There was a conflict over rightful Kingship between "Umu Okocha" usurping the throne with claims that all the rightful children of Chukwu Oke Ukpabi are dead within the early 2000s. These claims were proven to be false by the testimonies of the descendants of Chukwu Oke Ukpabi which included the late Abiriba Historian Chief Ejim Akuma's children; Prince Ikwan Ejim Akuma, Prince Oko Ejim Akuma being at the forefront and others. Whilst the later "Umu Okocha" held unto the throne briefly, history records that the ancestors of Umu-Okocha Oboro against whom Ndi Okocha compound was named are not of Chukwu Oke Ukpabi and therefore not entitled to be members of the Otisi Heritage "Kingship". They have their "Ihundichie" alongside that of their mother's father Awaife at "Ndi Okocha".