Igwe Nwankwo Osuofia II, the traditional ruler of Nawfia community in Njikoka Local Council of Anambra State, has linked the k!lling of 20 individuals in his community to the non-appeasement of the departed soul of the former traditional ruler of the community, Igwe Francis Nwankwo (Osuofia I).

 

The late Igwe Nwankwo, popularly called FFBC Nwankwo and Africa’s Tallest Man (pictured above), was a prominent figure in the Peoples Club of Nigeria, an exclusive socio-business class of the bourgeois in Igboland. He was ass@ssinated on February 15, 2000 and succeeded by his son, Chijioke Nwankwo, 25 years ago.

 

In the last two years, about 20 Indigenes had been brutally murd£red, including the k!lling of five indigenes on October 8, 2024, the plucking of eyes of two indigenes whose bodies were dumped in the community, the hacking to de@th of a pregnant woman with two unborn twin babies, the k!lling of five persons in the Enugwu-Ukwu face-off, the k!lling of another person at Agukwu-Nri, and the recent brutal murd£r of four persons in Nawfia by unknown gunmen on December 7, 2025.

 

In an interview with newsmen on the latest k!llings in the community, at his palace, Igwe Nwankwo condoled with the subjects who lost their family members. He believed that his predecessor’s spirit was not at rest, leading to the spate of k!llings in the community.

 

The Osuofia II said that the Nri people abhors bloodshed and k!llings. He urged for the right actions to be taken, emphasising the need for unity and moving the community forward to achieve peace and stability.

 

According to him, 25 years after the ass@ssination of his royal father and his succession, enemies of progress and agents of crisis are causing confusion and disputes deliberately.

 

He expressed his intentions to unite the town and address the issues to restore peace and honour his father’s memory.