http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/24037-igbodo-crisis-obi-osadume-finally-bows-to-tradition-takes-new-wife-from-his-community.html

The drama surrounding the traditional ruler of Igbodo in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Nkeobikwu Osadume, has finally been laid to rest.

The monarch has bowed to the wish of his people by taking a new wife in line with the primordial custom and tradition of the Igbodo people.

He was said to have officially presented the queen to the people last week.

This development was against his initial stance not to take a second wife being a born again Christian and a staunch member of Living Faith Church, a.k.a Winners Chapel.

The monarch did the presentation of the new queen at a colourful ceremony, held at the ancestral palace of Igbodo Kingdom.

He thanked God for the peaceful resolution of all the issues surrounding his marriage.

The monarch assured the people that he would continue to uphold the custom and tradition of the kingdom and appealed to his people to work towards the development of the community.

He also thanked the state government for intervening in the matter.

The royal father expressed happiness over the unity of purpose that exists among the Obi-in-Council and the Igbodo Development Union (IDU), urging his people not to compromise the peace and unity of the people.

The traditional Prime Minister of Igbodo Kingdom, Dr Ifeanyi Unomah, said the turbulent period was over and thanked the traditional ruler for listening to the wise counsels of those who intervened on the matter.

Dr Unomah said that the choice of a queen from the community was in line with the custom of Igbodo Kingdom.

The president general of IDU worldwide, Chief Peterson Ozili-Chiemeke, said Igbodo was an agrarian community yearning for development.

According to him, the controversies over the marriage of the Obi to non-Igbodo lady was a distraction, adding that the matter had been resolved amicably.

Chief Ozili-Chiemeke paid glowing tribute to the state Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Otuamah; the Obi of Owa Kingdom, Emmanuel Efeizamor the second; Obi of Umunede Kingdom, Agadagidi Ezenwani the first and the transition committee chairman of Ika North East Local Government Area, Princess Ijenwa Okunoke, for their personal intervention and interest towards the peaceful resolution of the matter.

A member of the Obi-in-Council, Chief Gilbert Nwaije, maintained that now that the marriage issue was over, attention would be on the development of the community.

The ceremony featured the decoration of the queen with beads by the Obi who also led his wife to her seat in the palace as the queen of the community.

Several notable sons and daughters of Igbodo community who witnessed the ceremony also paid homage to the king and the wife.

It will be recalled that Obi Osadume, a Law graduate from Madonna University, after ascending the throne of his forefathers, took a wife from outside his kingdom against the tradition of his community which stipulates that a serving monarch can only raise a heir apparent from a woman married from the Igbodo kingdom.

The kingdom of Igbodo was thrown into turmoil late last year as the king, who stood against the request that he should divorce his ‘strange’ wife based on his Christian religious faith.

His wife was chased out of the palace by the people and his palace deserted, living him to live a life of seclusion.

He was said to have rented an apartment in Asaba where he kept the woman, while he paid nocturnal visit to her, said to be against the tradition of royal fathers.

Emotion rose high in the kingdom as the monarch was abandoned to his fate, given the options of abdicating the throne of his ancestors while he stuck to his foreign wife or take a second wife who would bear him a heir apparent as demanded by the tradition of the people.

The height of the imbroglio came when the monarch secretly invited his in-laws from Ebonyi State to help him secretly bury his late mother against the tradition of the people.

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Area-Fada:

The size of Namibia is only half of it.
It also has the massive Namib desert (one of the most arid and hottest places on earth) that stretches even to the coast, a very unusual geography. It is the dryness (not supporting enough vegetation/plants) that has reduced human settlement along the salty sea water without a delta region bringing fresh water from inland rivers.

After considering high fertility rate (simply used to describe how many kids people chose to have, not biological superiority) in the North, have you also compared infant/maternal mortality in both regions?

Birth is only one part of population growth, surviving childhood and childbearing is another part.

Please spare us all these geographical postulations. Men need to go in to women. Fruitfully. That is how populations grow. There should be peace,good health.food and general security for populations to grow. Is there any geography explanation for why India and china have populations in excess of One billion? and neither Europe nor the USA does
The fact is we have to do censuses and we have to accept the results whether they favour us or not and stop all these fake theories

nnenna.1:
Geography has much to do with population since nearness to water, rainfall and soil fertility determines the number of people that can survive in an environment.

Again, why you still comparing the geography of countries outside West Africa to Nigeria?

