creativehubb: Mumu look at the timelines, Fulani people were scared of the great empire, Usman Dan fodio has ransacked Hausa lands, and was stopped by the Benin warriors, Usman Dan fodio jihad started in 1804, and the British invaded Benin in 1890, fool. So the timelines don't match your argument, Usman Dan fodio and his Fulani jihadist were afraid of the Benin empire, if they could they would, the time between the jihad and British invasion of Benin was 80 years, what stopped Usman Dan fodio all these 80 years. Dumb head, you better be greatful for Benin empire otherwise all of you will be Muslims now.
But they couldn't save northern Edo laff don kill me
Infact Igbos are the only big tribe that wasn't conquered by Islam
creativehubb: That is what I was telling the clown, all these things built by the Benin empire, showed most of them were our slaves, it takes a lot of labor to build such marvels, the Portuguese confirmed that it is longer than the great wall of china. The Benin empire is a great one.
creativehubb: If they could they would, even today the fulanis are trying to encroach south, between the start of the jihad of Usman Dan fodio and when the British came to Benin was 80 years, 80 years is enough for the Fulani jihadist to take the south if they could, they tried but were chased back by the military of the Benin empire. The fulanis didn't go back by themselves they were chases back, their plan was to force us all to become Muslims. When you people were bush men, Benin empire had civilized states, and an army that can raise 10,000 men within days. If not for Benin empire you would be a Muslim today. Show respect to the gods of the earth. Nnamdi Azikiwe the greatest Igbo man that lived is telling you in his book, and you are still arguing.
Have you seen Benin city walls, longer than the walls of China, have you seen the Benin moat, a defense mechanism built by the empire thousands of years ago, when your progenitors were bush men. You are a slave, we are gods and kings. History is history, what a slave like you think is inconsequential.
who first did iron smithing in southern Nigeria?
Which people did the first bronze work
Which people built the only pyramids in Nigeria.
When you answer these questions you'll see that you lots are uninformed
spearman: Argue with Azikiwe: he must be the clown as these are his words.
So you know his own history better than him - the great Zik of Africa and you know their history better than the grandmother, Who do Ibo people this thing?
Igbos are way more ancient than any tribe in Nigeria
My reasons are based on archeological facts
1. Nsude pyramids Udi Enugu State dated 2630-2610 BC
2. Igbo potteries they're distinct with Uli design which is an igbo artistic style Results indicate that pottery making has been in existence in the Igbo culture region since before 2000 B.C. The earliest evidence to date comes from Afikpo.
3. Igbo ukwu bronze works almost all dates back to the 9th century AD The arts where first ever bronze work done in not just Nigeria but west Africa as a whole at that time using a lost wax casting method to make the surface well detailed. The composition of the metal alloys used in the production of the bronze is unique, with an unusually high silver content and is distinct from alloys used in Europe, the Mediterranean or other African bronze centers The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art describes them as being "among the most inventive and technically accomplished bronzes ever made cool
4. Nsịbịdị writting have been dated to 400 AD and even earlier
Igbos are very ancient people like my grandad use to say
Igbo is a compressed igbo word for "ndi gbo" literally means "old people" in my dialect
Igbo civilization outdates even the nok civilization in Nigeria.
spearman: Argue with Azikiwe: he must be the clown as these are his words.
So you know his own history better than him - the great Zik of Africa and you know their history better than the grandmother, Who do Ibo people this thing?
Eze Chima was an Aro native doctor. In pursuance of the role of the Aros in the Atlantic Slave Trade quoted…from Michael Crowder’s story of Nigeria, Chima left Arochukwu to Benin to set up as an agent of the Aro Long Juju, for the usual purpose of collecting slaves from Benin.
