Polity Ibom Kingdom

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Was an Ibibio nation with its seat of government in Obot Okon Ita.

Establishment

  • January 1631: Around 1630, an Igbo group from Abiriba known as the Eze Agwu arrived to Obong Okon Ita and established the Ibom Kingdom.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1701: Akpan Okon was killed and his surviving supporters were exiled. Akakpokpo Okon also died in combat and his family was incorporated to his maternal home the Eze Agwu community. The remaining Eze Agwu, Nnachi, and Akpa dynasties formed the Arochukwu Kingdom. The Obong Okon Ita kingdom was destroyed.