Obinna said this while addressing newsmen in Owerri as part of activities marking St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
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The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Diocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, has charged custodians of the traditional institution in the South-east to lend their full support to the clamour for the abolition of the Osu caste system in the area.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has urged traditional rulers in the South East to take drastic measures towards total eradication of the Osu caste system in the zone.
The traditional rulers spoke through the Chairman of Ikeduru Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Marcel Egemonu, the Ebi of Ebikoro, during their council meeting held at Ikeduru Local Government Secretariat on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the traditional rulers made the declaration at a consultative meeting with the Initiative for the Eradication of Traditional and Cultural Stigmatization in our Society, a non-governmental organisation in Awka on Wednesday.
Some Anglican priests have called for an end to the Osu caste system, which classifies some people as inferior to others in Igbo land, South East of the country.
Speaking on Tuesday in Enugu during a protest march by some indigenes of Obuno Ndi Uno community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, Ugwuanyi described such practices as “satanic”