The Amanfo Duruokpalanne

THE WARRANT

 

AS A RESULT OF  THEIR SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION, THE MASTERS RETURNED AND STARTED RECOGNISING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE THEY CAME IN CONTACT WITH.

WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO AWO-OMAMMA, THEY MET WITH THE WONDERFUL ORGANISING CAPACITY OF AMANFO AND CONFIRMED HIS POLITICAL DOGGEDNESS BY ASKING HIM TO SUMMON HIS PEOPLE AT THE NKWO AWO. THIS HE DID PROMPTLY AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF AWO-OMAMMA GATHERED WITH NO ONE LEFT AT HOME. NKWO AWO WAS THE ONLY CENTRAL SQUARE THEN AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF AWO-OMAMMA GATHERED EN MASSE.

 

THE WONDERFUL CROWD WAS ANOTHER TESTIMONY OF AMANFO'S LEADERSHIP QUALITY AND THE PEOPLE'S OBEDIENCE TO HIM. IT CONFIRMED AMANFO AS THE PARAMOUNT LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE. IT CONFIRMED ALSO HIS DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE CONCIOUSNESS.

IN THIS GATHERING, HE WAS MADE THE FIRST WARRANT CHIEF, THE INDISPUTABLE LEADER OF THE WHOLE OF AWO-OMAMMA.  THIS WAS THE REASON AWO-OMAMMA WAS CALLED AWO -AMANFO. HE BECAME THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN JUDICIARY FOR AWO-OMAMMA IN ORLU AND OKIGWE PROVINCES. THEY GAVE HIM ALSO HAMMOCK; A SWINGING COUCH OR BED MADE OF NETTING ABOUT 6 FEET WIDE SUSPENDED BY CLAWS AT THE END AND THEN ASKED HIM TO CHOOSE HIS CABINET FOR RULERSHIP. NO OTHER PERSON  IN AWO-OMAMMA GOT THESE ARTICLES..

 

AMANFO'S WARRANT CAP HAD A CROWN EMBLEM ON IT WHILE HIS SCEPTER HAD A CROWN ON THE TOP. NO OTHER  PERSON HAD THIS IN AWO-OMAMMA. ONLY A WARRANT CHIEF HAD THE AUTHORITY TO CONFER CHIEFTAINCY TITLE OF EZEIKPE (CHIEF) THEN. SOME VILLAGE CHIEFS (EZEIKPE) WHO WERE CONFERRED WITH CHIFTAINCY TITLES BY AMANFO , AFTER SOME TIME, STARTED AGITATING FOR WARRANT AND WARRANT CAPS WERE GIVEN TO SOME BASED ON HIS CHOICE OF PERSON.. THEY WERE GIVEN ONLY CAP WITHOUT CROWN EMBLEM AND SCEPTER THE SAME. THIS IS WHY ONE OF THE ARCHIVAL RECORDS QUOTES CHIEF AMANFO AS A SUPREME CHIEF IN OWERRI PROVINCE OF IGBOLAND.