What about the fact that Ethiopia has a high altitude (highlands equal very, very, very high levels rainfall and thus VERY fertile soil year-round for agriculture on a subsistence level). This is in addition to the Nile river?

You also do know that Niger produces and exports many of the items you say come from the North.

I just checked the exports for millet production worldwide - guess which country comes after Northern Nigeria?

All that with 5x less the population, 2 times the landmass and a notorious reputation for drought.

Okay bro. Believe whatever you want.

You are the one that exposited a universal geography theory ,your words were "without exception"
It is either you stand by your theory or you do not . First you say it is water I show you that the food production is massive in Northern Nigeria and now you are bringing in Niger.Your Niger analogy undermines your argument not butress it
Finally we have shown
The south is very densely populated but it is SMALL about 1/4 the size of "the North" which in Nigeria is the "Political" North. The Geographical North would divide the country in HALF 50/50 .
Does geography explain Why Bayelsa a coastal State is one of the least populated?
Please give that theory a break and face FACTS
Anyway I do not subscribe to geography but fact. You theory does not explain why more than half of West African population is in Nigeria

You are very ignorant you think you kno and you know nothing. Especially about Nigerian geogragphy. go and read about the Mambila plateau

the Adamawa mountains,The Gongola River the Cameroun highands that are continued into Nigeria ,the yankari Game reserve etc. Yes there are several mountains ( with fertile valleys) in Nigeria almost ALL in the North. Read about the River Benue and its tributaries from Taraba State . Read about the Chad Basin ,the Yedsarem river and a whole lot more
read about the fertile lands in the Jos Plateaus area,READ ABOUT The Mandara Mountain,The Biu Plateau. Read Perhaps you will learn that Benue River has its origin in NIGERIA. The Largest river with Origins in Nigeria
Educate yourself and stop your confused theorizing

ubanett: who pays for the feeding ?

what does da have to do with the subject here

nnenna.1:


NIGER IS 2X the size of Northern Nigeria with less than 5 times the population. Please explain this.

You are asking what is the relevance of rivers to population?

Oh, I don't know - maybe fishes, use for localized agriculture. Bathing, drinking, basic sustenance of human life?

Sound stupid?

There is nothing to explain because I am not in the business of explaining I believe in censuses.Geography is ONE VARIABLE but there are others
That is why Ethiopia a completely LANDLOCKED country is more populated than many coastal African nations.
Nigeria is close to 60% of West African population.Is this to be explained by just geography


Any theory such as yours has to be examined. People do not drink Coastal waters. Niger is in the dessert. Northern Nigeria is not.
We heard stories of "Boko Haram hiding in the Forest" from the Nigerian Army. The North is Not a dessert as many Nigerians like to pretend. The word Kaduna means crocodile based on the River Kaduna and its Crocodiles
Mybe you do not know but I will give you a few facts

Next to India Nigeria is the Largest Producer of millet in the World
Nigeria is the largest producer of Shea nuts in the World
Nigeria is the Lrgest producer of Groundnuts in Africa
All produced in the North
Beans
Cattle
goats
yams
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Rice all from the North

The North feeds the South and north the other way round


Beans is produce in Maiduguri to feed the South

nnenna.1:


My theory is that there almost always a dense population where there is a large body of water.

Without exception.

My theory with West Africa proves this because the Northern part is comprised of dry Sahel while the South is coastal and filled with rivers. It makes sense that the Southern tips of West Africa be more populated and more densly filled with people than the North.

Southern Nigeria also has many Rivers, in addition to the Delta river and Confluence of the Niger river + the atlantic ocean.

Why does Nigeria account for more than half of West Africa doe it have the largest body of water?
You need to refine your theory. HOW does water translate into population if not food production. Where is the food production in Nigeria
Yes there is large population in Southern Nigeria but when we say "southern Nigeria" is that a geograhical or a political south. Geography would divide any territory 50/50 but in Nigeria North /South is about 80/20 or something not far from that.

If your theory works without exception why are you then trying to say West Africa is different. You are essentially designing a theory to fit your prejudice. The reality is the only way to determine population is to count.

Your knowledge of Northern Geography is poor. There are several rivers in the North. Longer and bigger as well as a massive lake.
"Large body of water" is a meaningless phrase. more important is ; is that water useful for food production? The level of irrigation in the north is

massive and ther is next to nothing in the south

nnenna.1:


There are several other rivers in Southern Nigeria - even more so per capita than the North.

Did you know that despite the drought in Niger, they are able to export substantial quantities of livestock and all the other foodstock you ascribe to Northern Nigeria?

