A former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, was on Sunday selected the 14th Asagba of Asaba, Delta State.
The Asagba-in-Council announced Azinge’s selection as the most qualified among the 10 contenders in the race, who hail from Ugbomanta quarters and is to produce the successor to the late Prof Chike Edozien.
The Regent, Ochendo Ahaba, Anthony Edozien, announced the result of the selection process in line with the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict of 1979, applicable to Delta State, at the Palace of the Asagba of Asaba at Ezenei quarters, Asaba.
According to Edozien, “Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, has been selected among 10 contenders after due process.
“He will be coronated in due course.”
Azinge contested for the throne alongside Tony Ogugua Konwea, Prof. Emmanuel Onwuka and Ogbuechi Chinedu Esealuka, among others.
