NATIONAL PEOPLES NEWS EVENT OF THE YEAR IS THE ABA FESTIVAL OF IGARRA KINGDOM

NATIONAL PEOPLES NEWS EVENT OF THE YEAR IS THE ABA FESTIVAL OF IGARRA KINGDOM

The Otaru of Igarra, Oba Adeche Saiki (r), Gov Adams Oshiomhole,Senator  Domingo Obende and Peter Akpattason at the festival

We the members of the  Editorial board of National Peoples News after due consultations have decided to award our prestigious award of 

EVENT OF THE YEAR 2011;

TO THE 37 EDITION OF THE  ABA FESTIVAL OF IGARRA KINGDOM HELD IN AUGUST 2011 IN AKOKO EDO LGA OF EDO STATE. 

for

'The historic significance of the  age group promotion festival  as a sin qua non of the entire dialectical and historical materialism of the African peoples of sub Saharan Africa- as a microcosm of the glories, superlative art, culture and heritage of one of the richest aspects of  human glories in generality.''

The festival was first held in 1789  about 2 centuries ago as a remarkable significance of the victory of the Igarra peoples over its hostile neighbours in establishing a civilisation after their migration from the Jukun /Nupe empire after the bitter war with Her Royal Majesty Queen Amina of Zauzau{ Zaria} Empire when she embarked on her war of conquest to the sea. The Igarra Peoples had to migrate southwards crossing the Benue River at Idah where the Warlord Ogbodo the great of Igarra Leading the Igarra peoples Like Moses of the Bible to cross the River Benue when the Igarra Peoples where encircled by the soldiers of the attacking Zauzau Empire at River Benue Ogbodo the Great prayed to God and he was asked to stretch forth his spear and the spear turned into a bridge on the River Benue and that gave access to all the peoples of Igarra to escape to safety in the caves of the Kukuruku hills on the other side of the river....After the crossing of the igarra peoples over the river BENUE ,the great Ogbodo of the Eshinogu [ Warrior  Family- Defense arm of the 5 Royal Ruling Family of the Igarra Kingdom]  who lead the Igarra people to safety turned the bridge back into his spear and that spear is still alive today kept as a special custody of the Ogbodo's first son -- Okomayin  Ukonga which was transferred to Chief Gabriel Onaivi Ukonga the Royal Head of the ESHINOGU Royal Ruling CLAN..who became the custodian of that spear till he transcended to eternity... the tip of that spear must never torch the ground

 PRINCE FRANK ONAIVI UKONGA- THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF SDMP FOR THE 2012 EDO POLLS is the son of Chief Gabriel Onaivi Ukonga and the great great grand son of Ogbodo the great that lead the Igarra  peoples from the wars of Jukun /Nupe - Zauzau invasion to the present location in the Kukuruku valleys of Akoko Edo of Edo state of Nigeria. We are Eshinogu by clan in the legacy of the Igarra Kingdom.

 

The great Agigibobo drums of Igarra kingdom

Drummer beating the agidobobo drum @ Aba Festival

The Aba festival is held to celebrate the entire victory of the survival of the igarra people from their long journey from the Jukun /Nupe Empire to their conquest of the peoples of the new settlement in the valleys of kukuruku... though many a people reads a myopic interpretations to the great significances of the festival by attributing it to the singular conquest of the Eziakuta Hunting expedition over the settler's of the Kukuruku kingdom...The significance of the ceremony is the total embodiment of the history and legacy of a people migrating from the Meronic Kursh Civilization in the Middle Nile of the Kurst Kingdom ,south of Egypt .According to Authentic German historians,Igarra Peoples moved down into western Sudan through three established routes and thrived as allies to the Fulani Rule of King Samanguru who toppled the Govt of Prince Abubakadri of the Mali Empire who abdicated  and sailed to the Americas... It was this Prince Abubakadri that discovered America and not Christopher Columbus as widely assumed in many books. After the reign of Sunni Sundiata the greats. Etuno people shared the Ruling Powers of the Mali Empire with the Fulani Kings as allied, same with the Yorubas  and these three tribes were allied even according the the Fulani Chronicles, Sultan Abubakar 1 of Sokoto Emirate said the Yorubas and some other tribes in Nigeria are the cousins /Historical partners  of the Fulani .The Etuno people were the owners of the goldfields of Wangara and the great sea port of Walata adjacent to Wangara meaning United Igarra.

And after the coptic Almoravides invaded the Mali Empire to form the Songhai Empire the Peoples of Igarra , the Filani and the Yoruba formed another city state of Futa Toro Kingdom on the East of Senegambian River and finally had access to migrate and conquer the entire Sahel and Savannah belt of Sub Saharan aspects of Western Sudan.We have our facts and figures, dates and time of the entire history of the Igarra Peoples dating more than 2000 years in the history of Africa....

WE  WISH ALL OUR READERS AND FANS HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
.Note... For more details on the 2000 YEARS HISTORY OF THE IGARRA PEOPLE... visit.. .http://.www.nationalpeoplesnews.blogspot.com

SIGN: PRINCE FRANK ONAIVI UKONGA- PUBLISHER NATIONAL PEOPLES NEWS & SDMP GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDARTE FOR 2012 EDO POLLS.