Why does the population increase as we ascend to Northern Nigeria and dramatically drop right on top at Niger (which has 2X the landmass of the North)? Especially since we can establish that water attracts people and the North is drier than the South.

Also, what makes you think that the censuses we have been taking are credible?

Why did a British colonial office admit to the administration inflating the North's population per this article from Vanguard:

Even if it is true the population decreases southward. In Nigeria the North is Four Times the size of the South. Four times there is no escaping that fact. I ask again what is the relevance of rivers to population is it food production?

nnenna.1:
Did you know that the Nile River branches off into Ethiopia via a tributary?

Guess where Addis Ababa is close to.

Did you know that river Congo, the deepest river in the world, surrounds the top-most part of Congo?

Guess where Brazzaville and Kinshasa are close to.

Water, water, water. Population, population, population.

Stop comparing the geographies from other regions to West Africa!!!

You have failed to tell us exactly what geography has to do with population the only Logical argument is food production and in Nigeria we know where our food is produced.
There is no such thing as Geography of West Africa e.g there is no other place in West Africa on the Same Latitude as the Niger Delta
There are So many rivers in the North of Nigeria and a massive lake too. So Nigeria's geography is different. But again what does geography have to do with population in our case ,what is your theory ??

nnenna.1:



We are examining a trend across the west African region.

GENERALLY, the southern parts of the region are densly populated and this reduces the further North you go.

Also I think your examples don't cut it.

Mogadishu is a coastal city

Cairo is situated near the Nile (longest river in the world which has sustained Egyptian civilization for millenia)

You cannot use American cities to Judge West Africa's demographics as they relate to Geography.

There is a reason why the drier cities in Western USA are densely populated by European Migrants but it is not as fluid or natural as you would find in Africa. Here's a hint: Gold.

There is NO TREND in West Africa. Nigeria is aberration in the fact that it accounts for more than half of the population of West Africa with about 10% the land mass. Another difference is that we have two Major Rivers meeting in Northern Nigeria in addition to the Largest lake and SEVERAL other rivers in Northern Nigeria. Northern Nigeria Produces probably the Highest amount of millet,Shea nuts in the World . more Groundnuts and Cattle and generally more agricultural output than comparable regions in West Africa. I am not here to argue that Northern Nigeria is more populous but to say the argument being put up to claim otherwise are sentimental and wrong. We do not determine population by logical postulation but by CENSUSES.

Anyway the Southern Part of Nigeria is about four times as densely populated even according to the official census. The fact is the North of Nigeria is Four times the size of the south.
. The other issue is what do we mean by "North" . Is this Geographical North or Political North?

nnenna.1:
How do you explain the fact that Niger Republic, which is situated right above Nigeria with about 2x the landmass of Northern Nigeria, has only 18 million people?

Keep in mind that there are more incidences of drought in the North, just as we have more incidences of drought in Niger compared to Nigeria.

I don't have any explanation I am not trying to explain anything I am only interested in the facts not baseless theories or explanations.

What is the population of Ethiopia ?? 90 million which makes it second in Africa and to the best of my knowledge it has NO COAST

Democratic Republic of Congo with 74 million is number 4 and yes you guessed right IT HAS NO COAST Compare thes two nations with their coastal Neighbours

Why is Nigeria one of the smallest landmasses in Africa the most populous.Is the Nigerian Coast the longest in Africa?
I do not know honestly but that does not mean we must then concoct or fabricate a pseudo-logical explanation . My point is that the claim that "All over the world coastal areas are more populous" is rubbish.



The fact that I cannot explain a thing does not mean we should accept ANY explanation. I am not sure of what relevance drought is to Nigeria's population? Is there drought in Nigeria? If so who is affected?

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patriotic007: he resigned because he said the truth about the true distribution of nigerian population.How can we say that katstina is more populated than enugu or Anambra and kano is more populated than lagos?All over the world the further away from the coast the lesser the population except Nigeria for political reasons

I do not know whether Kano is more populated than Lagos but the flaw in Your logic is Apparent Most Nigerians and probably you will accept Kano is more populated that Akwa Ibom or Ondo or Bayelsa or even Rivers and probably every other COASTAL state in Nigeria. What des this do for your COASTAL theory. The fact of the matter is IT IS NOT TRUE and even if it were true there must me an EXPLANATION. Coasts are not made of HUMAN SPERMATOZOA. People do not eat sea sand.
Humn populations grow where there is economic activity an often this is by the Coast but NOT always. Rivers are important too and there are more River resources and better irrigation in Northern Nigeria than the South.
Finally what is the aaverage age of First pregnancy in Northern women compared to the south.Truth is there are so many variables

The major obstacle to the coastal theory is this in Nigeria the North is FOUR TIMES the size of the SOUTH and the population is roughly about 53/47 "officially" so the south is "more populated" it is just 1/4 the size. Nigeria is not a RECTANGLE like Togo or Benin
Finally about 80% of food production is in the North which is main determinant of population. NOT COASTS . People do not eat sea sand

IGBO-SON:


^^^Let's just say that some people can't handle the truth! Though he should have kept his cards close to his chest.....revealing nothing until the very last moment!

