Beware Of Any Group Bringing Together Proscribed Ndieze ,Faceless Nobles With Ndindu Ndigbo ,Says CRIDTTL
The Committee on the Regularization of Igbo Diaspora Traditional Title and Leadership (CRIDTTL) has alerted all inducted Onyendu Ndigbo against keying into or romancing with any association or platform seeking to bring them together with persons operating under the former or proscribed Ndieze/Eze Ndigbo framework.
News Planet International reports that the caution follows what the CRIDTTL summoned up as efforts by Mr. Femi Ferguson and Mr. Chimobi Apachi, whom it described as a self-styled HRH Eze, to promote an association reportedly known as “the Association of Ndieze, Ndindu and Igbo Nobles”.
Warning Ndindu Ndigbo, the Committee explained that the proposed association seeks in a very subtle way to bring Ndindu Ndigbo and persons operating under the former Ndieze framework together as “colleagues in progress.”
In a statement dated September 27 and signed by the Secretary of CRIDTTL, Prince Ubochi Ubochi JP, MCSN, FICCON, the Committee said such an arrangement would be inconsistent with the institutional framework established for the recognition of Onyendu Ndigbo in the diaspora. ‘Onyendu framework is distinct’
CRIDTTL stressed that the transition from the former diaspora royal-title arrangement to the Onyendu Ndigbo framework was not simply a change in nomenclature.
Reminding all Ndindu Ndigbo ,the Committee maintained that the new framework was established to create a distinct system of Igbo traditional leadership in the diaspora, with emphasis on traditional and cultural representation rather than territorial traditional rulership.
It further reintegrated that the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers (SECTR) had implemented Onyendu Ndigbo as the designation for recognised diaspora traditional leaders.
It therefore made reference to a public announcement it said was made by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on April 9, 2026, concerning the proscription of the conferment and use of the title Eze Ndigbo outside Igboland, following consultations with SECTR.
CRIDTTL further referenced what it said was subsequent positions by the Federal Government and the Lagos State Government concerning persons using such titles outside Igboland.
According to the Committee , its major worries is the fact that bringing recognised Onyendu Ndigbo together with persons operating under the former Ndieze/Eze Ndigbo structure on an institutional platform could create the impression that both systems enjoy equal recognition.
“That is not the position of CRIDTTL or the framework established by SECTR,” the Committee stated.
Warning inducted Onyendu Ndigbo who knowingly lends his name, title, office, presence or status to such an arrangement , Prince Ubochi feared it could undermine the framework under which he was screened, recognised and inducted.
CRIDTTL said it would be particularly concerned if individuals recognised under the Onyendu framework became involved in efforts that could be interpreted as reintroducing or normalising the nomenclature and structure that the new framework was intended to replace.
It also clarified that CRIDTTL position was not intended to prevent personal relationships between Ndindu and other individuals.
“Ndindu are free to maintain personal relationships with whoever they choose,” the statement said, adding that the concern arises when the official status, title or participation of an inducted Onyendu is used to confer institutional legitimacy on a framework that CRIDTTL considers proscribed.
The Committee therefore advised all inducted Ndindu Ndigbo not to participate in, subscribe to, endorse, join, represent or lend their official titles to any association, meeting, programme or platform whose purpose or effect is to merge, reconcile or place the recognised Onyendu Ndigbo framework on the same institutional footing with the former or proscribed Ndieze/Eze Ndigbo structure.
CRIDTTL further warned that any Onyendu who nevertheless participates in such an arrangement should understand that the Committee would regard the participation as a matter requiring institutional attention and could take appropriate steps within its mandate.
The Committee said its responsibility was to protect the integrity, credibility and distinct identity of the Onyendu Ndigbo framework.
“We cannot build a new house and simultaneously provide the tools needed to destroy it,” the statement declared.
CRIDTTL called on all inducted Onyendu Ndigbo to exercise discipline, respect the institutional authorities under which their recognition was granted, and uphold what it described as the principles of order, unity, dignity, responsible leadership and preservation of Igbo traditional values throughout the diaspora.
The Committee concluded by insisting that the Onyendu Ndigbo framework should not be used to legitimise any structure that relevant institutions have expressly proscribed.
