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Ukehe was founded by Ojime Igwonyi whose antecedents varied according to the different authorities, hence the name Ukehe Ojime Igwonyi.
According to Sir Festus Aroh, Ojime Igwonyi the father of Ukehe was a hunter of repute that lived within 1705 to 1800. His lifestyle was determined by his profession as he had no known permanent settlement before he established at the location now known as Ukehe.
His settlement was necessitated by the fact that he had an expectant wife in the person of Ojebe Ogene, whose condition could hardly cope with his bohemian lifestyle.
His marriage to Ojebe Ogene was also controversial as Ojebe Ogene had six other children of different parentage before Ojime Igwonyi and they are; Ebe, Abor, Ukana, Awhum, Okpatu and Umulumgbe according to seniority.
Ojime in order to avoid the wrath of these other powerful claimants of Ojebe Ogene’s husbandship, had to elope with her to a new location, away from his kith and kins. Here his wife had a safe delivery of a male child who he named “Ukehe” by which he meant the demarcation between himself and his irate kins. As a matter of fact, Ojime’s choice of settlement was way off the familiar terrain of kith and kins which emphasized the Agbaja area of Udi Hill. His new location encroached into the Nsukka and the demarcation between the two areas. Hence, Ukehe is the only Ojebe Ogene lineage in the present Nsukka political zone. Ukehe was the seventh of Ojebe’s children and Ojime, her last and lasting husband.
Ukehe had two male children viz- Ezi Ukehe and Amakofia. Ezi Ukehethe elder established nearer Ojebe’s other children, sharing boundary with Ukehe’s immediate senior half brother Umulumgbe while Amakofia occupied the opposite and having common boundaries with Nsukka communities of Umunko and Diogbe.
Ezi Ukehe had four children from two wives as follows:- Akpuator and Umurisi from one mother and Nkporogwu and Ukwaja from the other mother. Ukwaja was the eldest of them all and infarct the eldest grand so of Ojime before human intervention into the order o f natural succession in Ukehe. The fact remains that Ojime’s ancestral home was in the same location Ukwaja is today and by the traditional order of succession, only the eldest o male children occupies the father’s ancestral home.
Amokofia, the younger of the two male children of Ukehe, had two children namely, Umukule and Amugwu respectively both from the same mother.
Umudule the elder was blessed with six males which are; UMoufiagu, Umualeke, Ndi nwara, Ndi Ugwualeke, Ubegu eworo and Ndi Ugwuchime.
Amugwu the younger of the two brothers also had six male children comprising Umuabaka, Ezi amugwu, Amanefi, Umuoro, Amadim and Uwelle Amokofia.
According to Sir Festus Aroh, Ojime Igwonyi the father of Ukehe was a hunter of repute that lived within 1705 to 1800. His lifestyle was determined by his profession as he had no known permanent settlement before he established at the location now known as Ukehe.
His settlement was necessitated by the fact that he had an expectant wife in the person of Ojebe Ogene, whose condition could hardly cope with his bohemian lifestyle.
His marriage to Ojebe Ogene was also controversial as Ojebe Ogene had six other children of different parentage before Ojime Igwonyi and they are; Ebe, Abor, Ukana, Awhum, Okpatu and Umulumgbe according to seniority.
Ojime in order to avoid the wrath of these other powerful claimants of Ojebe Ogene’s husbandship, had to elope with her to a new location, away from his kith and kins. Here his wife had a safe delivery of a male child who he named “Ukehe” by which he meant the demarcation between himself and his irate kins. As a matter of fact, Ojime’s choice of settlement was way off the familiar terrain of kith and kins which emphasized the Agbaja area of Udi Hill. His new location encroached into the Nsukka and the demarcation between the two areas. Hence, Ukehe is the only Ojebe Ogene lineage in the present Nsukka political zone. Ukehe was the seventh of Ojebe’s children and Ojime, her last and lasting husband.
Ukehe had two male children viz- Ezi Ukehe and Amakofia. Ezi Ukehethe elder established nearer Ojebe’s other children, sharing boundary with Ukehe’s immediate senior half brother Umulumgbe while Amakofia occupied the opposite and having common boundaries with Nsukka communities of Umunko and Diogbe.
Ezi Ukehe had four children from two wives as follows:- Akpuator and Umurisi from one mother and Nkporogwu and Ukwaja from the other mother. Ukwaja was the eldest of them all and infarct the eldest grand so of Ojime before human intervention into the order o f natural succession in Ukehe. The fact remains that Ojime’s ancestral home was in the same location Ukwaja is today and by the traditional order of succession, only the eldest o male children occupies the father’s ancestral home.
Amokofia, the younger of the two male children of Ukehe, had two children namely, Umukule and Amugwu respectively both from the same mother.
Umudule the elder was blessed with six males which are; UMoufiagu, Umualeke, Ndi nwara, Ndi Ugwualeke, Ubegu eworo and Ndi Ugwuchime.
Amugwu the younger of the two brothers also had six male children comprising Umuabaka, Ezi amugwu, Amanefi, Umuoro, Amadim and Uwelle Amokofia.
Wow... Thanks for this info sir. I now know my home
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