This country is built on and is currently running on a lie......on second thoughts, make that plenty of lies!

Some people have Gragra in their DNA,Act first then think later.They call it boldness

You see a tree and say there are too many snakes on it so you cut it down without thinking where it will fall

Not Again?

Back in the day in Uni had a roommate with this girlfriend.If we went away for the weekend and she visited while we were away we could still tell because of the "ORR-DOR" that she had been around. Not sure if the orrrdor was from under her arms though Maybe it was from her TOES
Women should clean their TOES often

macof: Saturday is most likely to be Igbo since the other one is Igbo, the two most be d same. no normal Yoruba man would name his son "Saturday"

Even an Abnormal Yoruba man can never do that

Slizbeat: We igbos have no problem with the Yorubas. The only problem we have with them is that "they fail to understand that the North is not friendly indeed". They keep on allying with the North and getting stabbed always but are yet to discover the true cause of their problems. If they would stand up against the North for a Southern president(Be it Yoruba, Igbo or Ijaw e.t.c) until 40 years time or agree to peaceful succession, then they have our backing. It's high time we all fight for a single course.

You guys are shameless liars . Who went into aliance with Ahmadu Bello to form a government in 1960 and who was in opposition.

Who went into alliance with NPN in 1979 as the NPP "Bride"" while UPN was sidelined. Who was the Vice President and Speaker House of Reps in 1979-83. Answer that and you will see who "keeps allying with North" Why do you alway tell bold faced Lies. We have principles politicaly and will rather have nothing than tainted power or be second class citizens.


Finally who sold out Anambra state to Shagari in 1983? The very same Ikebe of Hoonawy , Eze WuruWuru of Eboeland so he could become a Senator of Hoonaywee.
Please stop the LIES

abatisegun: Yes, from the word sheik: meaning a learned person or old.

Sorry the question was "Is it an Arabic NAME"
Goodluck might be an English word but it is NOT an Engish Name. I don't know any English people with that name also "Government" is an English word but I am not aware of any English people with that name either. Ditto for Sunday,Saturday,Friday Monday etc

In my opinion Shehu is NOT an Arabic "NAME" though it may have origins in the Arabic language

HAH:

Shehu is hausa version of the word sheik

is Sheik an Arabic name?or a Muslim name?

Yar Adua, Murtala ?

Is Shehu an Arabic name?

Honestly the OP should have done a little research there are dozens of Fulani and hausa names it is such a ridiculous question. Also you have Borno people with theirr

Most towns are based on Individual names and people bear those names
Kano
Kaduna
Balewa
Shagari
Deribe
Abacha
Bello
Atiku
Galadima
Maitama
Dantata
Binta
Dankaro
Dikko
Ciroma
Dan Fodio
Maccido
Kangiwa
Goni
Balarabe

Bello

Shagari

Tambuwal

Yerima

Dangote

Badamasi

Wallie:

The only thing farming does is to guarantee food security, which is not a bad thing but I doubt agriculture alone can sustain a country as big as Nigeria.

Show me a country that thrives exporting agricultural product and I’ll show you x10 that are highly subsidized by the government just to stay afloat! Have you ever imagined what happens to farmers in times of drought spanning a couple of years? How about when some random disease spreads like bird flu?

Manufacturing of things we currently consume in large quantities is the solution.

Quite a lot of things we consume can derive from agricultural products cotton,leather
All those designer suits we spend so much on are based on Wool another agric product belts shoes bags etc,paper,furniture,rubber.oil, cosmetics,soaps etc If you look around you you are surrounded by agricultural product with added value. I would argue that more than half our imports are agricultural in origin

Mr McJay:

They asked of the favours you gain as a corper, U posted that you're going to serve in November. That is exactly how people fail exams.

It is people like you that made that mumu in Kano say that 98% of Corpers can't communicate in English.

No try am for job interviews o!

What is "favour"