“Upholding Tradition with Justice: Obi Mbieri Constitution Rejects Hereditary Ezeship”. Confirms Research

Just like throwing spaghetti on the wall and hoping it will stick to the wall only ends up making the wall messy. Throwing inaccurate information on people’s minds and hoping that it will stick creates doubts, confusion and lead to community crises. These days the traditions and customs of the land are politicized. Self interest is the only motivating factor and not the entire community interest. Trade by barter has become a common phenomena, people’s souls and conscience are traded for loyalty to the highest bidder. Everyone knows that the politicking of our traditions and customs is not sustainable. Our ancestors and God of the land have a way to bring order to itself. 

The truth is always tall. When people are well informed about community matters, clarity sets in and peace, unity and progress become inevitable. 

The research we conducted on February 1, 2026 titled the “The Role of the Eze in an Igbo autonomous community” and published on eziokwubundu.com on February 6, 2026. That research concluded that in the present Igbo land customs and traditions, the Ezeship is not hereditary. The research say that one of the main characteristics of the Igbo Ezeship is Merit-Based, Not Hereditary: Leadership, often referred to as Eze (or sometimes Igwe or Obi), was often chosen based on achievement, wealth, or title-taking (Ozo) or village head rather than strict royal succession.

Lets get down to Obi Mbieri community matters, what does Obi Mbieri autonomous community constitution say about this important community matter. In section 21 subsection (2) under the topic “The Traditional Institution Of The Autonomous Community” of Obi Mbieri 2004 constitution as amended it says that “The Ezeship of the Autonomous Community shall not be hereditary”. Also moving ahead to Obi Mbieri Constitution 2020 as amended. In section 21 subsection (2) under the topic “The Traditional Institution Of The Autonomous Community” of Obi Mbieri 2020 constitution as amended it says once again that “The Ezeship of the Autonomous Community shall not be hereditary”. The constitution use of the word shall means that the possibility of the Ezeship to become hereditary is zero. Therefore from what the two constitution documents have consistently said above, it confirms that the Obi Mbieri Autonomous community Ezeship is not hereditary.

This is consistent with the eziokwubundu.com research that was published on February 6, 2026.