Aro-Ibibio Wars

The Aro-Ibibio wars
Date1830–1902
Location
Southeastern Nigeria
Result

Aro Victory

Establishment of the aro confederacy
Belligerents
Eze Agwu clan
Nnachi clan
Obong Okon Ita rebels
Akpa allies		 Obong Okon Ita clan of Ibom Kingdom
Obot Mme
Mako
Commanders and leaders
Agwu Inobia
Akakpokpo Okon
Nnachi
Oke Nnachi
Osim and Akuma Nnubi		 Akpan Okon
Urunk
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Slight Slight

The Aro-Ibibio Wars were a series of conflicts between the Aro people (subgroup of the Igbo) and the Obong Okon Ita clan in present-day Southeastern Nigeria in the Ibom Kingdom from 1830 to 1902. These wars led to the foundation of the Arochukwu kingdom.

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