She can hardly conceive a baby. So with Lol, the chances of having an heir are no more there. At the same time adopting a son is out of the place, hence the king became very worried.
Igwe Nkume discovered that even his beloved queen is not very happy about his recent decision on getting a second Lolo.
His brother Ajamba, the high chief of the kingdom is getting very popular and ambitious. Having known that till this moment his elder brother, the Igwe have not yet gotten an heir, he began to prepare his mind to succeed him.
He began to plan to send the Igwe to an early grave, he believed in the popular adage that if you act quickly; you will prevent limitation. Not only was he trying to kill the Igwe, he was silmutaneously frustrating the Kings plans to marry a second wife.
He began to court the queen of the palace.