Whenever, in the olden days, a native doctor travelled to a place, he by custom would, on arrival, report himself to the local chief or to the head of the society of native doctors of the land. He is either the guest of the head chief of the clan or puts up with head of the local society of native doctors. Accordingly, when Chima arrived Benin he reported himself to the Oba of Benin who accepted him as his guest. In time Chima settled down and set up practice as a native doctor and agent of Aro Oracle. He impressed the Oba of Benin so much with his magical art that he became very influential over the Oba. In consequence, the Oba installed Chima a chief in the palace of Benin. Thus the plain blunt and ordinary native doctor who left Arochukwu to establish an agency of the Long Juju, earned a chieftaincy title and became Chief Chima or Eze Chima. Having found his feet firm in Benin, Eze Chima sent for his brother Ekensu and other relatives from Arochukwu, and also set up an Aro settlement in Benin similar to those Aros had set up within the description of Michael Crowder, in other areas throughout former Eastern Nigeria. With the march of time, Chima’s practice in Benin expanded down to Niger Delta. Among the Urhobos and Itshekiris also the fame of the Aro Oracle spread and clients from those areas trooped to him to consult the Oracle. The greatest index of Chima’s influence on culture in Benin Kingdom is found in the fact that Benin people adopted the Igbo days of the week – Eke, Orie, Afo and Nkwo – on which Chima made one sacrifice or the other or observed his abstinences and spiritual disciplines, as names also of Benin week days. And till today the Binis have, as the Igbo, Eke, Orie, Afo, Nkwo – as names of their week days. According to Mr Wellington Igunbor a Benin historian, who on the mother side, belongs to one of Benin’s traditional chieftaincy families (Chief Gaius Obaseki’s family – Gaius Obaseki who was the Iyase or Prime Minister of Benin in 1947) – the settlement of Eze Chima in Old Benin was established in the area through which Siliku Street runs in the present-day Benin city. As Eze Chima’s influence increased so did population of his settlement expand. So influential was Eze Chima and so completely absorbed in the society was he and his clan that there was hardly a thing he and his people could not do on the basis of equality with Benin indigenes. How Chima left Benin: At the time Eze Chima lived in Benin, the mother of Oba of Benin was Asije. The Oba’s brother who also was the Oba’s War Lord was called Gbunwala. One day, Asije the mother of both the Oba and Gbunwala, the Benin War Lord went into a farm belonging to Eze Chima’s people and collected firewood. Eze Chima’s people then caught Asije the Oba’s mother, and beat her thoroughly for taking wood from their farm without permission. Back home, Asije reported to her children – the Oba of Benin and Gbunwala, the Benin War Lord, her bitter experience with Eze Chima’s people. Red with anger, Gbunwala, the Oba’s brother and War Lord, took some of his soldiers, went to Chima’s settlement, set upon Chima’s people – beat them thoroughly and killed some of them.
From that day, Gbunwala began to harass Eze Chima and his people. In the circumstance, Eze Chima decided to quit Benin with his people and return to the East whence he came to rejoin his Igbo kith and kin – or, in the alternative to find new settlements for himself and his people in places far and safe beyond the reach of Oba of Benin.
This story was told in Igbo Primer popularly known as “Azu Ndu”, approved by Government Education Department for infant classes of primary schools in the Igbo Provinces of then Eastern Nigeria, now Biafra, since the beginning of the 20th century.
On their way out of Benin, some of the Eze Chima’s people settled at Agbo (Agbor), 44 miles away from Benin City which they considered far, and out of reach, molestations and influence of the Oba of Benin and his brother, Gbunwala. Others went beyond this distance and settled at Isele-Uku, Onicha-Olona, Onicha-Ugbo and Obio. When they reached the West bank of the Niger, some took a canoe and paddled down the River to Abo and settled. Led by Oreze, the eldest son of Eze Chima, the balance of Eze Chima clan crossed the River Niger to the eastern bank and settled among Oze people – the original inhabitants of what is today the big and prosperous commercial and education centre in Biafra – Onicha (Onitsha). On page 73 of his story of Nigeria, Mr Michael Crowder believed that the migration of Onicha (Onitsha) people – this is of Umu Eze Chima clans – from Benin took place in the 17th century.
Bendeco2020: Shut up. Howmany or large is Benin Empire for Fulani to conquer when they already conquered bigger tribes up North.
Like I told you, thank God for Britain that stopped them.
They already penetrated part of Edo (Auchi) before colonial period.
Another lie
Have you heard of Agbede and it's neighboring communities in northern edo ?
They're conquered Muslims
Lamba people
Edo are overhyped no cap
Igbos were ahead of them
Igbos are way more ancient than any tribe in Nigeria
My reasons are based on archeological facts
1. Nsude pyramids Udi Enugu State dated 2630-2610 BC
2. Igbo potteries they're distinct with Uli design which is an igbo artistic style Results indicate that pottery making has been in existence in the Igbo culture region since before 2000 B.C. The earliest evidence to date comes from Afikpo.
