Igwe Nnewi (Masarautar Nnewi)
Masarautar Nnewi, kamar masarautar Birtaniyya, ita ce gadon gargajiya wanda ya danganci fifikon mutum da kuma gadon ɗansa. A Nnewi ana kiran masarautar gargajiya da Igwe. An haifi Igwe kuma ba ayi shi ba ko zaɓaɓɓe, kuma tsarin rabon gado shine haƙƙin gargajiya da kuma privilegeancin fifiko. Matsayin ba abu ne mai sauyawa ba ko sasantawa.

An yi sarakuna 20 na Masarautar Nnewi (duba Lissafin Masarautu na Nnewi ). An kafa Masarautar Nnewi ne a wajajen 1498  tare da asalin garin Mmaku, kakan Nnewi. Sarki mai ci yanzu shine Igwe Orizu III shine sarki na 20 a cikin zuriyar Nnofo Royal.

Igwe 'Sarki' 
Igwe" sarki ne, asali, kuma wannan lakabi ne wanda ake amfani dashi koyaushe a duk yankunan arewacin masu jin Igbo .  Kalmar tana da alaƙa da allahntakar sama, yana mai nuna matsayin sarki mai ɗaukaka - har ma da keɓe shi / girka shi kamar wani abu kamar allahntaka a duniya.  Igwe na Nnewi zai zama sarkin ruhun Nnewi ; chi ma'ana ruhu ko ƙarfin rai. Babban al'adun gargajiya na galibin garuruwan Ibo na arewa shine na Ana / Ani (allahiyar ƙasa), kuma yawanci ana ɗaukarta a matsayin ruhu mai ƙara girman mutum. Koyaya, kalmar chi wani bangare ne na ɗayan manyan gumakan arewa, Chineke - ƙaƙƙarfan ikon ƙirƙirar da galibi ke da alaƙa da Ani. (Wani lokaci ana cewa Ani ya auri Igwe - duniya zuwa sama. Hakanan ana ambaton wannan aure na allahntaka a cikin tsarin masarautun arewacin Igbo da yawa).

Igbo mai magana da Ingilishi yana amfani da taken sarauta na Ingilishi ("His Royal Highness") don komawa ga sarakunan asalinsu. . . . Babban abin da za a tuna shi ne cewa sarakuna suna cin abubuwan alloli a wannan yankin kuma suna da mahimmancin yin aikin tsafi; kowane Igwe shima shugaban kungiyar tsafin ne - kuma ana kiran magabatan sa a madadin garin gaba daya. Yawancin galibin sarakunan Igbo ba na gado ba ne ta hanya mai sauƙi, kodayake. Akwai dangogin sarauta wadanda mazajensu suka cancanci sarauta, sannan kuma akwai dangin masu sarauta, wadanda dattawansu ke da aikin "gano" sabon sarki a lokacin da suka yi aure. Wannan tsari ne wanda yake nuna sihiri ne - kuma yana iya kasancewa da Ofos sosai - kuma wani bangare ne na siyasa na asali na asali na asali  (30 Nuwamba Nuwamba 2002).

A Nnewi duk da haka, sarauta ne mai gargajiya da kuma hereditary daular mulkinsu da tetrarchy tsarin inda da hudu bariki na Nnewi yana da wani Obi wanda ke da m iko ga kwata kadai.  Amma Igwe shine Isi obi (shugaban Obis) don haka Igwe ne, wanda a zahiri ake fassara shi a matsayin na sama ko ɗaukaka kamar yadda yake riƙe da Ofo, alamar addini da siyasa. Haife shi kuma ba a zaɓe shi ba ko zaɓaɓɓe, kuma tsarin rabon gado shine dama da al'ada. Shi ma Obi ne. Obi shi ne taken sarakunan da ke mulki; kwatankwacin duke ne a cikin sarauta.

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