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Onicha-Olona to Install Nwamaka Jibunoh as the New Omu of the Community

 Onicha-Olona to Install Nwamaka Jibunoh as the New Omu of the Community



By Emeka Esogbue


All is set for the people of Onicha-Olona, an ancient Anioma community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, to install Nwamaka Cynthia Jibunoh as the new Omu of the community.


The installation ceremony is scheduled to take place on August 28, 2026, at Umuozolumuna, Ogbe-Obi Quarters, Onicha-Olona.


In a message to the Ogbe-Obi family and the general public, the community called for collective prayers for the new Omu and expressed hope that her reign would usher in blessings, peace and greater development for Onicha-Olona.


The message also charged the incoming female traditional leader to deploy her leadership to advance the fortunes of the community and take Onicha-Olona to greater heights.


The installation will mark a new beginning since the passing of Omu Ntoka, the last Omu of the community. Before Omu Ntoka was Her Royal Highness Omu Ada Ifesimehone Amambiwemdi-Okoh.


Onicha-Olona settlement is among the Anioma communities with a longstanding tradition of Omu institution. The forthcoming installation is therefore expected to renew an important aspect of the community's traditional heritage and female leadership.


Omu Ifesimehone Amambiwemdi-Okoh remains an important figure in the history of Onicha-Olona. Born in 1906 and from Idumugbe, Ogbe-Obi, she is particularly remembered in community history for her role during the Nigerian Civil War.


Historical accounts credit the Omu with mobilising traditional leaders and confronting the threat posed by Federal troops approaching Onicha-Olona in 1967. Her intervention has since become part of the community's oral history and enduring traditional narrative.


Available accounts state that Omu Ifesimehone reigned from 1963 until 2007 and died that year at the age of 101. She was buried on October 13, 2007.


Her long reign and the reverence attached to her memory have given added significance to the return of the Omu institution to Onicha-Olona after the interregnum.


The emergence of Nwamaka Cynthia Jibunoh is thus being viewed not merely as the installation of a new traditional title holder, but as a renewal of an institution deeply embedded in the cultural history of Onicha-Olona and the wider Anioma people.


The August 28 ceremony is expected to attract members of the Ogbe-Obi family, traditional institutions, community leaders, sons and daughters of Onicha-Olona, as well as other guests from across Anioma.

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