General Ologbosere

General Ologbosere
DiedJune 1899 (1899-07)
Other namesChief Irabor
Known formasterminding an attack on a British expedition outside of Benin

General Ologbosere, also known as Chief Irabor, resisted the conquest of Benin Empire before he was captured and killed.

Ologbosore masterminded an attack on a British expedition outside of Benin, killing at least ten Europeans and 200 African carriers. He resisted the British invasion from 1897 to 1899. He was the second-in-command of the Benin military and stopped the first British invasion led by James Robert Phillips.

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