Anambra community protesters demand release of detained ‘monarch’

Over 100 persons from Amanuke community in Awka North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State on Monday staged a peaceful protest against the arrest and detention of their monarch Chief Dennis Ezebuilo.

The protest was staged at the premises of Federal High Court Awka, Anambra state capital.

Dennis was remanded in police custody by the order of Justice Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa of Awka Federal High Court following a case of alleged impersonation as the traditional ruler of Amanuke and related matters initiated against him by the Police force.

The protesters described Dennis as duly crowned traditional ruler by the community, following extant laws of the land as against Chief Alphonsus Ezebuilo, his cousin who was eventually certified Igwe by the state government.

The traditional ruler of Amanuke, HRH Alphonsus Ezebuilo, had in an interview last week, said he sought justice from the court because he was crowned in 2014 by Amanuke people, and Anambra State Government duly certified him as Igwe on July 12, 2015.