The Igweship tussle rocking Uke community , Idemili North local Government Area, Anambra state,between two brothers of same biological parentage has been charged to court as the crisis deepens.
The elder brother, (plaintiff) Dr Boniface Bartholomew Chukwudi Agbala, dragged his junior sibling, Quantity Surveyor Charles Chukwuma Agbala who is contesting with him and six others (defendants) to an Idemili High court sitting in Ogidi, to seek justice.
The plaintiff is seeking among other reliefs, a declaration that under the Uke Development Union, UDU Constitution of 2007 that two candidates can not emerge from the same ward (Uruezeani/Uruabor) to contest for the throne of Uke community.
He prayed the court to declare also that going by the UDU constitution of 2007 that the junior brother was not qualified to contest the throne with him when he (elder) had already declared interest to contest and was duly nominated by the ward and won the selection exercise.
Dr Agbala also pleaded that the selection committee acted in breach of the UDU constitution 2007 by submitting the name of his junior brother to the Uruezeani /Uruabor Patriotic Union and Central Executive Committee of UDU the name of his junior brother when he (plaintiff) was already in the race before that of the junior brother and that both are from same biological parents.
He also prayed for a general damage of N20million against all the defendants for causing him to incur expenses in running for the throne of Uke community.
Also Dr. Agbala asked for an order of perpetual injunction restraining his junior brother, agents, privies and servants and all the defendants or successors from parading himself or other defendants or any other person other than himself as the Igwe-elect of Uke.