Three Etuboms have kicked against the selection process that produced Etubom Ekpo Okoñ Abasi Otu as the bona fide monarch.
Recall that he was dethroned as the Obong of Calabar via the Supreme Court verdict lastweek.
The Etuboms include, Etubom Essien Ekpeyong, Efiok, Etubom Micah Archibong, who were the Chairman and Secretary respectively of the Etuboms Traditional Council as well as respondent in both appeals, said the council should have conducted the proceedings in line with 2002 constitution as ordered by the Supreme Court.
In a statement jointly signed by the three legitimate Etuboms on behalf of the Etuboms Traditional Ruler Council, the Etuboms said all those who took part in the selections process were not qualified to participate in the selection process in the first place.
According to the Etuboms, the Traditional Ruler’s Council relied on the Supreme Court decision which threw the fresh selection process open to Western Calabar, comprising Ikoneto, Adiabo, and creek Town, and the contestants should have been qualified before taking part in the selection process.
They stated categorically that those who took part in the selection process and proclamation were not qualified as 11 of them werre those capped by the dethroned Obong.
The Traditional Ruler’s Council urged the State government to urgently intervene in the matter to forestall breakdown of law and order.
They also called for an unbiased implementation of the decision of the Supreme Court’s judgement
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