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NOVEL BY DON MANUEL IHCAKEYNO . CQ QLTS 3 Dmmrcs.CQ QLTS 3 Dhypts,Gqn,Wmhq

Ezumezu Kwenu!

THE NEW BRIDE!

As Ogadinma finished cooking,she went out to the front of her mud and rock hut type of house and shouted, Akachi! Aaakachiii! She shouted twice and after a while the seven years old boy ran up to her from the opposite compound and greeted his mother,Nne ndewo! And the mother replied,Akachi where is your sister Ozichi? She asked and Akachi replied,Nne,she is with Nmeri at their house! Stated the boy and the lady Ogadinma said again to the boy,Akachi go and call her for me,the two of you should return here at once for your evening meal! Do you hear me? She asked and the boy nodded and ran off and later returned with his ten years old sister and also trailing behind them was his sisters friend,Nmeri,the daughter Nze Ugonna,one of the towns ruling council members,a very rich farmer,very rich in tupence,it was rumoured that he had up to fifty bags of tupence stored away,as the children returned,they all trooped inside to the back of Ogadinma’s house and sat down to a large bowl of nri-ukoru (corn meal) and omimi okpu-kpu (bone marrow extracts,good with corn meals) as they ate,one of Ogadinma’s best friends named Uloma walked into the compound and made her way straight to the back of the compound and on seeing the feeding family she greeted, Ndewo nu o! and Ogadinma and her young son replied in unison,Oo ee, and Ogadinma and her friend couldn’t help laughing at the young boy’s impudence,he had taken the greetings of an elder,Uloma said,Taa Akachi,shut up and eat your food,so you have started responding to greetings like the man of the house, she said while Ogadinma smiled and said,Eey Nne you look beautifull,where are you coming from,I was at your place earlier today when I was on my way to buy things to cook with, she said and uloma replied,ha Nne,you will not believe it,but today….,she suddenly stopped and eyed the eating children and said,ah I will tell you later, and Ogadinma nodded and hurried the children to finnish their meal,soon they finished and Ogadinma gave them the roasted fish she had bought for them at the market,half a slice each and they all thanked her and soon took off,probably for Nmeri’s house, ehen,as I was saying,said Uloma……..

The Town of Ezumezu had come to own four very important properties several years ago,it so happened that the land of Mbaeluelu had attacked Umuezumezu at  a very unusual time for a very unusual reason,they had claimed that Ichie Nnayereugo,one of the richest men in Umuezumezu, a fire-stick moulder had been accused of seducing the wife of an Mbaeluelu Nze,a high council elder,with his wealth on one of his trading journeys to mbaeluelu and the above mentioned people did not take kindky to the insult and several days later,they attacked Umuezumezu in an attempt to slay Ichie Nnayereugo but the Vigilant Ezumezu warriors had come to the rescue on time and put up a strong battle in defense of their townsman and in the ensuing battle,Ochiagha Udenedeude had been killed and this sparked off a fierce response from the Ezumezu warriors and they almost wiped out the attacking team,their leader,Ochiagha Nwadinaobi of Mbaeluelu had fled from Umuezumezu that night and onye-isi nche Okike had put up a chase which lasted for sixty days,he chased the opponent so far as the end of the Ochanja lands which was after the Elugwu mountains after Mgbidi which was forty days away on foot,he never gave up or relented and after sixty days,the weary fleeing Mbaeluelu warrior who did not want to run to his town directly,to avoid drawing the war to his towns people gave upp the race and surrendered to the Onye-isi nche who took him captive and marched through jungles with his prisoner whilst they fed on wild foods and animals,the prisoner was hand tied and monitored and at their return to Umuezumezu,the town was in an uproar,it had never been accomplished before,a sixty days chase,soon the Eze of Umuezumezu ,Eze Nwakaibeya was begged by the kinsmen of the said prisoner for a peacefull handover of the warrior,as an Ochiagha,he was a high council member and can and will be returned to his people by all means possible,which was the rule of all the igbo lands nearby,a landowner can not be buried outside his land and the man was a senior warrior,the negotiations took some days in which the other town agreed to give four virgin females to the Umuezumezu people in return for the murder of their late Ochiagha Udenedeude,the corpses of the other slayed Mbaeluelu warriors were also returned to their people after so long although it’s preserved state was deteriorating, normally,a land owner is considered a senior member of his or her community and in situations like this,every ruler endeavors to ensure that a land owner regains his or her freedom,at all costs,but in this case,the said Ochiagha of Mbaeluelu also had to give up his seventeen years old daughter,she was one of the four virgins,her name was Adaku,after the exchange,Onyenche Okike was immediately promoted to the rank of the Ochiagha of the Umuezumezu people and also the representing high council member of the Umuezumezu warriors to the ndi Nze Onye Eze council,which the high council of the land,a high council member must be accorded maximum respect in all of igbo land,no one must banter,argue or exchange incoherent words with a high council member,to verbally insult or abuse a high council member is equall to verbally abusing or insulting Eze Nwakaibeya,They alone can speak to the Onye eze,they alone can intercede for anyone before the Onye Eze thus it was the highest council in every land and the thirty five years old Ochiagha was more than overwhelmed but it was clear to all that he had merited the post,Ochiagha okike was the son of Mazi ikeduru,from the village of Nkwontain Umuezumezu land,there were seven villages in the land of Ezumezu and nkwonta was notorious for breeding mostly dancers and yam farmers,the ochiagha had a junior brother who also was a farmer and a merchant,a very prosperous one at that, but in the case of the new Ochiagha,,he inherited a plot of land from the two plots left by his late father and after his fathers death,he joined the Ndi-nche, and as was due to all new Nche members,he was paid fifteen tupence evry twenty five days,ten pence makes up a tupence and in those parts of the lands,a pence can buy some tubers of cassava for a heavy meal for three people, the greatest priviledge of being an nche member is the ability to understand some funny looking scribblings on slates and plain white cloths which the Onye eze’s servants call Akwa-nde,in those lands only the ndi-nche or Ndi ozi obodo or the ndi nze can read and write or the Eze and his family,thus if any stranger walks into their lands and is able to understand the writings or able to read and write then he or she is either a member of an Eze family or a servant to an Eze family or a warrior or spy, common people did not even know what it was and before you get accepted,you may be screened for as long as two years,many grow old while waiting to be called to service,but if one is observed to be very hardworking and persevering in his pursuits,he will be considered,Ochiagha okike grew rapidly amongst the ranks and in nine years he became the deputy to the onye isi nche,he was always amongst those who escorted the onye ozi obob on his inter town errands, and two years before the death of Ochiagha udenedeude,he was promoted to the rank of onye-is nche,that’s the towns head warrior or chief security officer and as soon as he was promoted to the rank of Ochiagha, none could stand his might and fame in the nearby lands as the Warlord of Ezumezu and in all this years,he had grown in wealth and strength,he now owned over eleven plots of land and he had over nine thousand tubers of yams in his barns and he also had saved in his holes behind the yam barns in his well secured compound,over one hundred thousand tupence,he was very wealthy and his missions also got him a lot of favour from the onye eze,thin the last five years,Okike had continuosly fed on yams day and night and could also afford to feed his six servants with yams,the king of all crops everyday,only the very rich could do this,yams were the most expensive of all nutritions in the whole of those lands and anyone who could feed on yams even if it is once a day was a rich man but ochiagha okike was past that stage,he could feed the entire nkwonta in one day with yams,his recent feat escalated the prestige of Umuezumezu land and Nwakaibeya was proud of him,so was all the Ezumezu people,infact,he was the most eligible bachelor in all the lands within twenty days march around,all spoke of the great chase for over many years.

The Four young girls named Adaku,Uloma,Ogadinma and Olanma were given to the Ezumezu people in compensation for their dead warlord Udenedeude who was killed due to an unprovoked attack by the Mbaeluelu people, thus the girls came to belong to a land that they could never leave again,but the laws of Umuezumezu was strictly against slavery and Eze Nwakaibeya simply told the ndi nze to give the girls a place to build a habitable place for themselves and he made it clear that he really had no use for them but it would please him if they will serve him by pleasing the young men of the village in such ways as a woman may please a man but of course any man who wants such a pleasure should pay for it and thus the girls may earn their living,that was how they came to reside in Umuezumezu due to no fault of theirs but due to the folly of their men and fathers.

Ogwu,you lie too much,how can you say that?it is true that you are an Oroba person but that does not mean that you come from the moon,everyone knows that Echiche is the power of life and death,a person who has no thoughts is a dead person or have ever seen a thinking corpse? He asked and Ogun replied,No Ojima,it is not like that,you see Okun is the creator of all things and afterwards he gave power to us his children to live in abundance and sends his son which is Osa to watch over us and pur rain on the land so that we may have enough food,he told Osa to go up into the skies and build his own place of abode and Osa did as instructed and Osa it is that created all flying things,they it is that watches over the seeds of the world,Osa is our Eldest brother,whenever anyone dies,Osa will purify the person’s life and turn him or her into a cloud or wind to live free in ecstasy,Osa was also instructed by our father Okun to put light in the skies by day and night thus he puts on the sun everyday and lowers its flames by night but if  Osa favours you,he will allow you to pass through the sun which is a magic fire in the skies above and the skies above is Osa itself which the waters that protects the world,he can allow you to pass through the gate of fire and if you do ,you will have the power to build you own place in the skies above Osa too,infact that is why we worship osa,he has promised that his favoureds will have their own place in the skies above him like his too! Stated ogun to Ojimba the Ntu-oku maker,Ojimba and ogun had been friends for over ten years,Ogun came from a far away land across the ochanja river,infact it will take up to twenty days or more to get to ogun’s town,he was a fire stick maker and he always came to ala-elugwu to purchase ntu-oku for the production of his fire sticks and each time he came,each man would try to convince the other that his creator was more supreme,Ojimba was from ala-Elugwu,he was a merchant with five apprentices who came from far away lands to learn his craft,he was married with four children,three sons and a daughter,two of his son’s were already warriors in the Nche obodo of ala-elugwu and his daughter was sicteen years old and suitors were already making moves,his last son was always setting traps with his play mates in the bushes or tending to the cassava farms with his mother,infact,Ojimba was so rich he had a horse,in those lands,very few people could afford the great animal which was always brought by the Ndoki people who tied towels on their head,they sold this great and expensive animals at either the great Ochanja market or the ala Elugwu market or at the Mbaitolu great riverside market,the people of those lands believed in the powers of a being called Echiche (tought) it was believed that with toughts all that be came to be and anything that is not was not tought of,and they see all other things as foolish because everyone thinks which means that Echiche is life!, my friend,don’t be deceived,Echiche is alive! Stated ojimba,yes I say so because in the beginning of the beginning,Echiche tought of a beautifull place and it came to be and it decided to think of what to put on it to inhabit the place and he tought of all living things and they all were and he put itself in them and they had life and began to think and today as you can see,because we can think,we can do all that we do and if you can think,then you are a product of echiche the tought of life! Stated Ojimba and Ogun shook his head and said ah ojimba you never cease to amuse me,don’t you drink water? Then how can you refuse to accept the fact that Okun the great waters of all times is the source of life? Without water, all things would perish,even the lands and the plants, stated Ogun and Ojimba replied,yes,that may be true but anything that has no toughts id dead too and if the trees do live and grow,then it is because they think or don’t you think? He asked funnily,the men bantered on for hours,Ogun had arrived the day before and on each of his purchase trips to ala-elugwu he stays for five days in which time his required ntu-oku moulds is produced for him,already Ojimba had many orders to supply but Ogun was a principal client and Ojimba had put many others on hold just to produce for his friend.

So tell me what did he say that he will buy for you? Olanma asked and Adaku replied,ah,he promised to return with the new akwansa wrapper for me and the latest Ebeli slippers as well! Said the girl and Olanma clapped and said,hey my sister you are lucky oo,me too,my ochiagha promised to buy the akwansa for me too,infact,yesterday he gave me ten tupence to cook his favourite dish of pounded yams and ofe uha and okporoko and mpianmpia for him,he will be visiting today,you know that every fourth day of the week is his day of….. you know what I mean? She said and laughed in a fashion that made her beauty radiate more brilliantly,she was a very beautifull girl and she already had a four years old son and a six years old daughter named ndudim and adaoma,she was in love with ochiagha okike but so was almost every girl in the entire Umuezumezu but she was favoured by the Ochiagha for his womanly needs and in return he made her comfortable and well catered for irrespective of her trade which of course is her service to the Onye-eze but to make it clear that he was the boss,every forth day of the week,she  does not attend to anyone else but the Ochiagha who comes with his gifts and stays for a long time before leaving, ehhn,is that so? My nwude sent me an nmkpi (he goat) this morning,he said that I should sell it and use the money to buy new roofing cannes for my house,he will send his servants to come and place them for by tomorrow,said Adaku and Olanma replied,you are very lucky oo,Opara Eze Nwude ( prince Nwude) has never even noticed me,sometimes I will pass by him and his guard warriors on the road and greet him and he will aknowledge me with a nod but he has never really looked at my face,is he friendly at all, she asked curiously and Adaku laughed and said,that one? He is a comedian,he loves to tell jokes and he is very shy but also very strict,he made it clear that if he catches any of my clients on his day of visit,he will have the person beheaded and it will be my fault,infact,he told me not to even attend to all this small-small boys,that it made him look like their equall but he is very friendly with Uloma,he gave her a five tupence gift three days ago at Okwa drnking place where we met him and his friend Onye-isi nche Nwokoike! Stated the young girl and just then Ogadinma walked in looking very unhappy and Adaku asked? nne obu nghirin? And Ogadinma replied,my sister it is a long story but if I must tell you,then you will plait my hair because I need to go and weave it at Ukadia’s place at the market, she stated and Adaku quickly pulled up a small stool and said,ngwa,seat and let me plait your hair! But you must tell me what is wrong with you at once! Ok? She ordered and Ogadinma sat down and brought out her hair make-up bag and took out a four tongued native comb and gave it to Adaku to plait the hair with, Ahh ,I have suffered greatly!,wailed Ogadinma, can you imagine? She bgan in a hushed tone as her friends drew nearer, Yes, Onye-Nze Nkoro is going about inciting the other Nze’s to speak to Eze Nwakaibeya to send us back to our land! Can you imagine the old and jobless gossip? She said and Olanma quickly put her palm on her lips and signalled to Ogadinma to keep quiet,ha! Ogadi! ,  how can you speak about an Nze like that? Do you want to be canned? Better not get us into trouble, but is what you say true? She asked and Ogadi swore to the fact and adaku burst out vehemently,what manner of nonsense is that? Go back to where ? to do what? Nne listen ,me I like it here,what am I going to do at mbaeluelu again? Here,I have some money saved,I am even richer than okatafor the trapper! She stated and began to laugh,yes! My Nwude has assured me that if I am able to save up to the required amount needed to pay for a land,he will speak to his father on my behalf,look, I want to be a land owner in this land,so that my sons can join the nche and be like Onye-isi Nche Nwokoike or Ochiagha Okike or even better an onye Ozi Obodo ( chief Diplomat and court envoy), I have saved up to six hundred tupence for over five years and I will not stop until I make my son eligible for the Nche service,do you hear me? I am not leaving! She retorted fumingly and Olanma calmed her down and said listen my sisters,I have two sons ( named Iheanyi and Ubochioma four, and six years each) and my Ochiagha has promised me that if I can save up to one thousand tupence before they get to sixteen years each,the he will give me the remaining two hundred tupence to pay for a portion of land,then he will personally register my sons as Nche members and directly under his supervision and training,who knows,one they one of them may become an Ochiagha in this land,why is that Onye-Nze okoro so wicked? No wonder,when ever I greet him on the road he will simply nod and put his nose in the air like a peacock! Said the young mother of two,just then two young boys walked into the compound carrying baskets of yams on their head and greeted the ladies, Ndewo nu oo! Chorused the boys and the ladies replied in unison,Ndewo oo nu! And one of the boys named Madukaku spoke to Olanma and said,Adanne! Ochiagha Okike has asked us to deliver this fifteen tubers of yams to you and he also gave me ten tupence to give you,he said that you should buy Okporoko or goat laps for him and cooks his meal,he will be here after his inspections today! Stated the young fifteen years old servant whose servitude to the Ochiagha will be rewarded with his acceptance into the Nche service in the next one year when he will become sixteen years ( he handed the coins over to Olanma),and olanma smiled and said,ah,thank you my boys,you are good boys,here take this one tupence and buy an atumakwu of palmwine for yourselves or some bushmeat,she said and gave the coin to madukaku who thanked her happily,he needed the five pence share he will get from the etani (money),he was paid twelve tupence every twenty five days for his duties as a servant to the Ochiagha and he has to save to buy his own Nche Uniforms, Nche matchet,spear and bow and metal tipped arrows,the reigning types made by Okanga Nkwo of ezegukwu village when he actually joins the nche,they left and Ogadinma spoke,hey Ola nwanyi oma,this your ochiagha will spoil you silly with gifts,fifteen tubers of yams? Ha,you will give me one before I leave oo! Stated Ogadinma and Olanma nodded and said,not to worry,you will both go home with a tuber of yam each!,the ladies chatted on.

