The Amanfo Duruokpalanne

LEGEND

 

-DURU OTUTU  FIRST SON OF UBACHIMA WAS  A WARRIOR AND WAS LIVING NEAR THE RIVER AT UMUNNAM . BECAUSE OF THE WAR BETWEEN UMUOKWE AND OFEKATA, OTUTU WAS CALLED TO LEAD THE WAR. HENCE THEY ESTABLISHED THE AGWUISI OGIDEREIBEYA TO PROTECT THEM FROM  THE WAR. THIS IS WHY UMUDURUOTUTU ARE OCCUPYING THE PRESENT AREA THEY ARE NOW LIVING.

 

-DURU OTUTU AND ORIGIN:

 

AWO   AND    OMAMMA   BEGAT:

                                                  EZIAWO   AND  OFEKATA (NNA MMIRI).

 

OFEKATA BEGAT:      1° WIFE. ( UMUEZEALA, UBOGWU, UMUEME.)

                                     2° WIFE.( UBACHIMA,OKWUORJI,UMUBOCHI.)

 

UBACHIMA BEGAT:    1° WIFE  ( UMUDURUOTUTU, UMUONWUNA, UMUIFA)

                                     2° WIFE (UMUEJIKE,UMUEJIKE UZU,UMUAWA, UMUNNAM.)

 

DURU OTUTU BEGAT:   DURU UNANMA AND  EJIKE AKASU.

 

 

-EJIKE AKASU THE 2° SON  OF DURU OTUTU WAS GIVEN MONEY TO PURCHASE COW FOR THE BURIAL CEREMONY OF THE FATHER DURU OTUTU. HE CONSPIRED WITH THE MOTHER AND ABSCONDED WITH THE MONEY. HE RAN TO HIS MOTHER'S HOME. THIS BROUGHT ABOUT AKASU LIVING IN UMUEJIKE UZU, THEREBY ANSWERING AKASU AS PART OF UMUEJIKE UZU.

AKASU PRODUCED  DURUEGBUSUO, EJIKE NWANERI , MGBAFURU NZERUO,AMANFO,OLUGBURU,NMEGHA, ANUFURU ETC.

 

- MADUIKE BROUGHT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM EMEKUKU IN 1905.

THE FIRST DEAD BODIES TO BE BURIED IN UBACHIMA CEMETRY WERE THE 7 CHILDREN OF MMADUIKE  AND NWAWURU WHO DIED IN ONE WEEK IN 1918 FROM THE GERMAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK 1914-1918.

 

-THE  OTANGLASHI ROAD: THE ROAD LEADING FROM NJABA TO NKWO AWO WAS CALLED OTANGLASHI ROAD.  THE BRITISH  ARMY TRAVELLED THROUGH  NJABA TO NKWO VIA THIS ROAD.

 

- THE OZO TITLE EJIKE AND DURU: 

THE TITLE DURU IS GIVEN TO THE  2° SON WHO TAKES OZO TITLE.

THE TITLE EJIKE IS GIVEN TO THE 1° SON WHO TAKES AN OZO TITLE.

- THE ICHI TITLE

 

 

ORIGIN:

AWO  FATHERED:    UBACHIMA

 

UBACHIMA FATHERED:   DURU OTUTU

 

DURU OTUTU  FATHERED    EJIKE AKASU.

 

EJIKE AKASU FATHERED:  DURU EGBUSUO

 

DURU EGBUSUO  FATHERED :  EJIKE  NWANERI.

 

EJIKE NWANERI  FATHERED  MGBAFURU AND OBISIRIKE

 

MGBAFURU AND OBISIRIKE ( SAME MOTHER).

 

OBISIRIKE FATHERED:  ONYEAGHALA

 

 

 

MGBAFURU    1° WIFE   MGBORIE        (NZERUO, IHUGHA, UFOEGBULEM)

                       +

                    2° WIFE  ODAJURU (NWARIBE,MBIANURU,AMANFO, NNOROMLELE,  NWUDO. 

 

 

NZERUO FATHERED:  NWORU, NWOWU, JEROME, ETC

 

 

NWARIBE  FATHERED:  NWOSU,FRANCIS, NWAZUONU.

 

NNOROMLELE  FATHERED:   NWOKEMAGWO AMBROSE,

 

MBIANURU FATHERED: IZUNWUNE, FIDELIS

 

 

 

AMANFO DURUOKPALANNE  FATHERED: (THE NAMES HERE ARE THE MALE CHILDREN OF AMANFO THAT I COULD REMEMBER. LIST NOT ACCORDING TO SENIORITY.)

MMEREM  MICHAEL  ( HRH).

OSUIGUDU,

OSUJI  GEORGE,

NWANORUO  CYRIL.

OBIWURU JOHN.  (HRH)

NWOKORO BASIL,

ONYENAMIA CLETUS

UKEMEZIEM.

AHUMARAEZEAMA  PHILIP

OBIDIMMA  BENJAMIN

EMEJURU  ALOYSIUS  (HRH).

NWOKEBIAZIE  JOSEPH.

CHUKWUKERE 

NWAJONJO JAMES

MARK

DIKEBUENYI

MMINYIRIMBA  PAULINUS.

EZERIOHA  DONATUS

AGHAGBALI  IGNATIUS.

OBIAGBOSO  BASIL.

 EZELAGU  HYCINTH.

EMMANUEL  KIDI..

ADIEGWU  KEVIN

TOBIAS

MBACHU

SYLVESTER.