In the village of Ngannu, it was time for the crown prince to be revealed. Here in the village of Ngannu, a king is not chosen by heredity but chosen by the village and its entities, and also the gods. There are seven major families. Out of these seven families, each family must provide a young man. Here in Ngannu, they call them the 7 chosen because one of them will be king.
Each family was prepared with their children on what to say, what to do and how to do it, but the Odukuwuri family had only one boy, and he had no interest in ruling because he saw his seniors, and he felt they were more mature than he was to rule. The odontu had 6 men and one was chosen through wrestling against each other. Similarly, the Ejukw had 3, and Balaji had 4, but the others didn't have to wrestle to be chosen. Within them, they just had to volunteer for it. The Tade and Ejigbo families followed this rule because there was love.
Ade from the Okwudiri family had no idea that he was the one to be chosen by the gods of the land.
The King then called all the families together to prepare for the next seven days, that the Gods of the land and the community will be he one to chose who the next king will be and there shouldn't be no wrestle this season but majorly every family volunteer will come out and speak on why they need to be king and what they will do after they take the crown. Some were happy while others were not because they believed in their strength. Ade had no interest in it, his father and mother did not even bother him because they thought he was too weak to rule, and they saw he had no interest, so he did not even bother to prepare. In his mind, he had concluded he wouldn't go on this ceremonial day.
On his way to his farm, Ade saw an old man and two old women,
My son, do not be afraid, the old man said.
Ade: Who are you, and what do you want,
Old Man: I am the god of the land and I have chosen you to rule over my kingdom
Ade: (looks shocked) but how am I worthy, the other families have strong warriors, brilliant men who are more capable of ruling than I am.
Old man: I chose you because you are my generational blood and your heart is pure. (The old man and the two women, disappeared)
Ade was still in disbelief and decided not to go to the festival the next day.
On the day of the festival, different king's men from all he 21 kingdoms gathered together to celebrate the new king and also the community. The community were allowed to raise their leaf if they chose someone, then there were the 4 elders who counted everything down.
Ade was on his way to the farm on this day, the old man appeared to him again and told him he had to go, as it was important. Ade had no choice but to go back home and dress for the celebration, not even prepared on what to say. When he got there, it was like they already knew their winner, a lot of votes had been made, and the Odontu family was leading at the top. When the elders saw Ade, they asked him to come and talk, and he was late.
When Ade held the mic to talk, there was silence. his sweet voice filled the room like an Aura. The words that came out of his mouth made everyone think deeply, and even the king was surprised at his speech. Ade talked about slavery, equal rights, making every family rich, and supporting the farmers. During his speech, the cloud changed, which was a sign for people to believe that Ade was chosen. Immediately, people started voting for ADE, Only 10% of the crowd didn't vote, and these were the wealthiest greedy men and kings.
Ade Won the Vote without even having to check completely, the vote cast was very glaring to everyone's eyes that Ade won and was to be the crown prince of the community, to be the Next King.
Two years later, Ade was crowned king, and he married the only daughter of the Iskaba kingdom, and they lived happily ever after with 4 kids.