Abuchi! Have you heard? Ekwe asked asked his friend as they trekked from Umule land and on their way to Umuezumezu to buy fire sticks for sale at their own land. Heard what? My friend,he he asked and ekwe continued,hmm,Nwanna ehh,it is rumoured that the famous Ochiagha Okike of Umuezumezu is going to take a bride soon! I heard from Ukadike of Umuoleke at the Uhurun markets yesterday,he said and Abuchi replied,Ha,dike ukwu! Okike is a great warrior and deserves a befitting bride,I wonder who the lucky girl is,that man has not eaten cassava in over eight years,he is indeed wealthy! I hear that his barns contains over ten thousand tubers of yams,that is indeed great wealth and he has a lot of goats,if you ask me,I will say that it may be Adaeze,the daughter of Eze Nwakaibeya! Said Abuchi and Ekwe shook his head and replied ,ah my friend,that is the news,the girl in question is not even from Umuezumezu! Said the fire stick merchant and Abuchi frowned and said,not from Ezumezu? Then who is she and where was she from? He asked eargerly and Ekwe said, I was told by Ukadike that the girl is from Umuoleke land,she is the daughter of mazi Nmaju, the butcher and meat seller! He said and Abuchi shook his head,That wicked and stingy man for an inlaw? Nmaju has Etani but eats it alone and is always complaining of the high price of cows whenever he comes to buy cows at Umule,he has never lost a pence to anyone before,what is Okike going to look for in Nmaju’s house? Abuchi asked and ekwe continued,that is not all my brother,It is said that the Ochiagha has already sent two hundred tubers of yams to the Nmaju family this week and a gift of one hundred tupence! Stated Ekwe and Abuchi shook his head and said,ah,people who have head have no cap to wear and people who have caps have no head to wear the caps,if okike wanted a wife,he should have come to me,my daughter Onyinyechi is a good girl and very young too,seventeen years and well trained for a great man like okike,and I am a good person,ha,I wish I would get an inlaw that can give away one hundred tupence as a gift before the actuall marriage,afterall,Mazi Nzube’s daughter who is married to Onye nche Enyinnaya of Uhunru is still yet to submit their ezzine beads to the girls parents and Mazi Nzube is still waiting for his Ezinna beads too,and now good and great warriors like Okike falls into the hands of a stingy man like Nmaju,wonders will never end,which of the daughters is it? He asked and Ekwe replied,hnn,it is that one that comes to help him at his stall at Umule whenever he comes to sell meat,she is called ,emm,yes,Enyidiya! Yes that is her name,Enyidiya! She is pretty but very fierce and ferocious when it involves her father’s business,she is like her father as you said,very stingy,I wonder what the Ochiagha would have seen in a girl like that? He said and abuchi shrugged and laughed,ah ,in my days,I had to save for two years to pay for the Ezinne bead and the eziina beads before I could go to my Chidinma,my wife’s parents and they respected me for that,Okike can even give nmaju and Ezinna title Cap and fan which will make nmaju an Ichie,a community elder that can stand up to the Ndi-nze’s,Nmaju is indeed lucky,if Okike can give him a hundred tupence gift,he can also make him an Ichie,so that means I will be calling Nmaju an Ichie soon,I am sure of that if Okike is really going to marry his daughter then,Nmaju will become an elder in his land forever,chei,I envy him oo! Said the man,Ekwe as they continued on the two days journey Umuezumezu,

Nwokoike laughed and said,hey Okike,so you actually want to abandon me in bachelorhood and got hooked to a woman? So who will go to if I need to water my throat with palm wine? He asked jovially and Ochiagha Okike laughed and said,look at you,so you think that I will continue to buy palm wine for you every day ehhnn? I will soon be a husband so if you want to grease your throat with palm wine,you can go to Nwamadi the palm wine seller or Akatafor at Umule,he is a trapper and palm wine seller,the oldest and the most original drinks can only from such men,me I will have to retire from the service of active palm wine drinking and sourcing,he said in a funnier tone,just then,Opara Eze Nwude walked into the Ochiagha’s compound and Ochiagha Okike and onye-isi nche nwokoike got and courtesied and said,Ekele diri gi Nwude, they both said in unison and prince Nwude replied as he sat down,Ha Okike dike! You have refused to come and see me at the Ovu Eze so I have come to you today,he said and signalled to his five men guard warrior men to stay outside and they did,as the ochiagha and Nwokoike sat down and the ochiagaha called his servants,Amobi! Maduka,Bring more roasted meat and palm wine,my prince is here,he shouted and they all laughed and Ochiagha Okike said to prince Nwude, ha Nwude, is it not up to one month now that I saw you last? I hear that you now live at Adaku’s place! He said in comical way and Nwude could not control the laughter and replied,look at who is talking,you that I heard gave twenty tupence and fifty tubers of yams to Olanma just for a days pleasure,believe me,I am a student in comparison to you,I even heard that you bought her a goat yesterday,is it not true and yet they tell me that you are about to get married soon,I pity that girl that you want to marry,if only she knows where she is coming to! Said Nwude and Nwokoike interjected,ah,this kind of talk is for you two lecherous nmkpi’s,as for me,I am a gentle person and cannot afford to waste etani on such trivialities,said Nwokoike and prince Nwude twisted his face in a comical way and said,hey,see this one oo! You are particularly the worst,I have heard about you and my sister Adaeze for a long time,hmnn,just pray that my father does not catch you at your pranks,said the prince and nwokoike and Okike laughed and the prince turned just as the servants deposited the bowls containing roasted goat meat and freshly grinded pepper and palm oil with salt and a jar of palm wine,theprince poured himself a cup of palm wine and took a big goat meat and began to eat and drink,after a while,he said,Okike,my father sent me to you,he said that you should be at the Ovu by evening,he has an errand for you ! he said and the Ochiagha nodded as he swallowed his meat.

Ekelem Eze Nwakaibeya! Okike Saluted as he stood before the onye eze and the high council and some very rich members of the community and Eze Nwakaibeya nodded and said,Okike,I want to send you to ala-Elugwu,you will go and purchase ihyinyhan (horses),as you can see,the great animals have become fashionable for the nche and ozi obodo service,it will be good for us to get some too,I have sent messengers to the towns people to inform them of our plans to elevate our land by acquiring this great animals and anyone who wishes can bring his or her etani so that you can also purchase theirs as well,I have made enquiries and I was informed that each ihnyiyhan costs two hundred and twenty tupence,so I want to buy ten for the nche services and the ozi obodo,is that ok with you? He asked and the Ochiagha delightedly nodded,yes onye eze,it is a good Idea and the eze continued,Listen,Ichie Nnayereugo has brought his etani,so hear him out! He said and the Ichie turned to Ochiagha Okike and said,Ochiagha,it shall be well with you! Yes I have brought two hundred and fifty tupence here with me,I want a strong ihnyinyhan  and the remaining etani is for those of you that will go on the journey,it is for your palm wine,he said and the Ochiagha collected the etani and gave it to Nze Ugonna,The  high council treasurer and the nze wrote it down on the akwa-nde and another Ichie,Omenihu by name,a plantain and banana merchant also deposited the same amount for a horse,infact five ichie’s deposited two hundred and fifty tupence each for a horse and the high council members also did the same and Ochiagha Okike also pledged to pay two hundred and fifty tupence for his own horse,making it a total of twenty six horses which going to cost six thousand five hundred etani,the Ochiagha was told to go and prepare with his guards for the journey and he left, an hour later,he was at the ndi nche lair and as he entered the warriors all boomed in their salutions manner,Anyi ekele Ochiagha and he responded and said,Listen all of you,if you hear your name,step up here at once, Onye nche nzeribe§ he called and the Onye nche stepped at once,onye nche umunnakwe! He shouted and that one came out too,he thus called their names untilthere were twenty seven warriors standing in front of me and he said,the rest of you are to continue your duties,I will be away for a while,Onye isi Nche nwokoike is still here with you! He said and turned and went out of the lair ,closely followed by the twenty seven warriors.

As He and his men stood before the onye Eze and the high council,Ochiagha Okike gave the list of their requirements to Onye Nze Nnabuihe and he began to recite it to Eze Nwakaibeya who listened and later called his main store keeper and ordered the storekeeper to make available to the travelling warriors,thirty seven tubers of yams,a bag of salt and a bag of pepper and a jar of palm oil, he also handed over the horse etani to the Ochiagha and also gave them an extra five thousand tupence for their feeding on the long twenty five days journey to ala elugwu, Eze Nwakaibeya also gave the Onye Ozi Obodo a three days errand to run ahead of the warriors and announce the passage of the Ezumezu warriors to all the towns and lands along the way unto Umule, before an hour,the Onye Ozi Obodo and his two men guard warrior team was off to clear the way for their warriors,thus after umule,the warriors will be able to take care of themselves,by noon time,the Ezumezu warriors left their town,each man was carrying a tuber of yam each,a small portion of salt and pepper and tied pouch of palm oil,a matchet,a spear of bow and arrows and in full warrior uniforms,they marched westwards towards Uhunrhun and by midnight they arrived at the outskirts of Uhunrhun,the Uhunrhun warriors who had been forewarned of the passage of the Ezumezu warriors were on guard at roads close to their lands and watched silently as the afamed Ochiagha marched non-stop and wordlessly past Uhunrun and towards Ihiala and by dawn they were at the outskirts of Ihiala where they camped for the morning, and roasted half of their yams and ate them with palm oil and salt,two of the warriors were sent into Ihiala town to purchase two jars of water and they returned in some few minutes with two more ihiala warriors who gave them back their money and also gave them the water for free,compliments of the friendly gestures of their own Ochiagha Ebube of Ihiala,and by noon,the warriors were soon well rested and began their march again towards Umule,a tribe of very great hunters and warriors,feared by their enemies,it was not a place you came upon suddenly,they did not stop at Umule as the Onye ozi obodo would have done his work and would return to Umuezumezu as sson as he might have finished eating the welcome goat the eze of umule may have had cooked for him and his guards,The Ochiagha and his men marched through towards towards Umuekeleoma.

Enyidiya!,Enyidiya! Shouted Chibuzor stubbornly,you have some visitors! Said the insolent eighteen years old boy who found it hard to believe that any man could have actually found anything to like in his troublesome and quarrelsome sister,not to talk of even marrying her,he was actually beginning to think of the stubborn Ochiagaha as a foolish man! , Enyidiya came out of her hut andd saw Madukaku and Amobi,the two were bearing baskets of yams and a he goat was standing besides Amobi,Da enyidiya,we were sent by Ochiagha Okike to give you this forty tubers of yams and and a he goat and also this etani ( he handed over a small pouch containing fifty tupence),the girl was thrilled,ehhnnn,all this for me? She asked joyously and ran inside to get her mother who also came out and asked of the Ochiagha and was told that he had gone on a mission for Eze Nwakaibeya and would return in thirty days,Enyidiya’s mother was overjoyed,this was the seventh time within the last six months,the Ochiagha had already proven that he could control a household fearlessly,the messengers were asked to sit and later presented with a huge bowl of pounded yams and ofe-ngbam and fresh fish and they were also given some palm wine,,they spent the night at Umuoleke and resumed their journey back home to Umuezumezu the next day and hopefully may arrive before evening time.

On the twelfth day,the Ezumezu warriors arrived at ala elugwu and were heralded with a loud cheer,the Elugwu warriors were all glad to see firsthand,the great Ochiagha Okike of Umuezumezu whose fame had gone even beyond the borders of the great one hundred and seven great lands of the igbo’s,the roads of the towns was jampacked with people cheering the great warlord whose name is used by mother’s and father’s to tell their children evening time tales of great feats and warriors of great lands,Okike was a legend while still alive!

Ojimba,what is happening out there? Ogun asked his friend,he had arrived the night before to purchase his usual one thousand tupence worth of ntu-oku and Mazi Ojimba asked one of his apprentices to go and take a look and bring back reports but before the apprentice could return,mazi ojimba’s small son ran in and shouted,Nnam ,bia lekwa Ochiagha Okike ( father,come and see Ochiagha Okike), the mazi turned to Ogun who could speak igbo fluently,though he was from a distant land known as ala-Oroba,but from his accents,you would know that he was a stranger,infact many strangers often came to Ala-Elugwu to trade because of their closeness to ala-Ochanja and the great Ochanja river, Ogun who had often heard of the great and fearless warrior got up to go and see for himself and was not disappointed,he saw a well built young man of about thirty five years,broad shoulders,chin raised a bit proudly,infact,you would know that he was all they say he was and he was obviously a very arrogant man,Ogun smiled as he looked at the young warrior,he saw all he had wanted to be in his youth,as they marched into the great town followed by the large crowd of admirers,the ala_elugwu warriors led by Ochiagha Agude of ala-Elugwu rode up to the visitors on their horses and spoke,Ochiagha Okike ndi Umuezumezu,Unu obiakwara na udo? He asked ( ochiagha okike of Umuezumezu,have you come in peace?) and Ochiagha Okike responded,Ochiagha agude,Ekelem gi,Eze Nwakaibeya nke ndi Umu Ezumezu si Ekele diri ndi ala elugwu nile oo! ( Ochiagha Agude of ala-Elugwu I salute you,Eze Nwakaibeya of Umuezumezu sends his greetings to the entire people of ala elugwu),the crowd cheered again as the Ochiagha finished speaking and ochiagha Agude turned his horse and rode off fast with his men,probably towards the Ovu Eze to relay his findings,while two foot warriors from ala-elugwu lead them to the ovu eze on foot.