3. Igbo ukwu bronze works almost all dates back to the 9th century AD The arts where first ever bronze work done in not just Nigeria but west Africa as a whole at that time using a lost wax casting method to make the surface well detailed. The composition of the metal alloys used in the production of the bronze is unique, with an unusually high silver content and is distinct from alloys used in Europe, the Mediterranean or other African bronze centers The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art describes them as being "among the most inventive and technically accomplished bronzes ever made cool
4. Nsịbịdị writting have been dated to 400 AD and even earlier
Igbos are very ancient people like my grandad use to say
Igbo is a compressed igbo word for "ndi gbo" literally means "old people" in my dialect
Igbo civilization outdates even the nok civilization in Nigeria
This one choke you. Make I repeat am make you hear wella.
The Benin Origin Of Onitsha: By Late President Nnamdi Azikiwe- The first President of Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Genealogy and Nativity "Thus, in tracing my paternal lineage, I could say that both parents of my father are direct descendants of Eze Chima. As for me, I can trace my paternal ancestry in this wise: I am the first son of Chukwuemeka, who was the third child and first son of Azikiwe, who was the second son of Molokwu, who was the third son of Ozomaocha, who was the second son of Inosi Onira, who was the fourth son of Dei, the second son of Eze Chima, the founder of Onitsha."
SOURCE - Nnamdi A zikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P4 "I can trace my maternal ancestry thus: I am the first son of Nwanonaku Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)Azikiwe, who was third daughter of Aghadiuno Ajie, the fifth son of Onowu Agbani, first daughter of Obi Udokwu, the son who descended from five Kings of Onitsha. Five of these rulers of Onitsha were direct lineal descendants of Eze Chima (PRINCE OHIME), who led his warrior adventurers when they left Benin to establish the Onitsha city state in about 1748 AD.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P5 "One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "
"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents.
In the attempt to penalize them, Chima (OHIME), the ultimate founder of the Onitsha City-State, a Prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P 11 - 12.
You're the clown here 🤡🤡
where is eze China originally from?
Do you know eze actually means ' PRIEST ' in ìgbo language before it was corrupted to mean
spearman: The Benin Origin Of Onitsha: By Late President Nnamdi Azikiwe- The first President of Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Genealogy and Nativity "Thus, in tracing my paternal lineage, I could say that both parents of my father are direct descendants of Eze Chima. As for me, I can trace my paternal ancestry in this wise: I am the first son of Chukwuemeka, who was the third child and first son of Azikiwe, who was the second son of Molokwu, who was the third son of Ozomaocha, who was the second son of Inosi Onira, who was the fourth son of Dei, the second son of Eze Chima, the founder of Onitsha."
SOURCE - Nnamdi A zikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P4 "I can trace my maternal ancestry thus: I am the first son of Nwanonaku Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)Azikiwe, who was third daughter of Aghadiuno Ajie, the fifth son of Onowu Agbani, first daughter of Obi Udokwu, the son who descended from five Kings of Onitsha. Five of these rulers of Onitsha were direct lineal descendants of Eze Chima (PRINCE OHIME), who led his warrior adventurers when they left Benin to establish the Onitsha city state in about 1748 AD.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P5 "One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "
"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents.
In the attempt to penalize them, Chima (OHIME), the ultimate founder of the Onitsha City-State, a Prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P 11 - 12.
Stoplying: 1.Benin kingdom reached as far as the map produced by eye-witnesses says it reached. 2. In the 18th century, they didn't have time travel machines, so they couldn't predict that I would be having this conversation with an uneducated tribal bigot who can't accept facts, also they couldn't see that one day, the name Biafra would be associated to a region of future Nigeria and a civil war, they didn't know that some people will not be able to understand that eyewitness written documents don't account for future events. 3. now your stupidity is bordering on mental illness , I'm literally showing you a map from the 18th cebtury on which Biafara is written, yet you are saying that I claimed that Biafra is a name created in 1967...(do I even need to ask you where I am supposed to have made that claim ?) 4. You seem to be describing yourself, I think you are aware of that. Reverse psychology is a myth, it won't work here. Now, deal with your mental problems and leave me alone.
Lol Are you not seeing Biafara in the map or you're that slow 🦥
In the 18th century, Cameroon didn't exist yet, below is a map of Africa from the 18th century drawn by Emanuel Bowen (a famous map maker of that era)
In the 18th century ojuku didn't exist yet, so the Republic of Biafra had not yet been declared, rather what we have is a region which the Europeans referred to as Biafra.
