Ebonyi State Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Cap 146.
While charging the new king to also ensure that peace and unity reigned in his domain, the governor lamented the ill treatment which he said the people of the community meted out to his father in the early stages of his life, which according to him led the monarch into polygamy.
Governor Nwifuru said, “if I continue to tell you the level of humiliation my father suffered in the hands of my people, everybody here will cry. Even this primary school that we chose as the venue of this event, was our farm land, but they took it away from us and chased my father away from his farm, for doing nothing.
"It even got to a point that my father stopped us from associating with any member of this community. It was this condition that actually led him into marrying many wives, for him to get many children.“
The new monarch, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwamkpu, is a polygamist with 19 wives and 108 children. (source: Voice of Nigeria). NNL.