Onye Eze,like I said earlier,the commotion is due to the arrival of the Umuezumezu warriors and their Ochiagha who sends the greetings of their Eze,they have come in peace and they will soon arrive here,said ochiagha Agude of ala-Elugwu to Eze Ugwunechemba of ala-Elugwu, and the eze nodded as the commotion drew nearer and after ten minutes,two ala elugwu warriors walked into the ove followed by the proud looking ochiagha Okike and his men and as they entered they all courtesied and hailed the eze, Ugwunechemba we salute,eze Nwakibeya also salutes you,may you reign for long and may your lands prosper in your time! Said the Ochiagha and the eze replied,Okike,you are welcome to ala-elugwu,so what brings you here? And how is my good friend Nwakaibeya? He asked and Ochiagha okike replied,Onye eze,Eze nwakaibeya is fine and he has sent me to come and buy some items for him from his good friend,eze Ugwunechemba! Said the Ochiagha and the eze replied and said;ah Okike,what might this item be if I may ask? And the ochiagha replied,Onye eze,we have come to purchase some well trained horses for our onye eze and he says that you will surely give some to him at a very good price! Stated ochiagha Okike and eze Ugwunechemba smiled and turned to Ochiagha Agude and said,Agude,do take your fellow warlord and go to the Ndoki people,tell them that they are my friends and thus should be given good and quality studs and also afterwards,treat them to a good feast,tell my store keeper to make available anything you want for their entertainment whilst still in our lands,said the eze and he turned to ochiagha Okike and said,okike,I don’t sell horses,the ndoki people do but they will treat you well since they are my friends too,so be rest assured that you will be given quality animals here and do take your time and ensure that the quality of the training of the horses is sufficiently tought to you before you leave,have a good day! Said the eze and the visitors bowed and followed Ochiagha Agude and his men.

Nne ada,why don’t you sell it for me at the usual price,it is too expensive at three pence for nine tubers of cassava or has their been an erosion,she tried to joke but the stony faced nne-ada refused to budge,Uloma did not understand why this woman was always so hard heartened towards her,though most women try to put their noses in the air when they see Uloma or any of her sisters,they pretend that they do this because they would have preferred their dead Ochiagha to prostitutes but the truth still remains that even the four sisters had no hand in the death of their lformer ochiagha and currently their son’s are not complaining about the presence of the girls,women like nne ada are simply jealous because the girls seem to be prospering seriously which proves that their men really do welcome the idea;Uloma turned and walked away down to another shed in the noisy market and Nne ada hissed,useless girls,look at them sway their worthless hips like it is worth a pence! She stated and said to her neighbour,Akurulo,this girls are a big problem here oo,can you imagine,girls who should be used as slaves since their fathers killed our beloved Ochiagha are now allowed to leave and prosper amongst us,see hee cloths,Akwa-nsa,the most expensive type,even I don’t have that type,this girls are now where our husbands spend their money! She said and Akurulo barked out,shut your filthy mouth nne-ada! You are a wicked person,were you not here when this girls were forcefully brought here and given to us in replacement for the late ochiagha,have’nt they suffered enough? Are you jealous of them? Shame on you then,a respectably married mother of five children is jealous of prostitutes,ok then,go and join the business and stop talking about the girls to me! Said the angry Akurulo and Nne ada hissed and said,yes,I know that you’ll support them,afterall birds of the same feathers flock alike,I know you were once in the trade so defend them,one day you will cry had I known if they take your hasband away from you,said nne ada furiously to Akurulo and Akurulo hissed and faced her wares whilst the lady,Uloma was at another stall and she managed to buy ten tubers of cassava for three pence there and later moved on to another stall to buy some ingredients.

On the fifth day of their trade errand,the Ezumezu warriors were satisfied with their purchases and were escorted out of ala elugwu by Ochiagha Agude and his men,they led them as far as egbelubi which was two days away before returning to ala elugwu and the Ezumezu warriors raced onwards home with their new acquisitions,they journeyed tirelessly and would rest for some hours by day or by night and continue the journey with the horses and on the sisth day of their departure from ala-Elugwu,they arrived Umuezumezu,and rode straight to the ove eze to deliver the purchase,the ndi nze’s rejoiced,the rich men in the town who had given etani for a horse to be purchased for them came out to collect their horse,at the end of the day,Ochiagha okike went home with his own black steed,a gallant stallion indeed,Onye Eze Nwakaibeya gave a horse to the Onye ozi obodo,he kept three for the use of his household and his household servants and gave the remaining six to Onye isi nche Nwokoike for the use of the Nche people.

Okike,here is a sack of etani for you,said Nwokoike to Ochiagha Okike two days after his return from Ala elugwu, is it my yams money? He asked and Nwokoike nodded and said,yes,in your absence, I did as you instructed and monitored your servants while they harvested and I shared the harvest into two,one part I took to the Umule markets and also monitored them as they sold to minor traders who will go to sell in other towns,we took twelve thousand tubers to the markets and sold at one tupence and two pence for a tuber of yam and after paying labourers that helped carry the yams to the markets,what I gave to you is what is left of the etani,eleven thousand tupence and five hundred tupence,and the rest of the yams are in your barns,twelve thousand tubers of yams! Stated the onye isi nche and Ochiagha Okike took the bag and placed it on the floor besides him and said,nwoko,thank you so much and as you know,I also do the same for you and will always do so for you,however,let us drink some palm wine and have some fresh fish roasted for us,I had them go and buy fish today at Aladinma.

Have you heard? The Ochiagha and his friends may be here in about ten days time to formalise the marriage,said Eberechi to Akunna his friend, I wonder what he saw in that girl,said the boy just as Enyidiya walked up to the duo and asked,Ebere,where is Chibuzor? She asked and Eberechi Retorted,Hmmnn!,what kind of insult is that? Cant you greet? Or am I too small that you could not greet me first? He asked in mock anger and Enyidiya replied,bia,mechie onu gi! Small boy like you wants to be greeted by me,Enyidiya! ha,you are trying to annoy me or have you forgotten that I am getting married to an Ochiagha? She asked and Chibuzor cut,hey nne look here,Ochiagha or no Ochiagha,we will flog you silly if you disrespect us here,afterall,they have girls in their village,I wonder why he wants our own! Said the boy and Enyidiya laughed and said,ah,so you are jealous,how odd,and you think that I will abandon an Ochiagha for you? You must be joking! Oh by the way,he will be coming soo so prepare to run away! She said and just then Chibuzor walked up to them and Eberechi said to him,nna your sister is trying to insult us by saying that we are inferior to her husband: and Chibuzor hissed and said,don’t mind the stupid girl,she acts as if Okike is the only Ochiagha that exists,afterall,we also have an Ochiagha in Umuoleke so why should we care? I know her type,soon she will be sent home for bad behaviour,stated the boy and Enyidiya hissed and retorted,jealous riffraffs,anyway,I came to tell you that your meal of Djapu and uha soup is ready,so come and eat,oh by the way,as you can see,my husband has warned me against eating cassava,it is not decent people like,so I will be eating my pounded yam while you eat cassava,RIFF RAFF! She stated to the annoyed Chibuzor and ran away and as Chibuzor got up,he complained to his friends,Chei,me! Now a riff raff because an Ochiagha keeps sending her plenty quantity of tubers of yams and etani,I wander if he doesn’t know what to do with his food and etani! Stated the boy as he walked away.

Okike may be getting married nne but he is not about to die so why are you crying as if you will never see him alive again? Uloma asked a teary eyed Olanma and Uloma spoke,listen ola,the Ochiagha was wnice to you while it lasted but you know what we are to this people,they cannot marry us,we will be a disgrace to any man as a wife,but they have been kind enough to allow us earn money to buy lands to be landowners so that our children can be called sons and daughters of umuezumezu,we should be gratefull for that,we are in this situation because of the folly of our fathers and I hope that one day my son will be a great warrior or Nze in this land so that if anything happens to him by outsiders,they will also fight for him and acquire four women slaves because of him,that is my utmost dream,so do not destroy the opportunity given to us to redeem ourselves,when the new wife comes,you should be polite to her,after all she is the wife of an Ochiagha,wife to an nze! Stated Uloma factually, and Ogadinma spoke again and said,yes,my prince Nwude has assured me that we will be given lands as soon as we can afford it and then my sons will walk proudly and the onye eze had made it clear that no one can or should ever mis-refer to our sons as bastards or non-indigenes,they will be given titles and can even be Nze’s please do not cry,nothing is yet to happen that is new under the sun,or do you want to go back to mbaeluelu? She asked her crying sister and Olanma vehemently shook her head and said,go back to do what? I can never be that type of woman again! She stated and she wiped her tears!.

Onye Nze Nnabuihe,please explain what you mean? Said Nze ugonna to his fellow nze,they had been called to gether at Nze Okoro’s house by Nze Okoro and there was a heated argument going on,yes,what I am saying is that Nze okoro has no right to speak on this matter again,Eze nwakaibeya has already made his stand very clear,that the ladies in question are serving a purpose which he said that they should serve,why battle it? Asked the Nze to everyone present and Nze Okoro retorted,but that is the point,why cant we battle it? They are serving him in a manner most despicable to us,we all regret the death of the late Ochiagha but we no longer have any need for this women here again,they have already began to breed like rats and soon will have sons who will challenge our sons tomorrow in the Nche service or as nze’s,I forbid that! He stated and Nze Ugonna said,Okoro,you of all people know the dangers in challenging Nwakaibeya,it may cost you your life,he wants them to keep our youths and young warrior sons entertained and occupied whenever they need the services of such that only a woman can provide,what is wrong in that,since the arrival of this women,we no longer have rape cases or of sons accusins the other of having an affair with their wives,they all have where to go with their sexuall needs,please leave this matter alone! Said the elder nze and Nze Okoro retorted vehemently,but that is what I mean,our sons no longer have savings and all they do is give their money to those women,cant you see,they look more expensively catered for than even our wives,infact,they are better dressed than most of our wives,said the Nze and nze Obioha retorted,Tah okoro,speak for yourself alone,they are neither better efd nor better fed than my wife and I can see that you are jealous of this poor and helpless girls,have you forgotten how they came to be with us? It is due to no fault of theirs,they are paying for the sins of their fathers and speaking of which,you are also to remember that one of them was the daughter of an Ochiagha,a very powerfull and wealthy man,but this is what war can do to a man,he has resigned his post and he is now an nze yet he still weeps for his lost daughter,he knows what she does here,do you think that he is happy? Answer me you evil swine! Swore the angry Obioha and Nze Okoro retorted,yes curse me if you like but I will still say this,if you care for them,why not lets work together and get them sent back to their people! He said and Nze Omenihu asked,back to do what,if you were that retired Ochiagha who is now an nze and you knew what she did for a living throughout the nine years she has stayed here,will you be happy to have her back? And with those children and lest I forget,they are son’s and daughters of umuezumezu as no stranger can be allowed to visit their bed,which is why it was made so,they belong to us,as nze’s we stand as father’s to those children because they are our sons and daughters sired by our own sons,we cannot let them leave! Do you hear! He said angrily and Nze Okoro spoke,oh shut and stop saying that the children belong to us,actually have I not caught you sneaking the compound of one of those girls? So you should speak clearly and tell us that you are the father of one of those children! Said nze Okoro and Nze Ohiagu stood up and said,okoro,it is obvious that you have nothing to say but it is also obvious that you called us here to insult us,however,I will not demean myself to bantering words with you,I will do as you have suggested and bring the matter before Eze Nwakaibeya,have a good night,I take my leave! Said the eldest nze as he got up and walked out,soon others followed him out.

As the Ochiagha walked out that Evening,he spoke to Nwokoike who was with Other prominent young men of Umuezumezu which included prince Nwude,Okike asked,Nwoko,have you sent the messengers,he asked and Nwoko replied,Okike,I sent five of your servants ahead as you ordered with over one hundred warriors to accompany them thoughout the night journey and to help them with the loads of five hundred tubers of yams,they also took along ten he goats,twenty five cocks and one hundred jars of palm wine! Said Nwokoike and prince Nwude said,Okike,lets go to my father for the beads before he retires from the Ovu,he is expecting us! He said and the Ochiagha nodded  and went out to his horse,the riders were accompanied by foot guard warriors.

As the noise drew nearer,Eze Nwakaibeya smiled and tought to himself,ah finally Okike is getting married,now he can have some peace from all this nze’s bothering him to ask Okike to take their daughters as wife but funny enough,he chose to marry from umuoleke,He nwakaibeya would have liked Okike to be husband to his daughter adaeze but it is obvious that Nwokoike is also making moves towards her,he too is a great credit to Umuezumezu just like Okike! As he tought,Okike and prince Nwude and nwokoike and many other rich sons of ezumezu walked into the Ovu and greeted, Ekele dir eze nwakaibeya! They said in unison and Nwakaibeya said,okike I am sure that you are here for the Ezinne and Ezinna beads,correct? He asked and Ochiagha Okike replied, Yes onye eze,I am here for the beads but I also want the Ichie Ezinna title caps,fan and neck beads too! He said and Nze Ugonna got on hearing that and shouted Che che che Ezumezu kwenu and they all replied,ehhyyaaa! And he sat down again and said,yes go and let them know that we are men in umuezumezu! Eze Nwakaibeya spoke again,I am sure that you know the prices for these beads,the Ezinne bead costs ,five hundred tupence,the Ezinna bead costs five hundred tupence,the Ezinna title caps,fans and neck beads also costs five hundred tupence,making it a total of two thousand and five hundred tupence,can you support tha? He asked and Ochiagha Okike opened a bag hanging on his shoulder and counted out the ETANI and gave it to Nze ugonna who also counted it and confirmed it complete and eze nwakaibeya spoke and said,Ugonna,go inside and bring him the items,the Nze got up and went into the inner lodges and returned with the items tied in an expensive akwaugwu material meant for such items and gave it to Okike who saluted the onye eze and his men and walked out with his fellows.

The Ezinne bead and Ezinna bead signifies that a woman is significantly well brought up and in those parts,to marry a wife,one had to buy an ezinne bead and ezinna bead for the bride’s parents, they buy this bead from the eze of the grooms town,and later they also go to purchase the same type of bead,from the eze of the brides town,each town has their own beading style or fashionnbut if a suitor is a rich one,he can also purchase an Ezinna title cap or fan or neck bead for the brides father from either the eze of his town or the eze of the bride’s town,even being able to purchase the ezinna cap or neck bead or fan is show enough of proof of wealth on the side of a groom,but to buy the three,fan,cap and neck bead shows extreme wealth on the side of the groom and if for any reason a groom purchases this three items from the eze of their town and also makes the same purchase from the eze of the bride’s town,it will be a thing to talk about for many years,infact,if it is purchased from the eze of the grooms town,then the bride’s father is automatically an Ichie at the grooms town but if it is purchased at the brides town,then her father automatically becomes an ichie in their land,it is a title to be very proud of, people are not allowed to take this titles at random,no matter who you are,it is a title that signifies the importance of having a daughter and can only be given to a man by his daughters husband(s),many men go as far as giving etani in secret to their daughters suitors to buy this titles for them, while many suitors promise their bride’s father to buy this title for them if their daughter is well behaved,the Ezinne and ezinna bead means that the children of this marriages are acknowledged by the eze’s of both lands and if a woman defaults and is sent back to her people for bad behaviour and the beads are returned to eze’s and the etanies given back to the groom,this is a shame as any child or children whose mothers are disgraced thus are become outcasts,they have no inheritance and their maternal parents have had no inheritance from any father to show atht they are legally of any background in any community, Infact,to be returned back after marriage is a shame brought upon the entire community and the name Ezinne or ezinna (Good father or good mother) is insulted,all ezinne’s and ezinna’s are obligated to expel your parents from the towns Ezinne and ezinna Congregatings and functions and the said woman will also be seen as a curse and thus sent away to go and look for better parents as she has disgraced her parents that they are not good tutors and wards and the worst disgrace is for a man to be stripped of the Ichie title after marriage because of a daughters misbehaviour,because even if the man is dead and his daughter defaults,the title will be stripped him in absentia and the memory of the dead will be insulted,this beads are thus given to the bride’s parents to keep or wear and when ever the bride is dead,the living relatives will take this bead to the eze ‘s of their lands and the groms land to claim the price of the beads and it is always a thing of joy when one is called to the Ovu eze and your mother’s bead money is given to your relatives who will now aknowledge you as their sisters son and the father’s land will also aknowledge that the person is also their son whose mother served her purpose faithfully and her, memory glorified,if in any even a son of such a woman comes into trouble with his fatherland,he will be given full refuge by his motherland who have reaped the fruit of their sisters labour,thus the price of the beads are highly price,enough to buy two portions of land,thus such children will be given lands even by their maternal relatives in the case of an emergency and their fatherland can not still deny them of any of their rights as full blooded sons of the land whose mothers beads can buy land in their father land and in their motherland, thus a woman must strive to maintain her integrity during marriage to make her children lords in her homeland and in her husbands homeland.

