THE MAN ORUBOKO AND HIS FAMILY Furthermore, occupation Oruboko was a very successful merchant in his time hence the possibility of meeting all kinds of people was unavoidably impossible. This certainly mean that friends will be contracted some short time and friends some long time friends and some life times friends. And incidentally, due to crisis situation in a place called Nyaodla in Adoni, a man called Ikalile with a crop of people who violated given instruction due to crisis situation between two families, due to the intensity of the fight but Ikalile and this people felt they have then strength to deal with their opponents hence they went further to fight their opponent and killed a lot of them realizing the consequences of their act, they decided to flee for their lives at night. He remembering that he had a friend who is a chief in Okrika and on their way to Okrika, some of them decided to go to Beguma today know as Asari be-IPO, who were rather given a place to stay some matters away to avoid contamination of their linage. In the case of Kalile (19th century the incursion of Ikalile and others) and his followers they came to Okrika in Search of his friend chief Oruboko but on arrival, he arrived in the early hours of the morning, meeting a woman bathing at the water front and on inquiring, she rather went to let the king, in the person of King Boka, who on demand to know the Way about of chief Oruboko for whose knowledge the Amayanabo denied knowing and demand that Ikalile and his fellows stay with him and kept them in his corridor for about three months, this rumored in the town and the information got to the ears of chief Oruboko who was looking round if he would find an occasion to meet his friend but it was not possible decided to beat a talking drum know as Akuma, which can only be used when a chief Oruboko had to beat the Akuma (the talking drum). At this juncture, everybody had to come to the meeting place of the king and while the gathering intensified, chief Oruboko was keenly waiting to find his friend and suddenly Ikalele and while also looking around to see if his friend will also be in the crowed and unfortunately for him he saw his friend chief oruboko and he rushed to embrace him he saw his friend chief Oruboko and he rushed to embrace him and enquiring, Ikalele said what the Amayanabo said to knowing a chief by name Oruboko, he Oruboko took offence by that statement and on asking the Amayanabo. he used his chietaincy symbol know as Okuru on the Amayanabo. This gave birth to the council of chiefs who demanded that chief Oruboko pay a fine for that singular act. And he asked to fill what si called (chuna) a very long stick with what was the legal tender obtainable at that time known as manila, this invariably is a price that was paid to redeem a friend who came looking for him. At this juncture the Amayanabo inquired if Ikaleli was not comfortable where he was or does he desire to go with chief Oruboko? He responded hence having seen the man he came for; he will rather go with him. Chief Oruboko in the person of Wocha having realizing that he hadn’t a enough space to keep his visitors, requested for additional space to accommodate his quests, which eas granted by the Amayanabo to Oruboko the place called Orupiri, it now became an extension of the Egweme bir. This place was now allocated to the visitors, and as a people now assimilated in to the family of the Oruboko war canoe house, chief Wocha asked his son Jackson Opu Oriaku who eventually succeeded his father Wocha as his subjects to be representative in the new settlement called Orupiri, Which has been contested for as to the Rightful owner of the place in various courts and was ruled in favour of the Oruboko family but the clause was the right of ownership and the dismiss of his occupancies to the Ikaleli. Chief Opu Oriaku after the dismiss of his father Wocha Oruboko, who happens to be the hair to his father’s throne demonstrated the love his father and Ikalile enjoyed towards his son called Elegbara, for every proper and true love is not void of given, this was also seen between the two sons of their late father’s hence Chief. Oriaku Oruboko decided to marry a wife for Elegbara called Iwaritaribi. Who at the end of the day gave birth to a baby boy and the child was named by Chief Opu- Oriaku, expressing his feelings concerning the child, and he gave him a name, cause it was like a tradition that children born in this part of the world, would always be named according to prevailing events at the particular time of delivery. Out of this, a child was adapted being Okuru Ikalile Oruboko. Furthermore, as tradition demands when chiefs goes for meetings, small boys have always been in their company and case of Opu Oriaku was not different but with Okuru, who because his follower so they kept on living till the chief died and brother Onuka took over the leadership of the Oruboko war canoe house in which Ikalile and his followers does belong. Chief Onuka Oruboko ruled till he died and it was expedients that the stool must be filled hence the brother of chief Oruboko in the person of Kurobo who was the most elderly was appointed by chief Onuka to succeed him before his death, which was the usual tradition for the incumbent chief before his death, will have to point who should succeed him and in the case of in you so was it but Kurobo refused but asked Okuru Ikalile Oruboko to hold the family, he was given the mantle for the Oruboko family, he was preferred because he had always been with the chief Opu Oriaku the obtainable of the chiefs, became for Kurobo, he is use to being out for his Endeavour’s. From this point, Chief Okuru Oruboko took over the responsibility of leading the Oruboko war canoe house. These are evident enough that the Ikalile family was an integral part of the Oruboko house; so much that they cannot be separated from the Oruboko family.This was how the Oruboko house came to be led by chief Okuru. It will also interest you to know that there had been about two chiefs form the Ikaleli group that had led the Oruboko family before it meets Okuru they are, Ikaleli and Elegbara the father of Okuru. All this shoes truly that these people were part of the family of Oruboko. This was not as if was a new thing in the land of Okika or else were that people can get integrated into another family and keeps life going. We also know that families like the Ado family also had some migrates like the Nwaoma from Kalabari led by Ogori to join the Ado family on the year 1755ad Nwaoma group came from Bakana, who migrated from Arochuku on the cross river through Amafor to the Kalabari area. Further more in the year 1892, there was fall out between the Ado family and the Egwemes, as a result of a mad woman, who usually had the attitude of going to Wgweme biri to abuse people and stealing their things, this faithful day while some men who were to go out a fishing prepared a meal (pulo gari) to eat on their return and only to come back, the garri had been eaten with the fish by the so called mad woman, and in anger their young men laid hand on this woman with the intention to kill her but unfortunately she died. This was the crux of the matter that made part of the Wgwemes to escape the reminance of Opuchuku had to go to Awolome biri to koin their kits and kins, mesibawho was a very successful merchant had the rumors while at Amapakobo’s compound, passes the information to chief Okuru Orukobo since the culprits were from Oruboko and for the usual act of the Ado family in letting properties during such occasions, the alternative was eave to live the island and go to the Okujagu Greek. This counsel was whole heartedly acceptied by chief Oruboko house about the impending down hence the need to move and off they left the island and arrived at a place called ikikakiri, and they went on towards Okujagu but on realizing that he has many slave advise both chief Okuru Oruboko and mesiba to go over to Ikikakiri and make a survey, this they did and mesiba and chief Okuru Oruboko had his name affect his own portion and more so as a warrant chief who most times goes for his activities at the island, which invariable has become the name of the communities and the name of mesiba demisted the 1931 agreement this conferees this position.
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