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This is a clarion call to all well-meaning individuals, corporations, and organizations to assist in bringing an ultramodern community facility and historical monument reconstruction to a speedy completion. The reconstruction of the Ancient Palace of Ugbe is a positive step towards restoring a historical edifice and the artifacts as well as creating an avenue for the public and tourists to learn the history of the people of Onicha-Olona and Anioma in relation with the Ancient Benin Empire in Nigeria.All Lovers of History and all well-meaning individuals, corporations and organizations are invited to join hands in sponsoring the effort to bring an ancient Palace back to life for the sake of posterity and for preservation of history and artifacts. 
 
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THIS PROJECT
 
The ancient palace of Oba Ugbe was built in 1505 AD by Prince Orhogbua and his brother, Prince Ugbe, when they established the settlement of the Ancient Warriors. In 1550 AD, Prince Ugbe became the first Oba (King). Upon assuming the throne, Oba Ugbe expanded the palace.​​
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Timeline:
In 1505 AD, Prince Orhogbua became the Enogie of Ikhonmioto Okhomina (present day Onicha-Olona) and the neighboring towns and villages during the reign of His Father, Oba Esigie of Great Benin Kingdom.When Oba Esigie joined the ancestors, Prince Orhogbua ascended the throne of the Ancestor in the present-day Benin City in 1547 AD as Oba Orhogbua and made his younger brother, Prince Ugbe, the Enogie of the then newly formed settlement (Ikhonmioto).
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​In 1550 AD, the palace was expanded when Oba Orhogbua installed his younger brother, Prince Ugbe, the Oba n'Isi Ika (Oba n'Isi) over the then newly formed Ikhonmioto Kingdom (Onochi Ani in Igbo translation) (covering the area where they fought war) and commissioned the then new palace of Oba Ugbe.
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In 1901 AD, the palace was destroyed by the British during the British invasion that resulted in the Ekumeku war of 1883-1914 AD.
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On the 5th of December 2023, Prince Ephraim O. Nwabuokei, a scion of Oba Ugbe, through a groundbreaking ceremony, launched the Oba N’Isi project, to reconstruct and revive the ancient palace of Ugbe, the Oba N'Isi.
Prince Ephraim O. Nwabuokei deems it necessary to rebuild the ancient palace and restore the lost glory of Onicha-Olona people and ancestors:
“The essence of the reconstruction is for the palace to serve both as an historical monument and as a museum where tourists can visit and learn the ancient history of our people and the events till date”.  In addition, according to Prince Nwabuokei, “the ancient palace of Oba N’Isi is a piece of historical edifice that holds a great deal of history of the Great Benin Kingdom.  More importantly, it is a treasure to the present day Anioma, Delta State, Edo State, Nigeria, and the entire continent of Africa as well as the British Empire. This is because, the decisions made in that Palace in 1883 AD and 1897 AD, culminated in a 31-year resistance to the British punitive invasion of the Kingdom which led to the war that is today known as Ekumeku War”. 
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Signed: 
COMMITTEE: ORGANIZATION FOR THE RESTORATION OF ANCIENT LANDMARKS IN ANIOMA (OFORALA)
 
Contact: 
Director of Public Relations: Hon. Richard Iyasere | Phone: +1 (646) 463 1390Other POCs: +1 (647) 607-3921; +1 (973) 536-3405; +234 905 229 8105; +234 806 474 7581.