Don't quote me again, you need to work your brain more and stop disturbing me. You seem incapable of dealing with hard facts when they go against your previously unsubstantiated beliefs. Benin was a very large Kingdom, contrary to what you think, Benin city which was earlier referred to as Edda, is only the capital of Benin kingdom.
so Benin empire reach western present day cameroon and Biafara in lower NE Nigeria
And who told you the name Biafra started from 1967?
Look at the dunce I'm wasting my time on sef!
You are seeing Biafara in map drawn even before the creation of Nigeria you are indeed deluded
Your case is the one of severe cognitive dissonance
Stoplying: And who exactly killed Anioma in th civil war ? Smear tactics in order to devide. Look, our existence as a multilingual people under the same emperor of Benin predates Nigeria by several centuries, talkless of any stupid civil war or your smear and fear tactics.
Go and speak to anioma man na let me speak let's know who is more related Aniomas are Igbo settlers they speak igbo and do igbo too
ican2020: Ikas are different from the Igbos in the way we do things, you cannot because of disagreement pick up weapons and start killing your neighbours in Ika land like the rubbish happening in SE today
Tell Benin man to speak Benin to an ika man tell someone from ụmụchu in Anambra to do the same
The ika man will communicate well with the Anambra man
Same idiots that killed Anioma people during the wars are the one making noise online
My own is come to Asaba and environ and say this dem go Comot your teeth
Stoplying: 1. Greenland is not on the map 2. USA is not on the map and didn't even exist when the map was made. 3. You saw a map from the 18th century on which a region is referred to as "negroland" and you think the logical thing is to ask where that place is, even though you literally saw it on a map ? 4. Perhaps you are a little bit confused, that region of Africa which was referred to as "negroland" by Europeans in the 18th century is no longer referred to as "negroland". We are no longer in the 18th century, things change over time. 5. I shouldn't have to come and provide explanations while I literally gave an eyewitnesses written document which your own sense should have allowed you to analyse. But since you are the usual tribal bigot, your brain stops working at times and you require tutoring. But, try and be more respectful when you need intellectual help from people whom are smarter than you. 6. Stop arguing over everything which doesn't fit your dogma or on which your academic level is too small for you to understand. I've just given you a free lecture, and that annoys me, instead of being paid, I'm being insulted by an uneducated tribal bigot.
Are you seeing negroland there yes or no?
Where is negroland?
When did Benin kingdom extend to far away to up till western Cameron?
Any historical record that shows Benin extend to cameroon
How come Biafara is more upwards? In the north than eastern Nigeria
My point is, the map isn't accurate in terms of depicting how the land is distributed
Stoplying: Precolonial map of Africa, from Emanuel Bowen. Look for Benin Kingdom in it. I know some people prefer to talk about history out of feelings rather then facts. Agbor is not from Benin, it is in Benin !
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Same map that told you green land is larger than Africa
Same map that tells you USA is bigger is almost the size of Africa
Crap! According to this crap Benin extend to Cameron
NaMe4: Eze Chima was a chief priest born in Aro in present day South East who paid homage to the Oba of Benin (just as others from various parts of the Country and beyond do up till this day). He was even gifted lands by the Oba. Eventually, had to exit after an issue with the Oba and Edos, and ultimately settled around where Agbor is. Just a brief summary.
Igbo land did not reach Benin.
Maybe migrants and settlers such as Eze Chima.
My grandpa used to say the word " eze " means priest not king like most people think now
Didn't make sense to me then I'm beginning to see instances confirming what he said
Abagworo: Cannibalism never existed in all of Igboland. This information was based on what the riverine people told the Europeans to prevent them from taking over their trade from Igboland. For example Igbos in the West believed Benin was eating people and Igbos in the East believed Ibibio and Ijaw were eating people.
spearman: I AM NOT IGBO - SUNDAY OLISEH"My name is Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh. A man that know his roots deep in his blood as told to him by his ancestors
They do not eat humans (Refer to Map of Cannibalism). They do not have OSU caste system. They are not criminally inclined and do not carry drugs. They are not migrant traders with apprenticeship. They built kingdoms and lived in cities not forests.
Anioma are not Ibos. Anthropology, culture and oral history reflects this. Aniomas are a distinct nationality of their own. Anioma is Anioma. Ibos should let others be. Ibo attachment to anything is de-marketing. Why would anyone want to carry the same passport as Ibos post Nigeria.
spearman: Lamba: Okowa na politician. Him people warn una not to buy his campaign vote seeking lie. Ika hate the most any Ibo association than any other tribe in Anioma. Fact!!!
