A Brief History of Agbarho Kingdom

AGBARHO CLAN

During the slave trade Urhobo villages so raided one anther that ten leaders from different clans met to form a community whose objective was mutual defence from attack by outsiders. The clan grew up as a socialist state. The term of slogan ''agba rho'' was frequently used and became adopted as the name of the Clan. The ten men and their families came from Eghwu (Ewu), Ughelli, Uvwiẹ (Ẹvwrọn) and Olomu clans. They built a town which they named Orho Agbarho

The ten men with their families having formed Agbarho, organized the ten families into two quarters, which they named Avwredja and Okparegbe. Avwredja consisted of five families: Uvwiama, Uvwiamuge, Ohrerhe from Uvwie clan, Oguname and Orhokpokpọ from Olomu clan. okparegbe also consisted of five families: Ehwerhe and Ikweghwu from Eghwu clan; Oviri from Olomu clan; Ughwrughelli and Ekrerhanvwẹ from Ughelli clan.

The union of these people gave birth to a new form of Urhobo language which has become a model. The Agbarho dialect has been recognized throughout Urhobo land as the basic form of Urhobo language which is easily understood by all Urhobo speaking people.

The idealistic condition of the Agbarho community did not last for more than half a century. When Itivẹ became the head of the Ohrerhe family he attempted to dominate the other families because it was the most numerous family and his son Owhe (Oghwe) was very powerful. The other families refused to submit to the ambitions of Itivẹ and his son and as a result fighting broke out. For the sake of safety, all the families left Orho-Agbarho to found villages of their own. Thus the ambition of the man Itive brought an end to the first experiment made by Nigerians to form a socialist state.

— Agbarho Descendants Society (ADS) Nationwide —

Map of Agbarho Kingdom

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