By

Okwoli Moses Elaigwu

It was Edeh, son of Igwonye, son of Idoma, the progenitor of all Edumoga  that also left Apa after the disintegration of kwararafa king of Apa..He begot Ogah who begot Ohemu who begat Agbo, Abbah and Ito. Ito left them at Otobi and joined the children of Agba from Ora who founded the Igede people of Ito while Agbo and Abbah founded modern Edumoga. Agbo became the ancestor of the Ekeh people while Abbah had three children; Onakpata, Adatanwata and Anyiligwo.

WHY AI-ABBAH OF EDUMOGA SEPARATED

Abbah was a King and in possession of the "Ekwu-nokwu" (of Edeh) and their mother Oneh lived with him.

Oneh married the loyal servant to her late husband and got pregnant without the consent of her children.

 Adatanwata and Anyiligwo paid Onakpata a visit to get explanation. Onakpata knowing that such gross bridge of tradition is punishable by death suggested they allowed their mother have the child and then sell the child off as slave. They all agreed.

When the child was born, Onakpata named him Ogbe and he grew up in his house. He then got him a wife... at this point, his brothers could not bear the atrocity and challenged Onakpata. Onakpata persuaded them to allow the child have his own family and become part of them since they shared the same mother.

 The brothers left in anger.

One faithful day, Ogbe was bitten by a viper while hunting. He died due to the venom. Onakpata brought out the "Ekwu-nokwu" of their father to convey his soul to the afterlife. At this point, the brothers could no longer take it. The confrontation that followed had Onakpata and his children set against his brothers with arrows, spears and drawn sword. The brothers departed and never returned. This is how the Ai-Abbah divided into Ai-Abbah icho and Ai-Abbah ehaje

OTHER OPINION ON EDUMOGA ANCESTRAL LINEAGE:

This is the ancestral lineage of the Edumoga People:

EDE the father of Edumoga was an illustrious son of Idu the father of Idoma. Ede however gave birth to OGA. OGA gave birth to ADAM. ADAM gave birth to AYA. AYA gave birth to EDUM. EDUM gave birth to OCHAI. OCHAI gave birth to OHEMU and OHEMU gave birth to AGBO and ABBAH.

AGBO gave birth to EDE, ODE and ABBA who are the present Ekeh. Edeh is the eldest son Agbo and his children are Omlokpo and Obotu who was begotten through the daughter of Omlokpo. Odeh settled in Ogblega and gave birth to Ogbodo, Ejeh and Ajama.

ABBA on the other hand gave birth to ONAH (ONAKPATA) and ADAH (ADATANWATA)

Onakpata comprised of the people of Edumoga Ehaje while Adatanwata comprised of the people from Edumoga Icho i.e  AMEJO and Okonobo respectfully.

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