Okowa : I'm igbo Af0ja brain 🧠: no it's a lie ika are not igbo you're not igbo Hahaha
Ajayi dey inside one rusticated building inside bere Ibadan dey tell me about East wey I dey
Abeg no come Agbor especially Agbor-obi come talk this thing o
spearman: They do not eat humans (Refer to Map of Cannibalism). They do not have OSU caste system. They are not criminally inclined and do not carry drugs. They are not migrant traders with apprenticeship. They built kingdoms and lived in cities not forests.
Anioma are not Ibos. Anthropology, culture and oral history reflects this. Aniomas are a distinct nationality of their own. Anioma is Anioma. Ibos should let others be. Ibo attachment to anything is de-marketing. Why would anyone want to carry the same passport as Ibos post Nigeria.
Tell me one monument in your bush SW that is of archeological importance as the nsude pyramids in udi Enugu State
do you even know the meaning of the word "Anioma 😂 this algae-spirogyra ewedu eater tribe of liars, cowards
When Igbos were mastering iron and bronze work your ancestors were bush dwellers
Likes of Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien was once even ohaneze president many of our people in Delta over the years have served at various positions in ohaneze ndi Igbo
YellowBa pig 🐖🐷🐷 face kwara leave Delta Igbos alone
I'm glad Okowa and others are putting you liars in your place
paxx: It's just ridicilious. You guys claim every single tribe east of ondo is related to Yoruba. Cmon man.... everybody is looking at u guys like ....
I think we just need to admit that the entire southern nigeria has been traveling and intermingling since the beginning of time.
Igbos were wicked craftsmen who traveled all over southern Nigeria to do their UZU (smithing) works
Igbos did the first iron
Smelting of iron in Igbo land for instance began prehistorically. From the artefacts found in Leja in Nsụka, smelting of iron in that place was backdated 2000 BC. The first recorded iron smelting site in the world. This was even long before Europeans knew about iron smelting. The Igbo have seen road and existed in Igbo land (Copied)
First bronze works in Nigeria was made by Igbos Igbo ukwu bronze work were made early 9AD
So Igbos traveled alot then some of them returned some decided to settle accross the west
Igbo Uzor was renamed ibusa everything done was to cut Igbos as small as possible while Igbos in reality dominates southern Nigeria spreading both in SS and SE
Agbor is the biggest and the most cosmopolitan city of the lka nation. The historic origin of Agbor kingdom as we stated earlier has different angles. Some writers trace the origin of Agbor to the reign of Oba Ewedo of Benin. According to this perspective - the Oba had twin sons named Edo and Ogugunagbon. Both were subjected to a kind of lucky dip in order to pick a successor to Oba Ewedo. Ogugunagbon was unlucky to choose the wrong box and had to leave Benin with throng of his supporters to a new location leading to his founding of Agbor. However, Prince Adams Gbenoba in his book "The History and Culture of Agbor (Agbon) Kingdom" agrees with the Benin origin but adds another angle:
"Without doubt, beyond myths and legends by way of oral tradition, no accounts can be more authentic than the neutral, historical accounts of colonial travelers, explorers and administrators. Mr. J. Macrae-Simpson on page 5 of his "1935 INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON THE AGBOR CLAN IN THE AGBOR DISTRICT' recorded thus: "Talbet, on page 168 of Volume 1 of Southern Nigeria", quotes an extract from the chronicle of the Dutch historian-traveller Henrik Nyendael, which seems to be a description of the exodus from Benin of the founder of Agbor Clan: "After this barbarity, the King aIso found a third man that stood on his way, who, being universally beloved,was timely warned ...and accordingly took his flight, accompanied by three-fourths of the inhabitants of the town. The King caused the fugitives to be pursued.. Then the fugitives, thoroughly incensed and flushed, came directly to the City, which they plundered and pillaged, sparing no place but the King's Court; after which he returned, but incessantly continued to rob the inhabitants of Great Benin, till at last a peace was concluded ... He lives two or three days' journey from Benin, where he keeps at Agbor as great a Court and State as the King...".Talbet goes on to say that of the two families that left Benin at this time (shortly before Nyandael's visit in 1702), one settled at Agbor while the other went to Obior, another Clan in the Agbor District.
