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About the Great Ughele Kingdom

Several books have been written on the history of various kingdoms and the Great Ughele kingdom has not been left out. History has it that Owhowha was brave, insightful and adventurous man, who with followers migrated from the far East and founded settlements and villages along the bank of the Delta Niger River. A few of the areas he founded which are still occupied by his offsprings are Uduophori, Odorubu and Ofoni. Those villages constitute the present day Ughele-Urhie (Ughele on-the riverside), which is part of the Great Ughele Kingdom. Owhowha had three sons; Ughele, Ogor, Agbarha and a daughter Erhiarha. History has it that the only daughter; Erhiarha got married to Efeh and they begot Orogun. Owhowha further migrated into the hinterland and settled at 0go Oviri (the present site of Ogor technical school) with his large family and from here the family expanded and these children further migrated and saw the formation of the great kingdoms of Owhowha and these are: 0gor, Agbarha, Ughele and Orogun. The Great Ughele Kingdom as the family grew, there was an apparent potential for disagreement and is served as an impetus for the inert tendency for migration to rear up in the family and hence Ughele migrated from 0go-Oviri to the present day Ovwodoawanre and from here the Great Ughele Kingdom had its foot hold with Ughele as the first king, He reigned over his kingdom from 1400 to 1460 until his death when his son Inarhe, the heir apparent to the throne succeeded him. From this beginning, the kingdom has had an uninterrupted reign of the successive kings, lyaseres (Prime Ministers) and lzomos -Maternal brother to the kings the mode of succession was sacrosanct hence no history of interregnum. The traditional name of the king" Ajuwe" has been in use since the Inception of the kingdom. However, there were little or no documented records of events or achievements of four succeeding reigns. The reason for this dearth of information is not unconnected with the absence of the culture of writing and total reliance on the human memory and oral tradition for information dissemination. Hence details of achievements of the following kings were not sufficiently documented.

These are:

  • Ajuwe Inarhe (1461 - 1524)
  • Ajuwe Avweresoso (1525-1567)
  • Ajuwe Awhalde (1568 -1594)
  • Ajuwe Arhavwode (1595-1647)
However, the other reigns had historical records of the reigns. Learn more