Other Immigrants

OTHER IMMIGRANTS –

Migration Of Ndueze

Ndueze is a man a younger brother to the wife of Amacha. Omai the wife of Amacha had taken Ndueze his brother from Achala-uku to help bring up, saving her parents more stress as she sees Amacha her husband was wealthy. All through the life of Ndueze, he lived happily with the family. He got married and had Children and indeed served his sister’s husband very well. His faithfulness in service and decision to stay with them all through his life, made Amacha to entrust in his hands, the service of the Nze Shrine [god of war]

Migration of Ewolokpo.

Ewolokpo is from Achala-uku; he migrated from there and came to Abbi a place already founded by Amacha. Ewolokpo was found in the outskirt of the town called “Odor-ata” and was brought to Amacha by one of Amacha’s child. One day one of the sons of Amacha, as usual went hunting and in the bush he discovered from afar of, that smoke of fire littered the sky and so he trace to see where the smoke is actually coming from, and behold he met with an old man and interrogated him and afterwards took him to his father Amacha. Amacha discovered that they both spoke same language so he could ask him about his journey to his [Amacha] settlement. The man said his name is Ewolokpo and from Achala-uku he came in search of greener pasture.

Amacha accepted him to stay with him and live as one, and from there he Ewolokpo took the oath of Oneness.  Being one, and in a bid to make Ewolokpo part of the ceremonial activities of the already established gods of the town, he Amacha arrogated the serving of the “Ani juju” to Ewolokpo.

At this time Amacha is left with the serving of the “Ndiche we’ani” though he was formerly serving the three Ani, Nze and Ndiche shrines.

Migration of Ogwezhi

After the land of Umukwata, Amai, Abbi, Emu and Orogun had been founded, a young man without family was discovered in the hunting forest of Abbi, by the grandson of Amacha called Udu. Udu is the son of Aninta, the last son of Amacha. Udu was a strong man and he personally looks after the land regularly patrolling and indeed hunting.

One day he discovered a young man though fairly older than himself and after asking him series of questions discovered he speaks a familiar language and then brought him to the town to show his fathers. As he was questioned, he told his new found friends how he had journeyed from ubulu-uku to where he was found by Udu. According to Ogwezhi he committed abomination by defaming his father’s wife that led to him being banished out of the town

After much deliberation, Ogwezhi was accepted by the people and as of this time Amacha was very stricken in age. Ogwezhi was given the oath of oneness which he took as he decided to stay and no longer wonder in the bush. Ogwezhi as a bachelor lived at the present site of Elovie Quarter in Abbi from where he went out and took wife from another established town nearby called Emu.

 Ogwezhi after sometime had issues with the Ewolokpo, as his family member also defiled Ewolokpo son’s wife.  This caused problems as the Amacha stocks judged Ogwezhi wrong for doing such. Ogwezhi will not accept but rather went into battle with the Ewolokpo family making the Amacha children to fight against them and drove the Ogwezhi family away from Abbi. Ogwezhi and his little family ran to Orogun side where they stayed for some period of time and after pleading for reconciliation were accepted back into the town but not to their original place of stay; instead they were shown the present site where the descendants of Ogwezhi still stay till date called Okwele quarters of Abbi. Note also that when Ogwezhi ran to Orogun he also took another wife there and had children with her too.