the Igala Area Traditional Council has selected Prince Matthew Opaluwa Oguche as the new Ata’Igala designate pending his confirmation by the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
The approval followed the consideration of the review-committee set up by the state government which was headed by the Ojogba of Ife, Chief Boniface Musa. They were mandated to look into the recommendations of the initial kingmakers and come out with the most suitable person to occupy the Attah Igala Stool.
It was gathered from reliable source that the choice of Prince Matthew Opaluwa Oguche was reached at the Igala Area Traditional Council Meeting held at the Attah Igala’s Palace in Idah on Tuesday in line with the decision of the review-committee’s report.
By this announcement, prince Matthew Oguche will succeed late Atta’ Igala Micheal Ameh Oboni who died last year.
With this development also, the Ameachor lineage returns to the throne of the Attah after 102 years.
Matthew Oguche will no doubt sparkle the throne that his forefather last occupied in 1919.
Prince Matthew Oguche was born into the Royal family of late Chief Opaluwa Oguche Akpa. He is the number nine of the sixteen surviving children and the forth of the six male children of Late Chief Opaluwa Oguche of the humble Aju- Ameacho Ruling Dynasty of Igala Kingdom. His mother was Late Mama Eke Opaluwa (nee Edicha).
