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HISTORICAL MONUMENT AND MUSEUM CONSTRUCTION
OBA N'ISI PROJECT: REBUILDING THE ANCIENT PALACE OF OBA UGBE
This is a clarion call to all well-meaning individuals, corporations, and organizations to join hands in bringing the reconstruction of an ultra-modern community facility and historical monument to a speedy completion. This project is estimated to cost, approximately, $1million to accomplish. Your generous donations/contributions will greatly help to achieve this goal. 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 and the British Empire.
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.
[Donations are Tax Deductible as applicable]
This Project is a noble cause being undertaken in honor and memory of Oba Ugbe, the first King of Ikhonmioto Kingdom (an offshoot of the Ancient Benin Empire).
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BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE OBA N'ISI PROJECT
The ancient palace in Onicha-Olona was built in 1505 AD by Prince Orhogbua and his brother, Prince Ugbe, when they established the settlement of the Ancient Warriors. Prince Orhogbua and Prince Ugbe were sons of Oba Esigie. In 1550 AD, Prince Ugbe became the first Oba N' Isi Ika (King). Upon assuming the throne, as the Oba N' Isi Ika, Ugbe expanded the palace.
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 Empire. When Oba Esigie joined the ancestors, Prince Orhogbua ascended the throne of the Ancestors 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 Ikhonmioto.
In 1550 AD, the palace was expanded when Oba Orhogbua installed his younger brother, Prince Osazuwa, 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 N'Isi Ika, Ugbe Aha-Eze.
In 1901 AD, the palace was destroyed by the British during the British invasion that resulted in the Ekumeku war of 1883-1914 AD.
On the 5th of December 2023, Prince Ephraim Odiaka Nwabuokei, a scion of Oba N'Isi Ika 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 Odiakaosa 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. Restoring the edifice will help preserve history and help posterity be in touch with the past and the present”. 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 Empire. 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”.
This Project is being done in honor and memory of Oba Ugbe, the first King of Ikhonmioto.
Signed:
Prince Ephraim O. Nwabuokei
Scion of Oba Ugbe
Son of Oba Esigie of the Ancient Benin Empire
Contact:
Director of Public Relations: Hon. Richard Iyasere | Phone: +1 (646) 463 1390
Other Committee POCs: +1 (437) 265-5276; +1 (681) 533 1577; +1 (973) 536-3405; +234 905 229 8105; +234 806 474 7581
COMMITTEE MEMBERS' PROFILE
Ephraim O. Nwabuokei
President
Ugbe Heritage Foundation
Phone: +1 (681) 533 1577
Diokpa Obodoechie Nwaokolo
Vice Chair, Nigeria-based
Prince Victor Ehue
Director of Finance
Dcn Eric E. Nmumu
Member
Mr. Tunde Obazee
Member
Dr. Christian Mbulu
President,
Anioma Association, DC
Phone: +1 (240) 997 0337
Prince (Dr.) Peter Methodius-Ngwodo,
Vice Chairman
Phone:+1 (301) 728-7827
Hon. Richard Iyasere
Director of Public Relations
Phone: +1 (646) 463 1390
Hon. Cyril Omesiete
Media Liaison
Prince (Dr.) Harris Osa Enabulele
Chairman
Lady Aghabiomon Ogbeiwi
Vice Chair, Director of Cultural Affairs
Princess Prisca Nwabuokei-Uzoma
Director of Treasury
Mr. Kingson Onuoha
Architect
Chief George Ogoliegbune
Co-Chairman
Nigeria-based
Lady Nekpen Obasogie
Secretary General
Phone: +1 437-265-5276
Mr. Hilary Aniemeke
Civil/Structural Engineer
Chief Sunday Olenu
Member
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