Images of Ebiraland

By Salami Anne Aminat History is always handy when we reflect and judge ourselves on our actions and inactions. The Ohinoyi of Ebira:  In 1954, Anebira rose up against their king, the first recognised paramount ruler of Ebiraland. In the time, some supposed enlightened natives started the Igbirra Tribal Union (ITU) whose cause is to raise issues against the King for highhanded reign and many unfounded allegations. Many Anebira at that time quickly forgot the many good things Atta Onoruozia did, they drank from the Waterworks taps he facilitated, they were able to get criminals jailed in the prison the Atta built yet they called him names, they prayed in the mosque he built yet they derided him. Even when a weaker Igbirra Progressive Union (IPU) came on board to fight for the king and remind Anebira of the king's goodwill, they were silenced by the thunderous voices in the ITU who vilified the Atta and orchestrated his exile. In the event of the Atta's death, the sam...