OBOSI, Anambra State. Igwe Chidubem Iweka, Eze Iweka III of Obosi, performed a ceremonial reenactment associated with Adike the Hunter during the community’s 2026 Obiora/Iwaji celebration on Saturday, 24 October.

Footage supplied to Anambra Socials shows the monarch in hunter-warrior attire, holding a shield and a decorated ceremonial implement as people gather around him. The display recalls the figure whom Obosi oral tradition recognises as the kingdom’s founder.

Watch the festival performance

Supplied footage identified as Igwe Chidubem Iweka’s Adike reenactment at the 2026 Obiora/Iwaji Festival. Original recorder and recording metadata have not been independently authenticated. The complete supplied sequence has been compressed for web playback without cuts.

A celebration of harvest and community

The festival took place in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area. A July announcement published by the Anambra State Government had set 24 October as the date, describing Obiora as a celebration of the new yam, peace, unity and thanksgiving.

Writing ahead of the event in The Guardian on 24 October, Obosi writer Chiedu Uche Okoye identified Obosi Township Stadium as the scheduled venue. His account describes the festival as a meeting point for harvest thanksgiving, communal peace and cultural performance.

A subsequent report by Uzo Ugwunze in The Nigerian Voice records the celebration taking place on 24 October, with ceremonial yam cutting, the feeding of children, cultural displays and recognition of community members.

Who was Adike the Hunter?

According to the Obosi Development Association USA’s account of the community’s origins, Adike was a hunter from Ojoto who founded the settlement that became Obosi. This is a community tradition about its origins, rather than a precisely dated historical event established by this report.

A 2025 cultural essay in The Sun also describes Adike as the hunter-founder remembered in Obosi tradition and notes that Afor Adike Market bears his name.

The performance belongs to an established tradition of representing that heritage during the festival. An earlier account in The Sun described a couple portraying the legendary hunter and his wife. That record supports the continuity of the Adike theme, without implying that the monarch has personally performed the same role in every edition.

Messages on peace and erosion

The Nigerian Voice’s post-festival report says Igwe Iweka spoke at his palace after the celebration, condemning violent political competition and urging collective action against erosion.

According to that account, he called for political tolerance and respect for life, while encouraging better environmental practices, including keeping drainage channels clear and planting trees. These remarks were reported separately from the performance shown in the supplied clip.

The combination of a harvest celebration and a reenactment of the community’s founding tradition illustrates how Obiora/Iwaji continues to connect cultural memory with present-day community concerns.

Explore more of Anambra’s living traditions in our coverage of the 2026 Onitsha Ofala Youth Carnival and the annual yam-sharing celebration in Ogidi.

Reporting note

Sources reviewed on 25 October 2026 are linked within the relevant paragraphs. The account of Adike is presented as Obosi oral tradition. The stadium venue was identified in advance coverage; the supplied clip alone does not independently establish its exact filming location or date. The monarch’s political and environmental remarks are attributed to Uzo Ugwunze’s post-festival report, rather than to an interview conducted by Anambra Socials.