The South-East Council of Traditional Rulers has urged all South-East residents to disregard any sit-at-home directive and vote in large numbers for their preferred candidates.
This announcement had been given in a communiqué released on Friday, February 17 after the first 2023 Executive Committee Meeting of the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, SECTR, at the Old Eastern Nigeria House of Chiefs in Enugu State.
According to the communiqué, the meeting explained the role of traditional institutions in ensuring people’s peace and security.
Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, who is both the Chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council and the Chairman of the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, Igwe Alfred Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha and Chairman of the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers, had both signed the communiqué.
Other Traditional Rulers: Eze Joseph Nwabeke, the Ezeamara of Eziama Ntigha and Chairman of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, had additionally signed the communique.
The SECTR meeting had been well attended by the South-East revered Royal Fathers and other members of the Executive Committee of the council.