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Indigenes and residents of Owerri have been thrown into deep mourning, following the sudden death of the traditional ruler of the town, Eze Emmanuel Emenjonu Njemanze, the Ozuru Igbo V of Owerri.
A trained pharmacist, Njemanze, who retired from the General Hospital, Owerri, reigned for 27 years before passing away at his temporary palace located in the New Owerri area of the state capital.
Although his official age was not confirmed, it was gathered that the late monarch was in his 80s when death came calling.
Sympathisers have been trooping to his palace to commiserate with his family.
Njemanze battled efforts by successive governments to balkanise Owerri as he insisted he remained the paramount ruler of the state capital.
A fierce running battle between him and Governor Rochas Okorocha not only earned him a suspension from the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, but also led to the eventual splitting of Owerri into five autonomous communities with each having a traditional ruler.
-The Punch
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