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Oba Orhogbua

{ABout 1550AD-1578AD}

ORHOGBUA, Esigie’s son was the most formally educated Oba of Benin until AKENZUA II of the Twentieth Century. He was educated outside Benin, perhaps at first in the Bishopric of the off-shore Island of Sao Tome, then later in the metropolitan capital of LISBON. He was trained with an eye on his ultimately becoming a Catholic Priest; He was still overseas when ESIGIE his father died.

When ORHOGBUA arrived in Benin from Europe after his father Esigie’s death he had a choice to make to take up his patrimony as the Oba of Benin, or to practise the profession of the Priesthood of the Church for which he had been trained It was In regard to this choice which Orhogbua had to make that the Edos said:

Al wo Oba, wo ebo:

You cannot be king, and concurrently be a priest to a deity.
Orhogbua became the Oba of Benin and relinquished his priestly duties to the few Portuguese Priests and native clergy whom the Priests had trained in Catechist to help at the altar.

The advantages of Orhogbua’s overseas education began to show immediately he became the monarch of the land. Some considerable period of time had elapsed between the death of his father and his own arrival home. In the interval the numerous women in the royal harem, his father’s wives, had dispersed to their various homes and villages and begun to co-habit with other men. This was a capital offence in the Kingdom.

Against the insistence of the chiefs Orbogbua forbade the ex*****on of the women, their consorts, and the off-spring of their co-habitation. They, women, men and children were all gathered together in URUBI Quarters and allowed to live their ordinary lives. But they were sentenced or perpetual penance for the crime they had committed. Chief ERO was assigned to look after them.
The penance to which the EMEHE were sentenced was that of unremitting labour for them and their offspring, throughout their natural lives. They were not at any time to be seen by the monarch enjoying any respite from labouring

Emehe n’ Urubi
Nei fiabo mien Oba aro:

"Emehe of Urubi, Who must not be seen not labouring. By the Oba of Benin”

In old Benin whenever an Emehe of Urubi had an arranged audience with the monarch he kept the appointment supporting a luggage, of any type, on his head If the meeting was a chance encounter the Emehe personage would quickly pick up anything from the ground be it a twig or a dry leaf and place this “luggage” on his head, in obedience to the stricture of unremitting toil under which he forever laboured. The BINI DICTIONARY compiled by Dr. Hans MELZIAN the Dutch in 1937 describes the EMEHE graphically as never to been seen by the Oba without a load on their heads, therefore when he is near they either put the nearest thing on their heads, or, they lean their heads against a house-wall as if about to lift the house asking help of passers-by

The other advantage of his overseas education and enlightenment which Orogbua conferred on the kingdom was his love for the sea, and how this love influenced his running of the affairs of Benin. He turned the extensive lagoon system running parallel to the Bight of Benin into a Benin Lake, and became the lord of all the lands bordering this Lake. He founded an Enogie-Ship on the island of Lagos

During this long period of Orhogbua’s years of the sword Christianity and education looked after themselves in Benin as best as they could, limping along without the royal presence they needed for support and encouragement.

The reign of Oba Orhogbua is marked with the expansion of the Empire westwards. Thus Eko {Lagos} and Badagry were founded. He established the monarchical rule in those places and placed his own representatives to rule them. He established the first Oba of Lagos. it is said that during the oba's long sojourn in Lagos and Badagry, some parts of the Eastern Empire were in a rebellious state which was quickly surprised by the war general, Ezomo Agban who was dispatched to Agbor in 1577.

The appearance of British explorers like Windham {1553 in this part of the world took place during Orhogbua's period.