Enyidiya was thrilled,her father and mother had been counselling her for over five days now and she was anxious,today,she will become a woman,the wife of an Ochiagha,infact,the most famous and most feared Ochiagha withing sixty days walk from Umuoleke,she had been dressed and well scented,hr hairs combed and weaved and her toenails and fingernails well polished,she radiated the natural beauty of her environment,her father had been sitting outside all day,greeting and welcoming visitors and well wishers,their compound which had been polished shone with neatness,the umuoleke music band and singers gave out melodious music known as nkwa Nme-nme,the compound was over crowded,the Ochiagha’s messengers had arrived by dawn,accompanied by around a hundred warriors and bull wagons pulling heavy loads of yams and goats and cocks,FIVE HUNDRED YAM! Wowthey made it clear that the Ochiagha and his comrades and friends will arrive later that day,and those kind of people do not eat cassava,that statement had already been made clear by his yam gifts, the messengers said that they had journeyed all night and had arrived the town by dawn,they had been accosted by the Umuoleke warriors and when they had told who they came to see,they had been led to Mazi Nmaju who acknowledged knowing them but even at that the Onye isi nche of the Umuoleke people had left behind many warriors at mazi nmaju’s residence to ensure that protocols were adhered to,the entire place was lively,The Ochiagha of umuoleke,Ochiagha Ohiagu had gone with a hundred and fifty warriors to the towns gate to await the arrival of the great ezumezu warlord and by noon,the procession of about three hundred foot guard warriors and about twenty riders which had commenced their journey at the earliest hours of the morning arrived at the towns gate and was met ochiagha Ohiagu and they stopped and exchanged salutations and peace talks protocols and then the entire troop continued to Uhsulo village in umuoleke which is where Mazi nmaju lived,their arrival at the compound caused a lot of commotion as the crowd became uncontrollable,people cheered and hailed the great ezumezu warlord and native masquerade groups gave thrilling performances,though the ochiagha had sent one hundred atumakwus of palm wine,mazi nmaju had also ordered for two hundred more atumakwu’s of palm wine thus most people were already drunk by the time Ochiagha Okike and his men arrived,the occasion lasted for over four hours and okike spent etani like water,later,the brides father and mother were taken by horse with okike and prince nwude to Eze Ohaneme of Umuoleke to purchase the ezinne and ezinna beads from the eze of umuoleke,he also paid for the Ichie title caps,fan and neck beads for the brides father at umuoleke and also handed over the ezinne and ezinna bead and ichie title cap,fan and neckbead of umuezumezu to eze Ohaneme who presented then accordingly to mazi nmaju and he gave a short speech saying that such marriages between two great lands like ezumezu and umuoleke is highly encouraged and he also made his happiness known to having the Ochiagha of Umuoleke as a husband of one of their daughters,meaning that his land will always have the support of the ezumezu warriors as long as okike reighns as warlord of Umuezumezu,he was happy for mazi nmaju who is now an ichie in umuoleke and umuezumezu, thus he can speak and be heard even at umuezumezu and can thus be a diplomat should the need arises,afterall,all towns respected their own title beads and Mazi nmaju is a now titled man of Umuezumezu,the celebrants all left for mazi nmaju’s residence and on their arrival,the uproar was beyond belief,mazi nmaju had become an ichie in both Umuezumezu and in Umuoleke,Ochiagha okike shook Umuoleke thoughout their nine villages and by mid evening,he mounted his horse with his new bride in the presence of the entire community,and his friends,prince nwude and Nwokoike and the rich sons of ezumezu that had horse which were a rare sight  and rode out of the town,he had given a fity tupence gift to a delighted chibuzor and had also given ten tupence to chidiebere and ten tupence to Akunna,infact,chibuzor had acted very proprie torial about the Ochiagha during the whole festivity and he it was that said who was given what and he promised to come and visit his sister after the three months of Imata di after-marriage season was over,the warriors left the town by nightfall and arrived Umuezumezu by midmorning just before cockcrow and immediately,Ochiagha Okike had brought out five goats for his warriors and two hundred tubers of yams and fifty atumakwu’s of palm wine which he had kept specially for his warriors,he had given them fresh pepper,onions,salt and a lot of palm oils and also they went to wake up the village musicians and began to sing and make marry while the Ochiagha went to sleep with his new bride, Prince Nwude danced and sang himself hoarse,he was delighted for his friend and he stayed till day break before continuing to his fathers house but the ezumezu warriors did not leave their Ochiagha’s house till evening,they simply ate and danced and merried

Ehhnn nne,have you heard? Ochiagha okike has brought home his wife,nwanyinme said to Obiageri,nwanyinma was Nze Okoro’s wife but Obiageri her friend was the wife of a plantain merchant and Obiageri replied,is that so, I heard the noise two nights ago,in that case,today is supposed to be her first traditional outing to the stream,wont we go? She asked and nwanyima said,but nne that is why I came to call you,I and all the nkwonta women and daughters are prepared to give her the required welcome,I am sure she knows the tradition,said Nwanyinma and Obiageri said,then what are we waiting for,lets go to the stream,she said and Nwanyinma stood up and they both left for the stream.

As Enyidiya was going to the stream for the first encounter with the Umuada’s she felt very shy,she had had a very wonderfull two days with her new husband,she had eaten and fed very stupendously on yams and all manner of rich soup,infact,she had already forgotten what cassava tasted like and this morning,the Ochiagha had advised her on how to behave and also made it clear that she should beware of Nwanyinma,nze Oko’s wife,she was the leader of the nkwonta women ,a very notorious riot squad as defined by Ochiagha okike,she was accompanied by Amobi and Madukaku.

Listen women of nkwonta and ezumezu,we all know how this is done,we are simply to toy with her a bit,but no unmarried girl is allowed to talk rudely to her,do not forget that she is the wife of an ochiagha,wife to a high council member,an Nze,you will be flogged if you cross your bounds and it will not be wise to annoy the warriors by insulting the wife of their Ochiagha,so I will do the talking and send her back home the first time,all you are to do is to jeer and boo,no insults but if she returns with the Ochiagha as we instruct her to do,we will make her our friend and treat her to a very sweet welcome this night,said Nwanyinma.

As the dark skinned ebony beauty named enyidiya walked up to the stream,it was crowded with women and children and girls and boys washing,bathing and fetching water,the stream guard warriors were standing a bit far away watching the scene,and as she arrived,everyone hushed up,and she took her water pot and bent down to fill it with water and suddenly she heard a voice say,hey you! Who are you? And what do you think that you are doing at our stream? The voice asked as a woman stepped up close to her and the crowd gathered round them as Enyidia tried to speak and the woman said,speak up,who are you? How dare you come to ur stream and try to fetch water without our permission,don’t you know that people own and clean this water? Answer me! Said the woman in mock anger a,d enyidiya replied,I am sorry! And the woman asked,what is your name and where are you from? And Enyidiya replied, I am enyidiya from Umuoleke,wife to Ochiagha okike§ she said and the woman laughed,ha! You! Wife to who? Our own ochiagha okike? He cannot marry such a cassava eating creature like you! No way,as if we don’t have fine girls in umuezumezu! Said the woman and Enyidiya  stuttered shy and said,Eziokwu,Okike bu dim! She said and the woman said,that is a lie,ok,if you are telling the truth,then go back and tell him that we refused you to fatch water from our stream until he comes to introduce you to us the right way,is that clear,(the woman turned to the crowd and said,mothers and daughters of Ezumezu,have I spoken for us all? And they all replied ayhhh!)so Enyidiya got up and took her water pot and left with Amobi and maaduka while the stream guards watched and as she went away while the women booed and cheered,nwanyinma,a mother of five children turned and said to the women,listen all of you,if she does return with Okike as we have asked for,then acknowledge her importance to him and give her her due respects,she is the wife of an Ochiagha,is that clear? She asked and they all chorused,eehhyahh, thirty minutes later,Enyidiya returned to the stream accompanied by Ochiagha Okike and Amobi and madukaku and six guard warriors,his usual number of guards everyday,he was dressed in tight fitting akpukpoagu dress and sandals with his matchet tied to his waist and a small pouch in his hands and amobi was pulling a small goat behind him while Maduka was carrying a small basket containing ten tubers of yams,and as he arrived,he greeted,nde nne na umu ada nde Ezumezu,I greet you all,he said and they replied,eehhyyaaa! And nwanyinma spoke,Okike,why insult us thus,are our daughters not good enough for oyu that you go and bring a stranger amongst us,are we not good enough for you? She asked in mock anger (she too was from egbelubi) and Ochiagha Okike replied ah my wives,who said that your daughters are not good enough,infact they are too good,they are meant for princes and Eze’s and I am just a warrior,please pardon me,I didn’t even know that I would have been considered a worthy husband material for such glorious women like your daughters! He said and Nwanhyinma spoke and said,we will accept your apology on one condition,you will buy palm wine and goat meat for us today or else no pardon and Ochiagha okike asked ,and how much will this palm wine cost? And the woman counted every woman and girl there and said,ten tupence! And Ochiagha Okike counted some etani and gave it to her and said,that is twenty tupence,buy a lot for yourselves and here is a goat for you all too( He handed over the he goat to them and also gave them the basket of ayms) and said,I hope I and my new wife are forgiven? He asked and the women chorused,eehhhyyyahhh  oooo! And the Ochiagha turned and marched away with his men dignifyngly and Nwanyinma said to Enyidiya,ah our fine wife,welcome to Umuezumezu,this particular village is called Nkwonta,my name is Nwanyinma,wife of Nze okoro,come and fetch water,you will be with us today as we will cook and eat this goat and yams and also drink the palm wine together,said the woman as the women crowded round her and they began to chatter noisily,enyidiya who had partaken in this ritual in their place wa s ashamed and very self conscious about herself, her husband had warned her that they may want to detain her,thus he had instructed that Amodi and Maduka remain with her until she returned home,they still had over two months of Imta di left and he was not going to waste another day of in,funny enough,Olanma was also in the crowd at the stream,they had a wonderfull time,they all trooped to Nze Okoro’s house,where they slaughtered the goat and cooked a very delicious goat meat pepper soup and they bought many atumakwu’s of palm wine and also cooked pounded yam and peppersoup and had a beautifull day singing and dancing and feasting,Enyidiya was given a befitting welcome by the Nkwonta women and daughters and she later began to relax and also began to feel at home amidst them,infact,she was almost drawn into Nwanhyinma’s gossip circle had not the Ochiagha sent one of his servants to come and fetch her by mid-evening.

Nze Okoro,I was told that you are against me and my servants,why is that so? Eze Nwakaibeya asked a baffled Nze Okoro and the Nze replied,onye Eze,I am not a mad that I now have to stand up and challenge a mountain to a contest,how can I be against you and your servants,I also serve you! Said the Nze and The Eze spoke yet again and said,Then Okoro,why was I told that you are vehemently against my servants whom I instructed to serve my sons and entire sons of umuezumezu by bearing more son’s and servants who will serve the throne of Ezumezu for ever,why? He asked and Nze Okoro became ashamed and said,ah Onye Eze,I think I understand what you mean,if it is about the four girls,yet I asked that it be brought before you,that we send them home! He said and the Onye Eze who was now obviously very angry said, Nze Okoro,mbaeluelu killed my Ochiagha and in return they gave me females to bear more warriors and Ochiagha’s for me,what is wrong in that? Do you think I am stupid? Has any non ezumezu visited their bad that you would want to take them to be prostitutes? Answer me now before I loose my temper? Said the enraged Onye eze and Nze Okoro replied,Onye,I beg your forgiveness,I lacked understanding then,now I know better,said the nze and Eze nwakaibeya spoke again and said,I made that rule,the women were ordered to give me sons fathered by Ezumezu sons,how dare you insinuate that mother’s of the son’s of Ezumezu land are prostitutes? That is a grave insult,it takes more than just age and wealth to be an Nze,it takes,Wisdom,knowledge and understanding to be where you are now,don’t disappoint me,they were instructed to bear us servants and warriors ,son’s of Ezumezu and I heard that you refered to their sons as children who shouldn’t be equals with your children,who are your children, and who are the fathers of their children? If you have any evidence that a non indigene of Umuezumezu has visited their bed,then their children shall forever be inferior and beneath your children abut if they have only served sons of ezumezu land,then their children shall be equals with everyone else in this land and I hope to nze’s amongst them too,so tell me,has an outsider been to meet with them? Asked the onye eze? And nze Okoro shook his head to say no and the onye eze said,ah in that case,the children in question are undoubtably of the blood of Umuezumezu,am I right? He asked and the Nze nodded in the affirmative and the Eze said,then how do you want a son or daughter of ezumezu to be inferior to your children? He asked and Nze Okoro looked more confused and turned to Nze Ugonna for help but Nze Ugonna knew that once Nwakaibeya was in such a mood you either shup of or you get killed! ,he again apologised to nwakaibeya dn the onye Eze said,Okoro,let this be the last time you insult my intelligence,I am not a fool and if you are against my servants,you are also against me,those women serve a very important purpose and once they are able to pay for land,their sons and daughters shall be respected and given equall opportunities in this lands,have I made myself clear? He asked and nze okoro nodded and Onye Eze Nwakaibeya said,Okoro,from this day onwards,it shall be your duty to ensure that their children are well protected from ignorant people such as your self,use your office and status and ensure that no one demeans their place or position in life and also make sure that the moral complex of those children will equall that of any Ezumezu son or daughter,in other words,I here make you their father figure till I die,and  I shall demand of them from you,I sthat clear? He asked and Nze Okoro speechlessly nodded.

