The Ibagwa Ani Ancient Kingdom in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was electrified in excitement and jubilation on Monday as their newly elected elected Traditional Ruler, HRM, Igwe Cyril Nwabunwanne Asogwa (Ibagwa 1 of Ibagwa Ani Ancient Kingdom), was coronated amdst
pomp and pageantry.
The coronation of the traditional ruler by the Atama Nkpunator, Edoga Cyprain Asogwa, on December 29, 2025, would fill the vacant traditional stool which has been vacant in the community since three years now.
Addressing newsmen shortly after his coronation, HRM, Asogwa, expressed gratitude to his people for finding him worthy of occupying the revered traditional stool.
He assured that he would collaborate with relevant stakeholders and the people of the community to attract developmental projects that would move the community forward.
“I have been hesitating from occupying this stool for the past two years but my people because of their love and trust insisted that I must be the one to be their traditional ruler.
” have accepted to be their traditional ruler and you can see the overwhelming support, love, excitement and joy in their faces as I am being coronated today.
“I will carry every member of this community along to move our community forward, we have agreed to work together to ensure development in our community.
“I am promising them that we shall continue to work together through our collective efforts,” he said.
Speaking during the event, the Chairman, Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council and the Traditional Ruler of Edem Ani Ogwugwu Ancient Kingdom, HRM, Ikechukwu Asadu, congratulated the new traditional ruler and lauded the people of Ibagwa Ani, for conducting a rancour-free election to elect their traditional ruler.
Asadu, commended the Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Peter Mbah, for endorsing the election of Asogwa as well as the governor’s infrastructure transformation and good governance in Enugu State since he assumed office in 2023.
The chairman of Enugu state council of traditional rulers assured the community that he would collaborate with their new traditional ruler to engineer positive changes as well as add values to traditional stool in the community.
Our correspondent reports that Rev Fr. Mathew Ezea, of the Nsukka Catholic Diocese, who is a native of Ibagwa Ani Ancient Kingdom in remark thanked God for the peaceful emergence of Asogwa, nothing that it was the first peaceful Igweship election in the community in recent time.
The cleric urged the people of the community to support the monarch to ensure rapid development, peace and unity in the community.
” Beginning this coronation with a Holy Mass is a demonstration that Igwe Asogwa has fear of God and recognises God as his creator and the only king maker,” the cleric said.
Earlier , the President General of Ibagwa Ani Town Union, Mr. Fredrick Eze, stated that the coronation of the new traditional ruler for the community marked the beginning of a new dawn when the people, united in spirit and purpose, gathered to celebrate the rebirth of peace, unity and renewed hope in the community.
“Ibagwa Ani spoke with one united voice on that election day, we celebrate that profound unity.
This coronation is therefore, more than a cultural ceremony; it is a celebration of leadership and a symbol of hope: hope for development, justice, fairness, and leadership that cares, unites, and inspires,” he said.
Eze described the emergence of the traditional ruler as divine mandate, sacred call for service, and a journey shaped by destiny, vision and courage.
Our correspondent also reports that, the coronation was well attended by traditional rulers, government functionaries, catholic priests friends , well wishers as well as people from different walks of life