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 Usurpation Shifted Our Onicha-Olona Kingship System from Hereditary to Okpalabisi, Prince Joseph Dumbili Nwadiajueboe, Eze Dibia of Onicha-Olona – Part Two Pen Master: Diokpa, earlier when this discussion opened, you mentioned the Obiship crisis in the community. This brings us to the tussle that keeps ravaging your kingdom since the colonial days of your social history. What is the cause of this division?  Nwadiajueboa: Thank you very much. The problem was caused by Ogbe-Obi. This place you are now caused the problem. I told you that Ogbele established Onicha-Olona. He was the founder of Onicha-Olona. Onicha-Olona and Onicha-Ugbo are related but Onicha-Ugbo is sustaining its Obiship which remains a hereditary till date but in Onicha-Olona, they destroyed our own. There is something called Nze and it means a place of origin or source – where something started. When you go to Onicha-Ugbo, they still have their Nze. Ironically, the one belonging to our Onicha-Olona is still in ...

 Usurpation Shifted Our Onicha-Olona Kingship System from Hereditary to Okpalabisi, Prince Joseph Dumbili Nwadiajueboe, Eze Dibia of Onicha-Olona—Part One It was a long walk to Ogbe-Obi in Onicha-Olona Kingdom, Delta State, where this interview was conducted, but the journey was worth it. In this interview with PEN MASTER (EMEKA ESOGBUE) a Media Persinality, PRINCE JOSEPH DUMBILI NWADIAJUEBOE, an octogenarian who is the Eze Dibia of Onicha-Olona, Obunze of Ogbe-Obi, Onicha-Olona, and author of several books, delivers oral accounts on the history of Onicha-Olona. He speaks on the foundation of Onicha-Olona, the authorship of several books on the Anioma communities accommodating Onicha-Olona, Obior, Onicha-Ugbo, Obior, Obomkpa, and others, all of which are Ezechime, makes startling revelations on the identity of Ezechime, whom he holds as the patriarch of Onicha-Olona, and ventures into the age-long Obiship crisis ravaging the community.  Pen Master: Nwadei, sir, all the way fro...