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The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, has broken a 233 years record by ruling that the 

kingship of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was not an exclusive preserve for the Amobi family in the town.

Historically, the kingship stool had been in the Amobi family since 1838, when His Royal Highness, Igwe Walter Okafor Okerulu Nwatakwochaka Amobi became the first traditional ruler of the town and reigned until his demise on December 18, 1925.

His father, Abraham Amobi was born in 1806, and was one of the first people to encounter the Church missionaries from England and embrace Christianity, when they arrived in Onitsha through the River Niger. He later became the first catechist in Ogidi.

His son, Igwe Walter Okafor Amobi I of Ogidi had the rare opportunity of being exposed to Christian education and culture before he was assassinated in his house in Enugu about 19 years ago in 1998 over suspected kingship tussle in Ogidi.

 However, the Appeal C