He introduced the European type cooking salt to Benin kingdom

At the close of the reign of Oba Orhogbua to that of Ehengbuda lived Agban, one of the most prosperous and renowned warriors of the Ezomos of Uzebu, Benin City. Two years after. Orhogbua’s arrival home from, the wars on the sea coast, about 1577, he found most of Obis of Eka and others on this side of the river Niger in the state of rebellion and neglecting, their usual tribute to the Empire of Benin He therefore dispatched Agban the Ezomo to each of them a sharp lesson and bring them to their senses. It was indeed the longest expedition which Agban had undertaken, and it lasted over two years, But it was successful for he captured their towns one after another in the form of depredation. Ogboeka the name which was changed to Agban, (corrupted to Agbor) after the conqueror’s name by the order of the Oba, was the first captured.

Having returned home, one day while he was giving the account of his victorious campaign to the succeeding Oba Ehengbuda in the palace, there was a sudden terrible roar of thunder. Agban was very angry and in consequence left the palace. He said to his servants, “Build me a scaffold and l will wage war on the thunder in the sky which has dared to interrupt me while I was speaking to the Oba”. So he built a very high scaffold or tower to which he tied many calabashes of palm oil and set them on fire.

Tradition says that as the flames went up in the air, there alternately came a down-pour of rain and some thunder bolts fell from the sky, which was taken as a sign that he had gained the victory over the thunder. When the burning scaffold fell the pinnacle touched the ground at a spot about three miles from Benin City on tie Benin-Sakpoba road while the base of the scaffold was at Idunmwerie. Two Ikhinmwin trees were planted at both places, and they are still known as Aro Ezomo Agban or Ezomo Agban’s shrine. Everyone in the City who is invested with a title has to visit the shrine at Idunmwerie to honour the spirit of Agban the Ezomo, and pray to him for prosperity and renown.

THE MONARCHS OF GREAT BENIN EMPIRE FROM OGISO IGODO 40 BCE TO OBA EWUARE THE SECOND 2016 TILL DATE

Ogiso Igodo 40 BCE - 16 CE
Ogiso Ere 16-66
Ogiso Orire "The Young"66-100Interregnum 100-385
Ogiso Odia 385-400
Ogiso Ighido 400-414
Ogiso Evbobo 414-432
Ogiso Ogbeide "The proud eagle"432-447
Ogiso Emehen "The oraculist"447-466
Ogiso Ekpigho 466-482
Ogiso Akhuankhuan 482-494
Ogiso Efeseke 494-508
Ogiso Irudia 508-522
Ogiso Orria 522-537
Ogiso Imarhan 537-548
Ogiso Etebowe 548-567
Ogiso Odion 567-584
Ogiso Emose 584-600
Ogiso Ororo 600-618
Ogiso Erebo 618-632
Ogiso Ogbomo 632-647
Ogiso Agbonzeke 647-665
Ogiso Ediae 665-685
Ogiso Orriagba 685-712
Ogiso Odoligie 712-767
Ogiso Uwa 767-821
Ogiso Eheneden 821-871
Ogiso Ohuede 871-917
Ogiso Oduwa 917-967
Ogiso Obioye 967-1012
Ogiso Arigho 1012–1059
Ogiso Owodo 1059–1100

THIS TIME PRINCE EKALADERAN WHO WAS TO BECOME THE NEXT OGISO WAS BANISHED FROM THE KINGDOM AND HE END UP AT ILE IFE AND BECAME THEIR KING WITH A NAME ODUDUWA , THE PEOPLE AND THE ROYAL HOUSE OF IGODOMIGIDO DEMAND FOR THE RETURN OF PRINCE EKALADERAN WHO IS NOW KING IN ILE IFE BUT DUE TO HIS OLD AGE HE SENT HIS SON OMONOYAN ALSO KNOW AS ORANMIYAN TO THE LAND OF THE IGODOMIGIDO BUT OMONOYAN COULDN'T STAY DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIER BEFORE HE LEFT HE GOT MARRIED TO ONE OF THE DAUGHTER OF THE LAND AND GET HER PREGNANT AND HE LEFT TO CREATE OYO EMPIRE, THE PRINCESS HE MARRIED LATER GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD WHO BECAME OBA EWEKA THE FIRST

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