Bia Maduka,you will go to Nne Amarachi and buy me six pieces of fresh fish,the type they call azu nmiri,it is sold for three long ones for a tupence,so buy for two tupence,that will be six big fishes, also buy,Mpia-mpia five pence,please hurry-up,dim will soon be back ( by dim,she meant,Her husband,Ochiagha Okike),and Maduka spoke and said, Da enyidiya,De Okike does not like Azu Nmiri,he like Azu Okpu,roasted croacker fish,he said and Enyidiya turned and said,taa,will you tell me what to feed him,don’t worry,I’ll make him like it because that is what I like,but however,buy azu-okpu of one tupence! She said and gave the boy the money and the young seventeen year old boy took off,Enyidiya was already heavy with pregnancy,she did nothing but cook eat and sleep,she already looked well fed and rich,she was now expensively clothed,she could remember the first month of her marriage,many prominent and rich daughters or wives of Ezumezu land had come to greet her,she was petted for very long,infact,Adaeze,Eze nwakaibeya’s daughter ahd also come to see her and they had easten a plate of pounded yam and Ughu soup with goat meat,ah,she ahd become a good friend,now Onye isi nche Nwokoike is telling her that he intends to marry Adaeze,which was a good thing but she Enyidiya was no longer allowed to move about with a servant and a warrior guard,that was a bit too much for her,infact,even now,one name Ugwumba was standing outside the compound to halt and question visitors before they can enter the Ochiagh’s residence,her junior brother Chibuzor had also been stopped from seeing her because he could not explain himself properly,and the warrior was not the type to leve his post to go and confirm anybody’s identity,if he does not know you then bad luck because you will not enter,had it not been for Amobi who was returning from the farms with the other servants and on seeing Chibuzor,he told Ugwumba that the boy was da Enyidiya’s Junior Brother,Chibuzor would have stayed outside till the return of the Ochiagha,sometimes,she felt like a prisoner,but she could always go out but Ugwumba was sure to follow,ther was no shooeing him off,he was tree,to tall to push down,she sighed,her father had once visited umuezumezu when he had been invited for the annual umuezumezu Ndi Ichie Celebrations,he had shone like a gem then and had visited the newly married couple,he had brought them some new decorations of bull clothing materials used as bedside footmats Ovu sitting mats,he had left that same day with promises to come and see them whenever he could,but enyidiya did not miss her home,she was constantly entertained by the six servants who were mostly young boys of fifteen,sixteen and seventeen and they always told great tales and stories and Amobi could sing ,really he could,she was always well entertained at night,and food,hey! She had never seen a barn to compare with her husbands barn in nkwonta,though she has never seen any other barn in Umuezumezu at all,but there was so much to eat and drink and the warriors came regularly to greet her and bring her bush meats and rodents trapped or killed on their forest patrols,she was content and Amobi and Maduka would soon be of to the Nche lair with the next three months,their service time with Okike was up and it was near time for their much worked for reward,to be an onye Nche,to be able to read those scribllings that made the nche people superior to all around them,they walked with pride knowing that the only way to an Nze title is through the nche service,infact,the only way to anything is through the Nche service,Amobi had already purchased his new nche matchet and spear and bow and arrows and was ready to go to the lair for the next two years of training,soon Maduka returned with the items and she collected them and went back to her kitchen and continued the ofe ughu that she was cooking and later she called,Maduka,please come and bring out the yams for cooking and pounding! She stated

OJimba was a very good man and it will pain him to loose such a friend but as Ogun walked into his house ,he was pained,several months ago,pink coloured people had entered and conquered their land ,it was such an unexpected affair that no one could do anything until it was too late,then they had taken the whole neighbouring towns of youruba land captive and now wanted to penetrate the yonder lands behind the great river Ochanja,they sought for directions and the already weaked by torture indigenes of Iremo-Igboro land in ijebu-imusin had told them that a fire stick maker by the name of Adeogun was a very popular person amongst the wete-etani people,thus the pink men who spoke as if they had hot coal on their tongues had come and tied up Ogun and his wives and children and threatened to wipe them out if ogun did not go and pretend that he had come to make a purchase and then use the enquiry to estimate and asses the military strength of the Ochanja and ala-elugwu people,and to ensure that he neither ran away or gave out the information of the impending attack,they asked one of the new traitors in iremo-igboro to accompany Ogun on this trip,the man’s name Adisa L’adokan,they had journeyed to elugwu,adisa had tried to be friendly and discovered that Ogun was annoyed and would never forgive him,then adisa had began to use his new found powers of the pink people to threaten Ogun,Just make sure that all goes wee and you may yet see your worthless family again,he would constantly repeat to ogun during the trip,Ogun had stayed the normal five days and had gone round the town for the last time,a town that knew him so well as like one of them, a town he had been visiting every month for over twelve years,now he was to betray them,he wept inwardly and cursed Adisa with all his being but he could do nothing,he was handicapped,his family was staring death in the face and he alone could save them seven sons and two daughters and his two wives! Ah Osa! And Okun,why have you done this to me,he wailed inwardly!,as he got down from the bullcart wagon infront of his house,Adisa went in and later came out with the pink man known as capiti simiti ( captain Smith), a british mercenary soldier now on the payroll of the Romans army,the captain called the interpreter,adeolu, Deyyolu! Ask the man for the situations report,whats the fighting strength of the weytey-tani people or something like that,said the captain to his mate,a roman by the name of centurion Alexander Boerst and Ogun tightened his fist and got a slap for the insolent look on his face and he began to speak,the people are not expecting you but they nonetheless very ready to protect themselves and there is one more thing,Ochiagha Okike,he will not be easy to conquer! Stated Ogun and the interpreter made the interpretations and ended it by saying,sah mastah sah! He say one general ochawa,he not eezzy for konker! Stated the interpreter and captain smith made a mental record of the name of general Ochawa.

As the horse man rode into town furiously,he was stopped by the Ezumezu warriors and after explaining himself,he was led to Eze Nwakaibeya nd then the Eze sent for Ochiagha Okike and Onye isi-nche Nwokoike and when they arrived,the Eze said,Okike and Nwoko,ala-Elugwu is fallen! Said the disturbed Nwakaibeya to a very surprised Ochiagha Okike and he turned to the fleeing warrior who had ridden non-stop day and night to get to Umuezumezu and said,warrior,who are you and what news did you bring?he asked and the warrior spoke,Ochiagha,my name is Onye-nche uzorchi,I am from Awgu village in ala-elugwu,our town was attacked seven nights ago by pink coloured men and they have killed everyone and Onye-eze ugwunechemba is dead,I saw them kill him with my own eyes,Ochiagha agude died gallantly too,they have also destroyed Ochanja and only women and children are left and they are marching eastwards towards this place,they may have reached Egbelubi by now! Stated the warrior and Ochiagha Okike wailed for his friend Agude and swore and said to Eze Nwakaibeya,Onye eze,I do not know their numbers,but I will send scouts to Umule and see if we can have some specific informations from there,meanwhile,we must prepare for all eventualities,thus we will begin to move our foods and livefeeds to a safe location before the return of the scouts,if it is a false alarm,then no harm is done but if it is true,we will involve,Umule,umuoleke and Abayi at once,they are our closest allies,Mbaeluelu may not want to align with us,said the Onchiagha and Onye eze Nwakaibeya said,do as you please ochiagha,this is your department! Stated the old ruler and Ochiagha Okike bowed and went out at once with nwokoike.

Okike had sent a fast message to Ochiagha Ohiagu and the Ochiagha of Umuoleke had sent back a fast response stating they will begin preparations for their defence and Okike also got a fast response from umule,it was confirmed,Ebgelubi had been wiped out,it was claimed that the strange aggressors had a very noisy weapon now popularly known as the thunder-stick,it was said to make a loud noise when pointed at a person and afterwards a hole will appear on the said person and the person would fall and die instantly,it was even said to be able to shatter skulls,before two days,Umuezumezu was filled up with fleeing neighbouring villagers,they had nowhere else to run to but to Ochiagha Okike.Soon Eze Ohaneme and his chief warriors and warlords visited Umuezumezu,they had been invited by Eze nwakaibeya,it was no longer a rumour,the one hundred and seven towns of the lower niger was under attack by pink people with thunder-sticks!

 Eze Ogbulafor of Umule also came with his warriors and surprisingly,Eze Onyia of Mbaeluelu and his Ochiagha Omenuko also attended the meeting,it was agreed that they will each donate fifteen thousand warriors from each town and march to Ahiafor at Mbise and lay ambush for the visitors and possibly chase them back into the ocean,meanwhile,all the towns along the way would move their people,foods and animals backwards to Umuoleke and Okpuala,,thus within twenty four hours of heavy activities,the unitd warriors led by Ochiagha okike,Ochiagha Ohiagu and Ochiagha Omenuko and two other Ochiagha’s from two neighbouring towns,moved off for Ahiafor,they marched quietly through the thick jungles and avoided open roads and tracks,they hadthe upper hands,this was their land,they knew it better than any pink man would,and with forty eight hours,they arrivedat Ahiafor,just intime,to witness the end of a battle between the warriors of Ahiafor land and the pink people,the pink people were expert warriors,they moved fast as if they knew that any delay would simply take away their advantage of a surprise attack,they were busy gathering food and animals in preparation for a fast launch of attck at the next village,infact they had already sent a fifty man scout team ahead to scout out the next town and send back some warriors to bring reports,the scout team were silently apprehended and silenced by the Ochiagha Okike squad,the okike team,divided into five teams,four teams of fifteen thousand men each built a round military wall around the entire land of Ahiafor while one team belonging to Ochiagha Ajumbu of Umuobar moved forward through the jungles as a scout and silencing maching to keep the flow of the enemy in check and bring back reports to the main military team,thus any small scout unit or message unit of the pink people that came out of Ahiafor or came close to Ahiafor were quietly silenced by Ochiagha Ajumbu,a fearlessly ruthless warrior of a very brave ancestry of warriors,and by evening as the pink men who loved to march by night were preparing their formations to move out of the fallen Ahiafor,The Sixty thousand warriors of the united four towns fell upon them,they did not expect it,it was a massacre,they had underestimated the bushmen and had paid dearly for it,infact,the soldiers which comprised of over thirty thousand white trained mercenaries and over ten thousand natives of yorubaland who had joined them had been slaughtered like animals and by night fall,not a single pink man was standing,the united warriors lost over two thousand soldiers and over three hundred were wounded,but they caught,the commanders of the legions,two white and proud looking thieves,by the name of capitin simit and capitina alusinda (Alexander),the united warriors,mearched onstealthily towards alaimo and wiped out the small unit left there to watch over the fallen imo people,and from there they marched on again through the forests to Mbaitolu and discovered that mbaitolu was yet untouched but they too had heard of the battle and due to the northwards positioning of their town,they could run nowhere for help and they had prepared to fight till the end but they were delighted at the arrival of Okike and his warriors and they added ten thousand more warriors to the okike team and moved westwards to ala-elugwu and entered ebgelubi on the eight day and also wiped out the small unit left there to torment the remaining ebgelubi people who were prisoners in their own lands and then they moved on to alaoji and happily descended on the small units of pink bandits left behind to keep watch over the alaoji people which were prisoners, and finally they arrived at Ochanja and came face to face with a bigger unit of about twenty thousand stanby soldiers and another big battle ensued,the okike team had a very upper hand as they would attack for an hour slay as much as they could and flee back into the jungles,it was a very effective jungle metheod that frustrated the efforts of the white warriors with their dane guns and after sixth flooding of the jungle method,the frustrated white soldier decided to chase them into the forests and there they met their doom as the whole forests round Ochanja was swarming with native warriors simply waiting for them to do just that,the small-small attackst with about five thousand men who wiil go kill some whites and run back into the bush was to create the impression of a batch of native monkeys who knoew nothing about warfare and the foreigners fell into the trap and did not last five hours as they had nowhere to run to and the few that managed to flee out of Ochanja only succeeded in running into the waiting arms of Ochiagha Ajumbu and his men and they showed no mercy.the remaining white men on their big boats set sail at once for the open sea but Ochiagha Okike sent out over five thousand men with the big boats of the Ndoki people and they chased after them,the entire battlelasted a week and the entire lines and villages and towns along the shores of the great rivers Ochanja to imo was purged of pink thieves, and afterwards,the united warriors separated into five units and formed a circle to encompass the entir one hundred and seven towns of the lower niger and searched the entire,lands,hills,forests,farms and jungles for three months before reuniting completely at alaimo,the ezumezu warriors had two prisoners,Captain smith of the british empire and captain Alexander of the Roman empire,they shared the thunder sticks amongst the entire one hundred and seven villages and the caught youruba traitors were made to tutor the other villagers,but it was agreed that after one month,they all be killed to avoid have a virus in the lands of the lower niger,but smith and Alexander was trophy,to show people that it was no story,there indeed were pink men in the world and they wore bowls on their heads!

The warriors had sent messages of their victory ahead to their Eze’s and each ruler had returned to his lands with his people and had began to re’arrange their lands and began to prepare their lands for farming,the ezumezu people had heard of the great feats of their chiagha and singers sang his praise everywhere,they entered Umuezumezu,iin the fourth month of their departure,though they had lost about three hundred and eighty warriors,they stillwere victorious,they arrived with their pink prisoners and the crowd jeered and booed at the prisoners and were even ready to stone them if not for their warriors,the Ezumezu warriors came back with over one thousand thunder sticks,over three hundred bull wagons,five hundred horses and a lot of swords,daggers and many things which they did not know what they were.

As Ochiagha Okike stepped into his home which had been polished and cleaned in waiting for him,he smelt a very delicious smell and he went to his wife’s room and saw her seated on her bed,a baby in her arms and the Ochiagha bent down and looked at the infant and asked,when did it happen? And enyidiya replied, nine days ago! And the Ochiagha said,has she been named? And enyidiya burst out laughing and said,it’s a boy and has not been named yet,I was waiting for you,I knew that you’ll come back to me! She said and the Ochiagha said,what about our barns and goats? And she replied,Onye isi Nche hid them along with Eze Nwakaibya’s store,but they were returned yesterday,though many were spoiled due to the heat of bad storage,but we still have over ten thousand tubers of yams left,it will last until the next harvest,as for the goats,Amobi and Maduka will leave for Umuoleke tomorrow,they were moved to my perants place for safe keeping,they are intact,six thousand heads! And the etani you gave me before you left,three thousand,it is still intact,I have only spent about two hundred in the etani to feed myself and your servants,we all stayed at my father’s place ,she said and the Ochiagha nodded and as she wanted to give him the money,he laughed and said,keep it,it’s for you,tomorrow,tell nwanyhinma to gather the Nkwonta people,my son will be named tomorrow! Said the Ochiagha decisively and his wife nodded.The next day,the naming ceremony was help in a festive way and the boy was named,Ikennaya.

