Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Yul Edochie has sent a strong message to Igbo people on how to select a traditional leader in the region.
According to the entertainer, Ndigbos have deviated from their ancestral ways of selecting a traditional ruler and have allowed Westernisation to affect them.
The filmmaker, in a post on Facebook, argued that it is not the duty of the government to decide who occupies a traditional stool, stating that the ancestral way is to allow the deity to select a monarch in Igboland.
Edochie, who is a self-acclaimed Christian cleric with an online ministry, added that every monarch in Igboland must be a core traditionalist.
He wrote, “Ndi Igbo, stop messing up our tradition. A traditional ruler must be selected traditionally, not by election, not by the government. And he must be a core traditionalist. Those are the ways of our forefathers. We have now embraced too much of the white man’s ways and destroyed our society with it.
“That’s why there’s so much crime in our communities today.
It’s time to retrace our steps and bring back our glory. A traditional ruler must be selected by the deity of the land. Then he will swear before the deity to uphold truth, unity and peace, and shun evil. Any day he goes against the oath, the deity will strike him down. With that, he will never support evil, and he’ll fight evil with all his might.”
