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Azinge emerges 14th Asagba of Asaba designate

By Guardian Nigeria
19 August 2024   |   2:28 am
The Asaba Traditional Council, the Asagba-in-Council, yesterday, announced the emergence of a foremost legal luminary, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, as the 14th Asagba (King) of Asaba designate.
Epiphany Azinge

The Asaba Traditional Council, the Asagba-in-Council, yesterday, announced the emergence of a foremost legal luminary, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, as the 14th Asagba (King) of Asaba designate.
  
Azinge, a professor of law, holds the traditional chieftaincy title of the Okilolo of Asaba.
 
The Ochendo of Asaba, Anthony Edozien, who announced, on behalf of the council, said that the selection process was in line with the traditional rulers and Chiefs Edict of 1979, applicable to Delta State.
  

 
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that five Ebos (Quarters) of Asaba, backed by the Iyagba quarters, unanimously selected Azinge as the 14th Asagba of Asaba designate; hence, his confirmation by the ruling council.
  
Azinge, a former Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), was selected from a pool of 10 contenders to the royal stool. Among them were Tony Ogugia Konwea, Prof. Emmanuel Onwuka, and Chinedu Esealuka.

It would be recalled that the emergence of Azinge, as the new Asagba, followed the death of the 13th Asagba of Asaba, the late Prof. Chike Edozien, who passed on February 14, 2024.

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