OBI OF LAGOS : Discordant Tones, As Many Ezes Jubilate, some Sympathize, others Accuses Detained Igbo Speaking President General ,Chief Sunday Udeh, Of Abuse of Customs, Mischievous Commercializing Eze Ndigbo Title In Lagos State.

For the detained President General of the Igbo Speaking Community in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Udeh, it appears that the popular but philosophical saying that the evil that men do, lives after them, has come to reality.

Infact,things appears to have fallen apart for Chief Udeh and his proliferation prone rag tag Association, following his arrest and detention at the Order of a Lagos State High court, over alleged issuance of Certificate and coronation of an Obi Of Lagos State.

Indeed, this may not be the best of times for Chief Udeh and his hitherto crisis ridden Igbo Speaking Community in Lagos State, as some of the Ezes in Diaspora are jubilating, literally popping up Champagne over his detention ordeal.

However, some of the beneficiaries of Chief Udehs’ unusual, problematic and controversial commercial benevolence of proliferation of Ezendigbo Titles in every nooks and corners in lagos,are for fear of reprimand from their aggrieved Ezes, are silently sympathizing with him.

This is even as many Ezes ,are openly accusing him, laying grievous allegations against him, over what they described as reckless and avaricious commercialization of Eze Ndigbo in Diaspora title ,as well as Desecration of age long Igbo Custom concerning cultural Eze Ndigbo traditional institution.

As the number of Igbo Leaders and Eze Ndigbo Chief Udeh offended continue to swell up, his accusers raise a catalogue of their grievances and Offenses against the incarcerated President General of the Igbo Speaking Community.

Some of the Ezes complaints against Udeh and his cohorts , are brewing tension, confusion and crisis in Igbo community, through establishment of fake Ezeship kingdoms in lagos; creating artificial war between brothers Against brothers through unrestrained commercialization and proliferation of Eze Ndigbo Titles in almost every town and local government areas in Lagos State.

The last but not the least accusations against Udeh , is alleged ridiculing of Eze Ndigbo institution through selling and crowning of questionable Characters as Eze Ndigbo, not withstanding the number of person already bearing and installed with such titles in the same area.

Some of the areas afflicted with multiple Eze Ndigbo Title holders, courtesy of alleged Chief Udehs’ cravings and unquenchable desire to make money through issuance of worthless Eze Ndigbo certificates ,are Amuwo Odofin with three Ezes, with one bearing Imperial Majesty as his title. Ibeju Lekki area with four Ezes; Olorunda Badagry, Eti osa, Agege, Ejigbo, Ojo, Iyanu Era ; Iba; Kosofe ; Ikorodu; Oriade ; Ikeja ; Ojodu; Igando; Ajeromi Ifelodun and other areas .

Some of the Ezes , Names Withheld mocked Udeh thus : “Ooh I pity Sunday Udeh for his love of money, I don’t know what I can offer him as a meal. Does he like beans and bread with a big bottle of 7UP or small one?”, “Very sorry, they never seen something. This is the beginning”, “Skeletal investigation on coronations and proliferation of Eze tittles just started today”, ” Surely more arrest is coming soon”,”NO HOLD UP FOR THE FAKE EZE’S TO JOIN SUNDAY UDEH THEM FOR THERE”.

To justify his controversial establishment of Igbo kingdoms and coronation of Eze Ndigbo in Lagos State,Udeh, who is said not to be a kingmaker, is quoted to have at many forum boasted that he is the only person legally permitted to crown Eze Ndigbo in Lagos, because according to him the Constitution of his CAC registered Igbo Speaking Community ,empowered him .

Another of his alleged famous gimmick and unique selling point ,with which Chief Udeh usually deploys to Canvass for potential Eze Ndigbo candidates, is his purported court victory against Lagos State government many years ago, over same Eze Ndigbo Title in the state.

It would be recalled that the Lagos Court sitting at Tinubu Square ordered the arrest and detention of Chief Sunday Udeh over his alleged role in the installation of Chibuike Azubuike as Obi Ndigbo of Lagos State.

The 65-year-old Chibuike Azubuike was arrested along with other accomplices,such as Chief Chibuzor Ani, Chief Martins Nwaodika and Chief Ikechukwu Franklin Nnadi ,while parading himself as the “Obi of Lagos”, based on the certificate Chief Udeh issued to him as Obi Ndigbo of Lagos .

Chief Azubuike was apprehended with three alleged accomplices during preparations for an unlawful unveiling ceremony to launch a prototype of a purported N1.5bn “Palace of Obi of Lagos State” on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Apple Hall, Amuwo Odofin.

It was gathered that a petition was written to the Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh against Chief Azubuike and the Police boss ordered his arrest and that of three others and they were detained for interrogation over their alleged Obi of Lagos matter.

During interrogation, Chief Azubuike was said to have implicated Chief Sunday Udeh by writing in his statement that it was Eze Lawrence Eze that crowned him while Chief Udeh issued him certificate as Obi Ndigbo of Lagos State.