Almost one year after the great battle of the pink skinned thieves,Eze Nwakaibeya became very ill and it was obvious to all the he was near to the end of his life time and he showed no fear of his impending demise,on the contrary,he went ahead to give his son specific instructions on what to do with the power he is about to leave for him,he showed the young man all he needed to know and how to control the Nze’s and take control of all situations,he however made an important plea to the young man Nwude one early morning as they were returning from inspecting the barns which contained over one hundred and fifty thousand tubers of yams,Nwude my son,You will be Eze soon! He said and Nwude replied,Ha nnam! Do not speak as if you will be leaving me soon! He said and his father continued as if he had not spoken,listen,you must never show sentiments of regrets in public,the only sentiment you can show in public is laughter and anger,no regrets and furthermore,those four young girls,do not let them be put to shame,I made a just judgement over the death of Udenedeude,I ordered them to give me sons and daughters in replacement for my lost warrior servant,I ordered that their bed be pure and for only Umuezumezu and I am satisfied with my own judgement,thus this sons and daughters and their entire generations can never be mocked by anyone as they were sired by only sons of Umuezumezu,thus by ridiculing them,we ridicule ourselves,do not let Nze Okoro have his way with them,do not be persuaded into sending them away,you will only be sending our own sons into slavery,our land abhors slavery which is why I made them bear sons sired by our sons thus we can never make them slaves,they are qualified for the nche service like all other Ezumezu sons andtheir daughters can marry and our beads will bear their value,the price of a womans bridal bead pays for the land on which her children steps upon in their lands and in their maternal home, the wealth that I will show you today is the etani of peoples mother’s bridal beads which their maternal familys will one day come to claim to ensure that the land which they trample on have been well paid for by the dutifull labours of their mothers,do not disappoint them,they will devour you if you make them slaves by giving them stories on the day they are to give account of their mothers loyalty to them and their fatherlands! Said the old man as they approached a large hut very deep inside the great walls of the ovu eze,even Nwude had never been allowed near that section of the Ovu all his life,it was guarded by over one thousand warriors,all completely nude,and they were all still awaiting the confirmation of their ancestral evaluation by their maternal relatives,thus anyone whose maternal relatives have claimed their sister’s price and authenticated their children can never do guard duty there again,thus any one on guard duty there is guarding their mothers virtue,as the Onye arrived at the great stone hut with Nwude,the guards all knelt down and bowed their heads to the onye Eze and said in unison,Ekele diri Eze nwakaibeya! And he nodded very weakly and signalled for them to open the hut and over fifty men positioned themselves on one side and pushed the great stone blockade placed on the entrance to the stone hut away and he entered with nwude and on one side he pointed out to a huge pileup of Akwaugwu sewn in a big sack type and said,look,in each of this sacks is one hundred thousand tupence and there over thirty thousand of those sacks there, those are bridal bead etani,it cannot be spent,beware my son! It cannot be spent!!!?,it is well documented! He pointed to another part of the hut,there my son is the etani of my family and household,in each sack ( he pointed to similar sacks) he said, contains one hundred thousand tupence,and I have about twenty thousand of such sacks,you have more than enough to feed the ndi nche’s and ndi Nze’s for all your life,the entire lands of Umuezumezu is yours,you do not sell land to a non-indigene,your barns will yield over eight hundred thousand tubers of yams every season,,the Ndoki people buy from me as much as one hundred to two hundred thousand tubers every season,they buy from my servants,headed by my chief store keeper,Nze Alozie and all documented by my chief book keeper,Nze Ugonna, and after sales every season,you have over,four or five hundred thousand tubers to eat and sell to your people should they have need to buy from you,you have pepper,tomato,onions and all manner of fruits,you have over three hundred thousand heads of goat to eat and be merry on,you have palm wine trees to tap and drink from,you have over twenty thousand bulls for your bullwagons,please do not look at the other end of that wall,the bridal bead Etani,that is all that you can do to maintain your intergrity and control over your lands,they your servants know that mutiny or disrespect immediately makes them all slaves as no Eze will accept beads or bridal bead etani from anyone else but you and your pure lineage and if you do not get sons before your death,then Ezumezu will go into slavery,that is the law,if an Eze dies without a son,their land is allowed to perish as no Eze will accept a substitute,the end of the true lineage means the end of that land and its autonomy,other Eze’s will take them slaves by force,it is the law and they know it and they cannot fight the entire one hundred and six great lands in this part of the world,you must stand tall,proud and fearless,nothing can happen to you,I repeat,nothing can happen to you,do not take advice or receive cousell from your mother,sister or wife,no woman must have any say in matters concerning the authority and controls of the land,do you hear? He asked and Nwude nodded,he clearly understood his father and it pained him to watch the old man formalise the hand over of his rule over his lands and people while still alive but he also knew that it was better so,you can never make mistakes if you have been forewarned or prepared,Nwude,those pink skinned prisoners, I don’t know what to do with them,we have no need for slaves as our laws and tradition makes a hard working man eat the works of his hands,our servants like the opportunity given them to actually earn their place in the society,do with them as you pleas,but,as soon as I pass away,take one of those sacks,buy at least over twenty to thirty thousand Ihyinyha’s for your warriors,arm them,prepare for any eventualities,shake the lands a bit and let your neighbouring lands know that a new ruler reigns in Umuezumezu,it is said that the glory of a ruler is in his appearance! Do not look humble or quiet;let them know that your father tutored you well before he passed on,it is an unspoken code of conduct for the Eze’s,they will know that I spoke with you before I passed on and they will give you your due respect and priviledges and fights too,if necessary,said the old man,(trying to be funny),he coughed loudly and took up a sack and handed it over to Nwude and said,I know that you have never been given this kind of etani in your whole life,take the one hundred thousand tupence, begin to prepare to take over,select carefully your guard warriors,at least about two thousand,arm and cloth them in the Nche style of clothing,buy new matchets for them and initiate them into your own loyalty league,they must always be with you night and day,let the Ndi nze’s know that you must not be argued with,display wealth whilst I live,so that none will judge your expenses if I am gone,your place must fit you as you must fit your place,let none ever stand before you and show no fear again,never! Is that clear! He said and Nwude nodded,he understood what his father was trying to do,the old man wanted him to become a feared entity now that he was still alive,thus when he was gone,the same fear and respect will continue as he,Nwude will simply continue to exhume the same aura of fear and respect that he had before his father’s demise,They both came out of the hut and the Guards all Knelt and bowed and later pushed the stone wall into place,Eze Nwakaibeya said,Nwude,as soon as you have given your appearance the necessary upliftments,go to Ugonna,tell him to show you the scrolls and books of all the transactions,tradings,laws,rules,lands and judgements,including the code of the Nze’s ,tell him to show you their keeping place whilst I leave,it may not be for long but I will wait a while for you,I hope that you understand? He asked and Nwude nodded and his father turned and went away to his room whilst Nwude mounted his horse and rode off to the Nche lair to see Ochiagha Okike and onye is nche Nwokoike,he discussed with them about his need for an enlarged security unit and their arming,Okike accepted the need but also made it clear that it would cost as much as forty to fifty thousand tupence to arm and uniquely clothe such a unit,Nwude showed no fear or retreat at the price,he nodded in readiness and said,Okike,I need such a unit to be ready to travel to Ala-Elugwu before twenty four hours! Ochiagha knew hat that implied,Nwakaibeya had given full authority to his son! He acknowledged at once the new look of confidence and maturity in the young man and was proud to be able to serve with the new incoming regime,Ezz Nwude will surely shake this lands! Tought Okike proudly, he then replied, Opara Eze ( no more Nwude),Nwude also acknowledged the immediate change as understanding transpired between the two childhood friends,one a warrior,the other a pince!,I will advice that you make it a unit of two thousand and five hundred warriors,they will need to be changing shifts every forty eight hours to also attend to their domestic obligations and needs,he said and Nwude nodded and said,Okike,you are the warrior,give me yoyr best two thousand and five hundred warriors,they should be ready to leave with you and I tomorrow morning,Okike nodded,things had begun to unravel very fast,the way Okike liked it to happen,Nwokoike stood up and bowed to his friend and said,Opara Eze,I still find favour in you don’t i? he asked and Nwude looked him in the eye and said,Nwoko,all things between you and I remains the same,we both know our places,you still remain my frined,he said and got up to leave.That night The Onye Ozi obodo Rode of with thirty warriors to clear passage for prince nwude and his armada,they had to clear the way even unto ala-Elugwu and back,the Onye-ozi obodo and his warriors were on horse back riding speedily ahead to put distance between them and the army that will leave in the morning.

As General Polonus Argonus walked into the senate hall in Rome,he heard ridiculing laughter and sneers and whispers,how humiliating he tought as he went to take his seat at his place in front of the senate and as he bowed and hailed,greetings oh Ceasar Alphonsus! The emperor spoke,ah Polonus,it is you! Said the emperor in a mocking tone,I heard that the bushmen gave you and your mercenaries a beating! He said and the ashamed Polonus got up and said,Ceasar,I can explain! Explain what? Asked the emperor,that you were so beaten that they drove you and your mercenaries into the sea? Tell me,how did this happen? he asked in a mocking tone again and the much ashamed general got up holding a scroll and gave it to ceasar and said,most gracious ceasar,they were not ignorant animals as we tought,they had a civilisation in those jungles,they could actually read and write! He said and ceasar took the akwa-nde and looked at the incoherent scribblings and asked,so what doesit say? what does the writing mean? he asked and the general shrugged and said,I do not know oh mighty ceasar but it is obvious that we underestimated them,which is why we went there in the first place with mere mercenaries,I will like to ask for a little time to retrain a real army and go back there and get you what you want my lord! He said and Ceasar twisted his lips in a peculiar way and said,ah polonus,you cooked this up to cover the shame that you have brought on the entire Roman army,that you actually were beaten and chased into the seas by mere native bushmen and you come up with this? He asked now really angry and general Polonus bowed defeatedly and begged for pardon and still insistently asked for a second chance and ceasar spoke and said,Polonus,tell me,how many men will you need this time and how much time will it take to prepare them, he asked and the general replied, My lord,I will need about two hundred thousand battle trained soldiers and gladiators and I will need a maximum time of five years to train them in the jungle warring method which I encountered in the great rivers known as Ochanja,he said and ceasars eyes suddenly lit up,ah Polonus,tell me about this famous general Ochawa that I have heard so much about,did you meet him face to face? Asked the emperor! And general Polonus replied,oh mighty Ceasar,indeed,the bush general wields great influence in those parts and is very famous but he is no match for the Roman army! Said the general and Ceasar replied,ha,so you say,but you were beaten silly by this bush general named Ochawa (Ochiagha)  (infact,as far they were concerned in their ignorant way,the entire army of the lower niger was of general Ochawa,their funny way of pronouncing Ochiagha,who would be none other than Ochiagha Okike,the Ezumezu warlord) so tell me,can you still face this fearsome bush general named Ochawa? He asked in a lightly angry way and the very ashamed general Polonus spoke and said,My lord,I was simply taken unawares,it will not happen again,I will go back and get you your property,he said and the entire senate members guffawed with loud laughter,and Ceasar shook his head and said,I have lost all confidence in you Polonus,maybe, it might be that you are getting old and tired,just maybe! Said the emperor and the general remained silent and Ceasar continued,all I wanted was for you to go and get me that piece of real estate,a very valuable property for my holidays and hunting sport and you come back with tales of woefull defeat and tales of Educated bushmen and bush generals,do you think that I should trust you again? He asked and the general remained silent again and Ceasar spoke and said,what about your Greek friend,general Theophilus Pappilon,was he beaten too? He asked and general Polonus nodded and Ceasar asked again,what of the British soldiers of captain smith? He asked and the general replied,Most mercifull Ceasar,Smith was taken captive,he is now either undergoing torture in the bush villages or either dead!, said the general and Ceasar burst out laughing loudly,including his senators,how funny he said,educated bushmen! What a great tale( he then suddenly looked mean) listen Polonus,you can have the entire two hundred thousand soldiers and gladiators and also the five years for the training,but if you go back this time and gets defeated,do not bother to come back,just execute yourself before I get to you,do you understand? he said and the general bowed and said,most perfectly oh great ceasar! you are most kind,oh mighty Ceasar!  replied the general and began to walk out of the great senate building as he could still hear whispers and mocking laughters.

