Top 20 most powerful first class traditional rulers in Nigeria:
1. Oba of Benin
2. Olu of Warri
3. Ooni of Ife
4. Sultan of Sokoto
5. Emir of Kano
6. Obi of Onitsha
7. Oba of Lagos
8. Tor of Tiv
9. Atta of Igala
10. Asagba of Asaba
11. Ochi Idoma
12. Olubadan of Ibadan
13. Ohinoyi of Ebiraland
14. Obong of Calabar
15. Amanyanabo of Kalabari
16. Alake of Egbaland
17. Dein of Agbor
18. Alaafin of Oyo
19. Etsu Nupe
20. Shehu of Borno.
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It was in 1976 that it was made compulsory that each community in Nigeria must have a traditional ruler.
Going by the ranking of traditional rulers in Nigeria, Igbo doesn’t parade any as Obi of Onitsha and Onitsha people by extension have always said that they are from Benin. It, therefore, means that every Igbo male child is a king. Isn’t it?
Next time you are adding kingdom to your community as a South East person, know it that there’s no kingdom in Igboland! Not one!
