Obi of Onitsha

The Obi of Onitsha is the traditional leader of Onitsha, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. The post of the Obi is recognized by the state and federal governments of Nigeria, and the Obi himself is seen as a representative of the people of Onitsha to the state and federal levels of government. The current Obi is His Majesty Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe.[1]

List of Onitsha sovereigns
  • OBI (EZE) CHIMA (Mid-16th century)
  • OBI OREZE (16th–17th century)
  • OBI CHIMAEVI (17th century)
  • OBI CHIMUKWU (17th century)
  • OBI CHIMAEZI (17th century)
  • OBI NAFIA (17th century)
  • OBI TASIA (17th century)
  • OBI EZE AROLI (17th–18th century)
  • OBI CHIMEDIE (18th century)
  • OBI OMOZELE (18th century)
  • OBI EZEOLISA (18th century)
  • OBI IJELEKPE (18th–19th century)
  • OBI UDOGWU (c. 1820)
  • OBI AKAZUE (1840–1873)
  • OBI DIALI (1873–1874)
  • OBI ANAZONWU (1874–1899)
  • OBI SAMUEL OKOSI (1901–1931)
  • OBI JAMES OKOSI (1935–1961)
  • OBI JOSEPH OKWUDILI ONYEJEKWE (1962–1970)
  • OBI OFALA OKECHUKWU OKAGBUE (1970–2001)
  • OBI NNAEMEKA ACHEBE (2002–present)

References
  1. "Biography/Profile/History Of The 21st Obi of Onitsha, Anambra State "Igwe Nnanyelugo Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe" – Daily Media". dailymedia.com.ng. Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2017-04-22.


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