The army marched through Umule the second day,the roads of most towns were lined with warriors whose duty it was to ensure the safe passage of the prince of Ezumezu on his journey,it was obvious that the onye ozi obodo had done his duty and by evening they arrived Mbaeluelu,they did not stop,though tired and hungry,they marched all night and arrived at Uhunrhun,where they sent some warriors into the town to buy food of yams goats and palm oile,salt and papper,the prince spent over one thousand tupence on each day meal,they bought as much as one hundred and fifty goats,about six hundred tubers of yams,over fifty gallons of palm oil,many sacks of salt which was always consumed at once,infact they had to pay for young boys from the towns to fetch drinking water for them,thus they drank up as much as two to three hundred gallons,thus each town they stopped at talked of the great army that had passed by because they bought up every tuber of yam that they could lay their hands on. And by the twelfth day,they arrived ala-Elugwu,Eze Ikenna,the new eze of Ala-elugwu was delighted to see his ezumezu counterpart and he had a large portion of land cleared out for them as camping field and actually asked Nwude to reside at his house until their orders had been fully supplied,but Nwude refused and opted to stay with his men but eze Ikkena sold food and meat to them cheaply,and made sure that his servants provided the visiting warriors with water day and night, they had ordered for two thousand and five hundred horses,the surprised ndoki people did not have that much horses at the moment,due to the last attack by the pink skinned thieves(as they were commonly refered to) they had reduced the number of horses they shipped to the lower nigers,but they assured the prince that his horses would be ready within fifteen days,thus Nwude was obligated to wait for fifteen days,he spent one thousand tupence daily on food and meat,the price of the whole shipment of horses had been estimated at fifty one thousand tupence,and he also had paid for new matchets and spears and bows and arrows with abot ten thousand tupence,he was running low on finance and the wise Okike kept looking at his soon to be new ruler and smiled,he had about ten thousand tupence with him,in the case that the soon to be eze might need his help,he would be glad to give it to him,and after fifteen days,they prepared to leave,funny enough,with the new horses,the journey only lasted four days simply because they rode slowly,the army was a fearfull sight on the way back,the majestic looking nwude still had about eight thousand tupence on him when they rode into town and the town stood still for him that day,every sight that beheld the new security armada of prince Nwude trembled,it was obvious that something was about to happen,all the towns along the way also made that observation,it was obvious that Nwakaibeya was giving his son gradual control of the ezumezu lands,people had fled into the bush on sighting the all horsed army approach,and Nwude was adviced to always ride in the middle between two strong formations of warriors as set by Ochiagha okike,thus making any intentions of attack impossible to reach him,his horse had been dressed in a sultanic fashion by the very Observant ndoki ( aboki people,name for hausa’s people ) who could immediately estimate his value at a glance,he rode straight to his fathers house and went in at once to report to his father while his newly organised army who had already taken place as his constant security clothing waited for him,the whole town whispered that night,none spoke aloud,it was obvious that nwude was now in control,the Nze’s quickly had a call from Nze Ugonna who had already been briefed by Nwude that he would like to see the entire records of transaction sice the beginning of his fathers reign till date,the nze had Nodded Obediently and asked for twenty four hours to put his accounts in order,Nwude had ordered Nwokoike to lock-up the town,no Nze was allowed to leave town until he had finished his session with each of them,every compound was silent,there were no sound of singing children or mothers,everyone was anxious,the Nze’s quickly met and was informed by nze Ohiagu that Nwakaibeya had told him that he had given his full powers to nwude and anyone who may want to see him as an impudent brat would only be doing so at his or her own detriment,the Nze’s knew what that meant,the young man would want to be in the know of all his father’s business’s,they all cautioned one another to be carefull as the new security army would not hesitate to dael ruthlessly with any one who dares their new lord Nwude,Ugonna made it clear that he was prepared to give the same loyalty he had for nwakaibeya also to nwude but they all feared that the young man may want to change his high council,thus each man sought the advice of Nze ohiagu who was very close to Eze Nwakaibeya, that night,each Nze,made his stand clear to Nze Ohiagu and asked him to relay to prince Nwude through his father that they were and would still be loyal to him,that night,Ohiagu paid a secret visit to Eze nwakaibeya who on hearing the report was pleased and he called in Nwude and explained things to him and also assured him that the Nze’s got the message and the presence and look of the new army got the required results,nze Ohiagu calmed down the prince and assured him of the perpetual loyalty of the Nze’s and infact,he assured him that by tomorrow,they would all come individually to meet with him and give account of their duties to Eze Nwakaibeya,the Nze later left after getting assured by Nwude that all will be calm and well if he got the efficient accounts of service that he required from the Nze’s,however as sson as they left,his father told him to be strong and maintain his no nonsense stand but also to be reasonable inhis actions,a slight step per walk,said the old man who was satisfied at the way things were working out,while at the Nche lair,Nwokoike gave his full might to Nwude and sealed up every exit and entrance to ezumezu,the entire seven villages were individually locked up as ordered by Nwude,he had instructed that the people be made to comprehend that something was happening,no rash behaviour but no funny and uncontrolled movement for that night,the warriors for the very first time patrolled in Umuezumezu,everybody went to bed early and by dawn ,they all woke up with anticipations of bad news only to learn that nothing had happened that night,no one knew the reason or cause of the night’s tension,but it was very fearfull,but that morning,everyone looked bright,the Nze’s came out looking happy and calm,all was well,Nze Ohiagu had done his duty well,that week,prince Nwude used the nche lair which was very big,one hundred and fifty portions of land,as his consult post and each nze came to give account to him in the presence of the whole Ezumezu warriors trainess and leaders alike,he looked regal and fearfull,captain smith and Alexander who lived in the Nche lair as cleaners watched with awe at the précised method with which the young native prince handled his affairs,they begun to understand the native language a bit,they had now acquired a darker skinn tan and shined matchets,shields and cut grasses or sweep the lair,they repaired huts and ran errands in the lair,they had never been allowed to leav the lair since the day they entered into the lair which was also the day they arrived at the town,the trainees and warriors were kind to them,so far as they did not try to escape or cause any havoc or disobey orders,they were well fed and the famous general Ochawa whom they now respected was in the constant habit of giving the one tupence each every five days,this they used in buying palm wine,the trainees were often sent to buy them this delicious alchohol,and they drank it at night when they went to bed in their stone hut which stood lonely in a small walled compound in the middle of the lair,they were guarded day and night by at least fifteen armed warriors who would laugh and play with them if they behaved well but if they misbehaved as Alexander sometimes got homesick,they got flogged,but now they were used to the natives and had begun to enjoy themselves,funny enough,food had never been a problem,you just had to get used to eating cassava or Djapu always with different kind of soup,meat was constant,where it came from they didn’t know ( Nwakaibeya had placed a servant to attend to their feeding,thus the servant was always given whatever he needed to cook for the two men every morning,noon and night ) but what the two men knew was that their food was more constant than their pay had been as a mercenary!,they had once tried to be their friend wokike (Nwokoike) to help them get a girl to ease their sexuall needs and Nwoko had made it clear that sex was the only request they could never be granted,but meat,drink,snuff,even smoking of the native harbal pot smoke was made available if they wanted as the warriors saw them as funny creatures and tended to see it as a warrior priviledge to bethe ones to see and tend to the new animals caught by Ochiagha Okike,they were so over fed,they began to develop a little protrusion in the belly,The prince would sometimes come to play a game of Ncho with them and after wards give them a coin each which would feth a very big jar of palm wine and some meat for the night,but yet still,they had never seen the town again after the first day of their arrival,infact,the people forgot about them,Amobi and Maduka were now trainess and it surprised to see that the Ochiagha did not give them any special treatment,he simply hollered and bellowed to all as one and the same,one month later,on a bright sunny after noon,prince Nwude was sitting in his room resting when his chief security guard came and whispered to him and he immediately walked to his father’s room and saw Nze Ohiagu seated beside the peacefull looking sleeping old man and Ohiagu spoke and said,Nwakaibeya is gone forever! Nwude stood still,the emotions welled up in him but he managed to control it and turned said to his guard,go tell his guards to do the run! He ordered and Nwude’s chief guard warrior,Alajemba, a ruthless warrior and very feared in the town  ran out and told the late Nwakaibeya’a guard warriors to do the run at once,they all became silent,their lord was dead! The run was a ritual performed to announce the passing away of a ruler like Nwakaibeya,the guard warriors would go and take lumps of Alo isi oma,(Lump Of good smell) a very expensive lumpy scent ointment made of thickened oil lump and the smell wwas like fresh dewy tangerine,they put it on small cuppy bowls and stuck the sharp end of this bowls into long poles and lit the lup with fire,when you do this,it gives out a dreamy scenty smell which takes a long time to fade away,once you perceive this scenty smell,the EZE was dead!,the warriors were to run round the seven villages with this lit poles of burning perfume,thus all would know that their Eze was dead!, Enyidiya and Ochiagha Okike was sitting down relaxing with their one year old son and chatting,four of their servants had now been admitted into the Nche and he had replaced them with four new ones,as they sat and chatted,suddenly,the Ochiagha stiffened and sniffed in the air a couple of times,and then helooked at the roof and shook his head,chei,Oko osisi adala,(a mighty oak has fallen) he said to himself and he immediately got up and said Enyioma! ( a pet name by which he called his wife) do not leave the house,I will be back! He said and went to his room,changed his clothes,took his matchet and walked out,mounted his horse and rode away,Enyidiya knew what the smell meant,Eze Nwakaibeya was no more, the crowd entered into the ovu where the corpse dressed Akwa-ugwu-eze was laid on a metal bedding and after an hour of discussion Nze Ohiagu rose up and said,Umuezumezu,it is our tradition to ensure that our Eze is on seat and in control before we bid an older Eze farewell,I want all men to kneel on one knee and all women to kneel on both knees in all Umuezumezu lands within the next ten minutes as Onye Eze Nwude will be coming out to sit before as Onye Eze this day and forever! Said the Nze and the crowd,indigenes,warriors ,merchants,ichies and nze’s all knelt down and some few minutes later as the sun beat hard on the perspiring crowd,Onye Eze nwude walked out of the inner chambers dressed in lions skins on his arms and golden Akwa-ugwu-eze on his waist and chast and in his right horn,a golden bull horn and in his left hand the Ezumezu blood stained golden sword of judgement and besides him on his right hand side was onye isi nche Nwokoike and on his left hand side was Ochiagha Okike and behind him was Onye isi nche eze,Alajemba and as he came out and sat on the ancient seat of judgement facing the ovu,the corpse and the crowd,everyone hailed at once EKELE DIRI EZE NWUDE! And he raised high the bull horn and the golden sword and the crowd all stood up and he signalled to somebody and they brought his old mother and his sister before him and they both knelt down and his mother removed the odinanma Eze bead and gave it to nwude and hailed Ekele diri Eze Nwude,his sister also hailed him and at last he took a burning torch from a warrior standing by with the torch and gave it to his mother and she took it and went to the lying corpse in the sun and set it ablaze,as it burned,women began to wail and they circled round their former ruler and led her indoors,the corpse burned totally as warriors tended to it continuously and all the while,the Nze’s and Ichie’s discussed the manner in which the great Nwakaibeya had passed away,Nwokoike gave instructions to his Nche warriors,nothing goes or comes into umuezumezu today,we mourn our father,he said to his second in command Onye Nche Ofoneme who at once rode out with many warriors to seal up the entire towns.

One week after Eze Nwude became eze,Ochiagha Okike was returning from his forest inspections when all of a sudden,his horse neighed furiously and stomped its hoofs on the ground and halted and almost threw the Ochiagha aground,he was surprised ttoo to see a very fair and pretty young woman of about twety five years bent by a thicket in that part of the forests,as he saw her,,he asked,Nne,what are you doing at this dangerous place at this hour? He asked and she replied,ah,I just had to see for myself,so it is true?she said and the Ochiagha said,what is true? Who are you? But instead of replying,she quickly turned and went into the thicket and disappeared and after waiting for a while,the Ochiagha came down from his horse and took out his matchet and went into the thicket and searched everywhere for her with seeing a trace of her,he was confused but he went back to his horse and rode away and never mentioned the strange woman to anybody.as the years ran by,the towns people got used to their new Eze,infact,he proved that he was equall to his reputation,the fist five weeks after he becam Eze,he had summoned the high coucill and had made it clear that the four women servants from Mbaeluelu were to be brought before the coucill for a certain debate as wished for by his late father,thus the ladies were immediately brought before him and he said,women,my father before he died made it clear that you and your children were indigenes of Umuezumezu and you and your children were also servants to the Eze of Umuezumezu,and he bade me to give you lands to farm and live upon and be henceforth known as land owners,this is to deter future would be antagonists and ignorant people who had no wisdom at all,here to fore,state you before this council if you have need for a land and if you have been saving towards it and how much you have thus each saved,he said and Ogadinma who knew what her nwude was going to do spoke up,Onye Eze,may you live long in prosperity,I so much want to be a land owner for the sake of my sons that I have starved and have been able to save upto eight hundred tupence! She said and Nwude said,go and get it quickly! He said and she bowed and ran out and Uloma spoke and said,Onye eze,I have also saved up to seven hundred and forty tupence! And Nwude said,go and get it! And Olanma said,Onye eze, I have been able to save nine hundred tupence! And eze Nwude said,go and get it! And she too ran out joyfully and Adaku said,onye eze,I also have six hundred tupence! And Nwude said,go and get it and she too ran out and before they returned,he turned to nze Ungoona and said,Nze,when they come,collect the money they have,calculate the remaining balance and tell me sothat I will pay it to you today ,myself,my father made me do this,infact there is still one more errand to run for him,but that will be done by okike! As they discussed,the women returned and  knelt before Eze Nwude and he instructed them to pass the etani’s to Nze ugonna and they did and then he told Nze Ohiagu and Nze Okoro to go and mark out a portion of land each for the women and give them the ownership akwande receipt today,and he turned to the women and said,you were my father’s servants and he was pleased with your services and also you have sons and daughters who are pure blood Umuezumezu children,thus farm,work and eat of your lands,for even I was well served by you! Go in peace! He said and the women bowed and thanked him and shouted in joy,they! Landowners! In umuezumezu!.

Hey my sister,look at us,landowners,see this piece of cloth with funny markings on it,(scroll piece receipt) my father once had the same type at home when I was at Mbaeluelu,hey I cannot believe this,said Uloma and Ogadinma said,hey,echiche din ma oo,imellaa ooo! So my Nwude is really the great king they say he is! Look at him seated on his big throne and all the Nze’s could no longer speak before him,chei, I am now very sure of my place in this lands forever,my sisters,we are in luck,nwude would never allow any harm to befall us,see that jealous nze Okoro’s look as he was a-portioning the lands to us,he looked as if he would ckoke to death! She said and they all giggled and Olanma said,yes,I was surprised,and the Ochiagha Okike had also been very kind since his marriage,after each harvest,he would send over at least fifty tubers of yams and gifts of ten tupence to me,even though he no longer came to my bed,ah Umuezumezu men are wonderfull people! Said the happy new land owner and they chatted away happily.

Okike,You will leave for ala)Elugwu at Once with twenty five thousand warriors,I have estimated at least nine hundred thousand tupence for their new horses and new weapons,also I will give you and extra one hundred fifty thousand tupence for your feeding,but you will leave with five thousand bullwagons of yam and ingredients and at least two thousand goats,be fast,make the purchases and return here within twenty five days,is that clear? He said and Ochiagha Okike nodded and the eze took him inside and gave him the twelve bags of etani and said,there is supposed to be an extra fifty thousand in there for emergencies,you will give me a full account on your return from the purchase,you may leave,the onye ozi obodo has already left to clear the roads,so you leave before dawn,said the eze as Ochiagha Okike left.

Four days later,The marching warriors passed through Uhurhun town and continued towards Imo,The Ochiagha had decided to make the purchases at Ala-imo,it was said that the Ndoki merchants now favoured Ala-imo for large purchases, and thus by the seventh day,they arrived at Ala-imo,it was a fearfull sight,twenty five thousand armed warriors,had it not been for the dutifull errands of the Onye Ozi obodo,they would have assumed the worst of the Ezumezu warriors,they placed their orders with the great Ndoki merchants and it took ten days for their purchases to be completely supplied and each horse was carefully examined,horses trained for action,combat and confrontations,the Ochiagha was satisfied and they left Ala-imo on the eleventh day of their arrival to imo and on the fifth day of their departure from imo,they arrived Umuezumezu and rode straight to the Nche lair which had been doubly expanded,smith and Alexander couldn’t make any sense out of it all,they knew that there had been a change of government but whoever was boss was no fool,the massive increase of military weapons and mobility power was evident enough that the new boss was a battle ready man,the new horses were well tended to and smith and Alexander got jobs,cleaning and bathing the horses,they were given a tupence coin each every two days,where the etani came from,they didn’t know and didn’t bother to ask but they now began to save and could actually afford to send for new cloths and sandals after two months of their job but they were still nallowed to step out of the lair but comfortable,they were.

Eze Nwude was delighted when after one year of his reign as eze of Umuezumezu,Onye Isi Nche Nwokoike came forward to ask for his sister,Adaeze as his bride,infact,Eze Nwude,threw a big feast for all in Umuezumezu,and Onye Isi-nche Nwokoike made sure that he was not totally outdone by his friend,Eze Nwude,The Onye Isi Nche Slaughtered ten bulls and forty goats and brought out five thousand tubers of yams for the feast to prove that he was equall to the task of feeding and taking the Eze’s sister as bride,Ezumezu was agog with the vibrations of the marriage even after one year,many could still taste the luscious feast of the marriage many months afterwards,Nche members and ochiagha’s from many lands came for the event,Nwokoike was a very powerfull warrior and all acknowledged the fact that he was qualified to succeed Ochiagha Okike,Adaeze was all smiles and happy at the event and after the event,Eze Nwude who had also slaughtered ten bulls and a hundred goats and also fed the feasters with twelve thousand tubers of yams,gave the new couplefive new horses, ten great bulls,fifty goats and five thousand tubers of yams and an etani gift of ten thousand tupence to his sister. The feast lasted for three days and three nights,the lands around shook,even the latest of late comers ate beyond belief and carted home meat tied in big plantain leafs,some even made away with plates or bull horns used as palm wine cups,infact,some youths even fought over a loot of twenty tubers of yams which they had managed to smuggle out of the feasting cooking ground,they were the butchers emplyed to slaughter and clean and cut the meat and there was so many bulls,so many goats that they even hid a goat and later fought over the goat and a loot of twenty tubers of yams at the end of the feast,the town was filled to the brim with visitors and well wishers,Onye isi-nche Nwokoike bought the ezinne and ezinna beads which he gave to Eze Nwude and his mother and he gave the Eze an Ichie title cap,fan and neck beads and a gift of an expensive sword bought from the Ndoki people for the price of one thousand tupence,it was a beautifully carved sword,with curvings at the tip and it was coloured red,Infact,many wished to have a look at the red coloured metal,it was very rare.

My lord,I just got a message from general Theophilus Pappilon of Greece ! Said the soldier to General Polonus and the general turned and said,yes what did he say? He asked,it had been three years since he returned from the dark coloured continent and he was still very bitter,though he had been quite busy selecting his new armada which was filled with dark skinned gladiators,white thieves and murderers,the worst type! And every evil doer he could lay his hands upon,infact,all the cut-throats in entire rome and beyond was signed into the new army,every pirate of the high seas were sought for and employed,and the gang was as it was supposed to be,they stole from coins to even grains of millet,they were ready for what polonus wanted them for,now he was busy trying to make soldiers out of the rowdy gang,which wasn’t an easy feat at all,though they were all good fighters and warriors but you just couldn’t get them to have a formation or anything resembling an organised military way of doing things,each man was a lone killer and good at what he does but together,they stank as an army and hard at taking orders, but recently,they were beginning to behave themselves and Polonus was beginning to have hopes of getting them ready within the remaining short two years. My lord,here is a scroll letter for you from the greek General theophilus Pappilon! said the messenger as he handed a scroll to Polonus who took it and rolled it down and shook his head,the letter read thus!

