HISTORY OF NGUGO OBAIRE IN IKEDURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT
According to Jo Alutu (1963:4) the putative projeniter of Nnewi people was a man called Digbo. Therefore, the history of Ngugo Obaire is woven around a man called Obaire Ike. Ike was the son of Duru who migrated from Eziama Obiato in Mbaitoli local government area. Duru lost his way during hunting expediction at Ugirike. Duru gave birth to Ike and Ike begot many sons that make up what is known today as Ikeduru. Traditional Rulership Of Ngugo Obaire Obaire was the fifth son of Ike, the incidence in the life of Obaire which forced him to run to Amaraku in Mbanu make interwarlists believe that Ngugo Obaire migrated from mbano. Tradition has it that obaire the fifth son of Ike was a problem son, Ike wanted to do away with obaire by selling him to the Portuguese slave traders, obaire’s mother caught mind of Ike’s intention by secritely advice her son Obaire to take flee to his maternal home in Mbano for refuge. Obaire complied to his mother’s advice and fled to Amaraku through narrow bushy ...