Nigeria: Attah Igala - Race for Successor Begins

The battle over the successor of the late Attah Igala and president of Kogi State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Aliyu Obaje, has begun, with some of the children of the past paramount rulers of the kingdom signifying interest.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND reliably gathered that there are three ruling houses at the moment, which are Akumabi, Akogu and Ocholi, but there are four lineages, which consist of Ameacho, Itodo Aduga, Ogala and Idoko Adegbe.

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