Of the same Obior family came also the ancestors of Onitsha-Mili (the Onitsha Waterside of today). It is a tradition of the Obior people, and indeed of most of the Clans between them and the Niger, and also of Onitsha itself, that their tribe was founded by Chima a refugee from Benin City...The story is that Chima?, when driven from Benin, traveled eastwards towards the Niger, which he eventually crossed, and settled in Onitsha. There he begat nine children, of which eight died, leaving him with a daughter called Owuwu. Believing that the loss of his children was caused by witchcraft, he left Onitsha and returning to Agbor, long existing country, settled at Osarra (present day Ozanogogo- previously called Ozarra- in Agbor Kingdom), where one of the quarters to this day bears the name of his sole remaining child, Owuwu.
Similarly Onyekpeze F. A, a foremost writer of lka history in his book ·An outline of the Culture & Socio-Economic Interest of the Ika Nation emphasizes this trend of the Benin factor in the formation of Agbor: One factor is that the place names of Agbor and Its outlying settlements are Bini words. Another factor which buttresses Agbor claim to Bini origin is that the villages in Agbor Town viz, lghogbe, Olihe, Ogbeisere, Ohumere, Ehaikpen, Ogbesogban and Ogbeiwaise, etc. are a replica of the villages in Benin City. In addition, even the lhogbes of Agbor like the lghogbes of Benin City, claim lfe origin and their ancestors are believed to have accompanied Prince Oromiyan from lfeto Benin to establish the present monarchy.
The Agbor titleship, Uzaman, lhaime, Odlonwere and Ehaivbo, and its system of government are similar to those of Benin. Furthermore, inAgbor's oral tradition, the king of Agborwas popularly known as Ogle Agbon, meaning the ruler of the whole world. The question which arises is, when did the title of the ruler of Agbor change from Ogle to Obi of Agbor? One can therefore acceptthe Bini oral tradition that the rulers of lka now called Obis were Ogies as other rulers or Chiefs or Oba's representatives in Benin Division. It may be that the rulers of lka, especially the ruler of Agbor regarded Ogle as belittling and wanted a more prestigious title, especially after successfully severing political relationship with Benin following the deportation of Oba Ovoramwen in 1898.
Despite these different views Agbor continues to wax stronger with a rich cultural heritage.
IAlisor, Alilehan and Ozanogogo speak Oza language of the edo people and not the lka language.
Government of Agbor
The monarchy rules the Agbor kingdom.The Dein is the king of Agbor kingdom. He is the supreme authority for the whole entire kingdom. Dein was the first ruler of Agbor .He reigned from 1270 to 1307 with his headquarters at Agbor-nta. However, the headquarters of the Agbor Kingdom has moved to different locations for a couple of times in order to maintain a modicum of impregnability and invincibility of the kingdom. The Dein was the commander in chief of the Agbor kingdom. Agbor warriors feared no foe. Their exploits are legendary and they maintained their territories with an iron fist. The Agbor kingdom founded outposts towns far away from the kingdom to protect itself from foreign invasions.
Dynasty till Date
1. Dein 1270 to 1307 2. Owuwu 1307 to 1333 3. Akina 1333 to 1460 4. Agho 1460 to 1518 5. Oguade 1518 to 1594 6. Ahisama 1598 to 1630 7. Oseh 1630 to 1650 8. Oje-1650 to 1658 9. Adigwe 1698 to 1740 10. Modu 1740 to 1795 11. Obanor 1795 to 1885 12. Odin 1885 to 1890 13. Gbenoba 1890 to 1911 14. Agborbu 1914 to 1929 15. Obika 1935 to 1967 16. lkenchuku 1968 to 1979 17. Kiagboekuzi 1979 till date.
This one go change Ikechukwu to Ikenchukwu
You lots are pathetic there's nothing you guys can do to divide Igbos that will work because at end both cultural and lingual evidences will be there to prove they're Igbos
For example
Tell Agbor man to speak; then bring someone from Benin that's closer and someone from far away Enugu
The Enugu man will understand 80+% of what an ika man speaks a Benin man will not hear up to 10% no cap!
I have been in Agbor-Obi most of them ofcourse pay homage to oba of Benin they mostly identify as Ika and are mostly identify openly as Igbos
Even Okowa has come out to Identify that ika people are Igbos not once but many times I believe whoever SW pig pushing these lies are more ika than Okowa
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