 Greeting Polonus, I hear that you are preparing to return to the dark continent and to the great rivers Ochanja, I too will like to partake in this return as I cannot allow you alone to have all that great and gold and diamond rich valuable property to yourself, be prepared to set sail with my  thirty galleons which will have one hundred trained soldiers aboard,I hope that we will meet at the lumineual islands of spain where my galleons will wait for you for three months,holla my friend, General Stefan of france has decided not to return with us,he says that his king will not fight against educated people,but it seems as if they are onto something bigger than the ochanja rivers property,( the funny scribblings of the natives may have scared them off too ) however,I will wait for you at the lumineual Islands of spain in two years as agreed,

Your friend

General Theophilu Pappilon of the Army Of Greece

As General Polonus finished the letter,he hissed,he knew that Theophilus would rather die than leave the dark continents alone,but like seasar had said,it would be beter to share with Theophilus than to loose to the Bushmen again,he folede the scroll and put it aside,he will meet Pappilon at the Lumineuals at the appointed time, he had a very hard army of two hundred thousand men and over fifty Galleons,this time,educated or not,they had to get rid of the pestersome bushmen or be disgraced forever,he tought as he walked out to the training grounds where his rowdy army which was now taking a military shape was training.

Ochiagha Okike was taking his forests inspections again when he stopped near the thicket as he remembered the strange woman he had seen ther once some years ago,he had not seen her again in the entire Umuezumezu or the neighbouring towns,no one knew who she was and each time he passed by that thicket,he would remember her,as he stopped his horse and stared at the thicket for about two minutes,suddelly,the bushes rustled and she stepped out of the thickets,much to the surprise of the Ochiagha who quickly descended from his horse and unsheated his matchet and said menacingly,Who are you? And where do you always come from? And how do you always enter Umuezumezu? He asked and she smiled and said,ah my handsome warrior,do not be scared,my name is Adauwa, I am a person that loves famous people and since I heard about you,I have always wanted to meet you and speak to you! She said and the Ochiagha took a step forward and said,how do you enter Umuezumezu and where do you come from,he asked and she said,I always enter ezumezu from there§ she said pointing at the thicket and she spoke again and said,but I am from Obi-uwa! And the Ochiagha spoke,Obiuwa? Where is that? Or are you trying to be funny? He asked and she laughed and went quickly back into the thicket and the Ochiagha immediately chased after her and dove into the thicket and came out on the opposite side which turned out to be a great river bank with adauwa standing close to the shores and he looked back and there was no thickets and he was surprised and confused and he went to her and said,sister,who are you? He asked more politely now,his matchet hanging by his side and she said,but I told you,I am Adauwa,daughter of the world! And the Ochiagha got angry and said,there is no river of this size in the entire Umuezumezu or towns of five days march around for that matter,so where are we and how do I go home,answer me now before I loose my temper,he said and she laughed and said,if you loose your temper,you may never go home again,however,I am not your enemy but a friend,come,let me show you something,she said and went behind a big rock at the shores of the river and the Ochiagha followed her and as he went behind the rock he saw some rustling leaves and went into it to meet adauwa and came out in another strange place and he could not recognise the place and when he looked at the thickets again,it turned out to be the tips of a big forest,he went to Adauwa who was seated on a fallen tree lump and said ,adauwa,where am I and where was that river we just left,he asked and she smiled and said,ah,that was the Imo river and now,you are in Obiuwa,come with me,she said and the Ochiagha who had no choice followed her and they walked for some minutes and as they walked,they would pass villagers either returning from their farms or going about their businesses,they all knew Adauwa and knelt when they got to her,and as they got to a big stone compound,she walked into the compound with OchiaghaOkike who saw a very neat and beautifull surroundings and there were warriors and servants of all types,male and female,they all knelt on seing her and she took him into the Ovu and asked her servants to bring meat,food and palm-wine,which was brought and she persuaded the Ochiagha to eat and he ate but he was still apprehensive,afterwards,she said,my warrior,come let me take you home,lest your wife begins to wonder where you are,she said and instead of walking out of the compound,she took him to a small bush behind the houses and as she waded into the bush,he went after her and came out at that thicket where his horse was still faithfully waiting for its rider,as he got to his horse,he turned and said to her,Adauwa,I don’t know who or what you are but you say that you are friend and means us no harm and I believe you,will I see you again? He asked and she smiled and said,sure,we will meet again but only when I want us to,farewell my handsome warrior! She said and went back into the thicket,the Ochiagha knew that it wasuseless to go searching for her,he mounted his horse and gently rode home to his wife.

Eze Nwakaibeya married The first daughter of Nze Ohiagu on the second year of his reign and she was crowned the new Odinanma Onye Eze,( The Eze’s Delight) and consequently,the leader of all the women of Umuezumezu,Nze Ohiagu’s joy knew no bounds,finally he was like the late Nze Nwokorie,father to the former Odinanma Onye Eze,he Ohiagu was now above every evil plottings of anyone in the lands and as father to an Odinanma eze,he was feared in all the town’s around,he could do and undo,he was made an ichie that same day and the Onye Eze gave him a gift of five new horses directly bought at Ala imo and also allotted to the new nze na Ichie Ohiagu ten Guard warriors for his security and paid for from the Eze’s purse, However,that same week he retired from active service as a high council member as was the custom and a new nze was installed in UmuEzumezu by name of Mazi Uchenna,a retired Onye nche who was immediately drafted into the high council as a representative of the Eze’s Financial office to the high council and the new head of the high became Nze Ugonna who was followed by Nze Okoro and Nze Nnabuihe,the High council functioned normally and all was fine as the towns continued in their dreamlike existence,now after the marriage,Eze Nwude always took a day off every ten days to stroll with his new bride,they would be accompanied by the di Nche Eze led by Onye isi Nche Eze Alajemba,two thousand warriors moved with the Eze any time he takes a stroll and he normally only went to the Nche lair to sit and chat with Smith and Alexander who on hearing all the warriors hail the Eze whenever he came around, Ekele Diri Eze Nwude,they would boom in their loud militant voice and smith and Alexander would hurry to to see the prince turned king and would bow and say in their newly acquired igbo language,eykeley diri Eze Nwudey and the Eze would laugh and pat their backs with his fan,the warriors would bring a seat and the eze and his bride would seat and the eze would tel them to get a seat for the two pinks skinned prisoners and they would sit and chat for many hours,So Simiti tell me,is your land as great as mine? He would ask and captain smith would smile mischieviously and replied,ah onye eze,your land is incomparably beautifull,why do you think we came to take it? He would joke and the Eze and his bride,including the warriors would laug loudly and Eze Nwude would ask again,so tell me,is your place very far away by land? And Alexander would reply,hey Onye eze,you cannot get to our land by foot or horse riding,you have to sail on the seas for many months before you get there, he said and the ignorant warriors would nod in seeming comprehension,so tell me,would you like t go back if I set you free? He asked Smith would reply,Onye Eze,every man would like to go back to his land someday but,Ezumezu is such a beautifull place filled with beautifull people that I may be tempted to come back again,said smith truthfully as he smiled mischeviously,if he was let loose,he would go and get a bigger army and come back to take what he wants,his british lord and families would pay handsomely for this beutifull property,he tought mischeviously and thus they would talk,joke and laugh the day away,it was soothing way to relax for Eze Nwude who had no intentions of letting the prisoners go,feed them,he will but he knew that even if he let them go,within twenty four hours on the roads out of the one hundred and seven towns,they would be captured and killed as many still hurt from the attack of the pink skinned thieves,Smith and Alexander knew that too,they knew that Ezumezu was the safest place they could be and they were gratefull,infact,they always saw the trainee warriors learning the strange alphabets and numbers and were interested but the smart warriors and their leaders would not let them near the tutorial areas or even have a look at the scrolls,thus they did not learn the writings of the dark coloured people but by the fourth year,they could fluently speak the language and Eze Nwude had began to give them tiny glimpses of the villages and towns,he would send his warriors to give cloths to the prisoners with instructionto have their baths and get cleaned up and come to the Ovu for a game of nchor,this they performed once every month.

Ochiagha Okike was one day riding down from one of his inspections,this was during the fourth year of the great war of the pink skinned thieves and he passed by the thicket,he had hoped to see adauwa every time he passed the place for over two years and he had never seen her again and he had forgotten all about her but as he rode past the place he heard a voice say,ha Okike,you have forgotten all about me! And the Ochiagha stopped and turned around and saw Adauwa standing near the thick thicket and he said,ah Adauwa,I do not need to ask how you got hear,so how are you? He asked and she laughed and said,fine,I missed you but I had to calculate my timing,it must rhyme with the events in-store,she said and the Ochiagha asked,what events? And she replied,oh never mind,you will not need an answer for that,any way will you come with me,I want to take you some where! She stated and the Ochiagha smiled and said,ah Adauwa,I don’t want to walk into your trap so that you can take me to a place where I’ll never be able to return,no way,I am not going and Adauwa laughed and said,why are like this,unbelieving,I have no intention to hurt you,just to be your friend,she said and Ochiagha Okike got down from his horse and followed her into the thicket and came out at a great river shore and he quickly recognised the great river Ochanja, and she sstood at the shores as the flowing river tapped her feet and she said,listen Okike,I like you and one thing that gets to me most is fame,yes if any man seeks for fame,that man will meet me along the paths of their fame for I am fame itself,do you comprehend? She said seriously and the confused Ochiagha nodded and she laughed and said,oh,don’t worry,you have met me and thus you have met fame,come let me show you what I mean! She said and took his hand and walked back into the bush that they had come out from and they emerged outside another forest and saw a tarred express road,Ochiagha Okike had never seen uch a road before in his entire life and as they stood a car swiftly drove past leaving trails of dust behind and the Ochiagha almost ran back into the bush,he didn’t know what that beastly and fast creature was and he didn’t want to wait to find out Adauwa’s smile re-assured him and he stood looking at the strange environment for long as Adauwa waved down a taxi and they stepped into an airconditioned taxi,the air condition felt good after hot afternnon sun and as incredible as it may seem,there was a man in front holding onto a wheel-like thing at the front of the strange contraption and their was soft music playing somewhere from inside the thing they were in,ochiagha Okike had never seen anything like it,he stared at everything and everyone they passed,cars,trucks,storey buildings,skyscrapers,infact,he was lost,that was for sure but he clung unto adauwa like an infant will cling to its mother in a strange market place,and as they descended from the taxi,she took some pieces of funny looking material (paper money) and gave it to the man in front of the fast moving contraption and the thing moved away with the man in it,she took him to a roadside eatery where she ordered for some coca-cola nd some other sweet things which she made himl drink and eat and he did,every thing was sweet,the people looked funny in strange cloths that either covered all their body or covered nothing at all and some wore some things on their eyes,thick things,some spoke to some small box-like things which they held to their ears,many came with some small boxes and posed in front of him and Adauwa and flashed them with some kind of strange light,people gathered round them and spoke a strange and incomprehensible language,a man,holding a strange material (writing pad and pen) came and spoke to adauwa and she replied in the strange language for a litlle while and the man pointed at the ociagha’s matchet and she spoke again rapidly in the strange language, ( the man a Nippcos ) officer had come to see the reason for the commotion at the eatery along the swedini junction and had seen a man in a funny dressing style that showed his bare chests and thighs  and also the man had a matchet hanging from his hips and in a sheave,the lady too was dressed in a funny style but she explained the she was an actress and the man was an actor,they were having a rehearsal somewhere down the road and had come to have some snacks,the officer probably satified with the answer walked away) and after a while,the people with the flashing boxes ( photographers and journalists) went away and she took his hand and they went to a communal garden she told him to lie dow and she did so with him and after some minutes of chatting,she took him to a thicket in the garden and they passed through and came out behind adauwa’s house in Obiuwa, ah a more understable surrounding,tought the Ochiagha as he sat down to a meal of pounded Yam and goat meat peppersoup and afterwards,she took him into her bedroom and began to play with him like a woman In need and after a while,the two were satiated and she bathed with him and later took him back to the thicket and said,Okike,we will not meet again like this but I will see you again in a better place,your time is come,so go and farewell,she said as he went into the thicket and came out to see his horse,satisfied that he was home,he rode to his house.

Ogun who had been gratefull to the wete Etani people was sitting in front of his house when one of his relatives name Osunbiyi ran In and said,Ogun,there is a problem,he said and ogun sat up and said,Biyi,Kilode oo! He asked and the young man spoke,they are back,the pink people,this time,with bigger weapons and many many big ships,and their numbers,like the sands of the sea,already,they have destroyed eti-osa and Ilu-Ajah and is on their way to ile –remo,they might arrive here within two weeks,their speed and numbers is consuming and nothing can stop them and their thunder sticks! Said the Agitated young man,Ogun wasted no time,he told the young man to go and bring his wife and children with twenty minutes,he too ran inside and told his family to prepare to leave tow at once,that day,by nightfall,ogun and his cousin and their wives and six children took to flight and within five days,they had arrived Ochanja where he sounded the warning to the Ochanja people before he continued to Enugu,to his friend Ojimba,and three days later,he was in Enugu telling the people of the retrun of the pink skinned thieves,the Eze Of Enugu Dispatched messengers to the one hundred and seven Towns and Eze’s of the Lower niger to forewarn them of Impending danger and to ask for help,within five days,the news got to UmuEzumezu and the warriors began massively to prepare for their defnse,eze Nwude after consultations with his warriors,decided to shift the women and children backwards to Umuoleke,the Eze’s of the lands around Ezumezu met and consulted on what to do,soon fleeing Oroba People and Ochanja people began to arrive at umuezumezu,the Thieves had wiped Out Oroba land and were moving at a desperate speed,they were ferocious and dangerous,the ezumezu warriors began to be wicked to smith and Alexander,the whisper of war and the influx of fleeing people confirmed their worst fears,Alexander wanted to commit suicide,why now,he knew that it may happen,Polonus would never accept defeat from this reatures but Alexander had come to see them as people and not animals and it pained him to have ever tought like polonus,yes he knew who it was,GENERAL ARGONUS POLONUS OF THE GREAT ROMAN ARMY WAS BACK!

Yes,Polonus was back and with him was none other than General Theophilus Pappilon of the greek army,together,this men moved like a consuming fire,Warfield professionals with ferocious cut-throats and gladiators and prisoners and pirates all promised lands and slaves and they tore down and destroyed everything in their paths,the information brought by fleeing people made it clear that this was a greater challenge than the first one,the eze’s of Umuoleke,umuezumeu,ahiafor,al-imo,Uhunrhun,egbelubi,umule and many others met and quickly decided to contribute twenty five thousand warriors and before the end of four days,they had overone hundred and seventy five warriors but news had it the sea of armies brought by the pink skinned thieves was more than that,Okike sent emmisaries to all the eze’s of the one hundred and seven towns nand lands and they donated the same number of warriors each,and before the end of six days the entire lands was crawling with warriors,over a million of them,and they spead eagled into five units,each unit around two hundred and fifty thousand men,the first unit swarmeds through to ala-imo,led by Ochiagha Ojiofor of ala-imo,the second unit passed through Mbaitolu,led by Ochiagha Nwazuo,the third factor led by Ochiagha Okike marched straight through egbelubi and ontowards Ochanja and the fourth Unit led by Ochiagha Ibeneme of Ihieala and they passed through ala-awgu and ontowards ala-elugwu and the fifth batch led by Ochiagha Ohiagu went backwards to Okpuala to cover the rear and protect the lands and all the eze’s from Ochanja,Elugwu and forwards,retreated backwards to Okpuala via Umuoleke,the entire shores of the great river from Ochanja to Imo became desolately empty and their forests and jungles was crawling with warriors lying in wait for the thieves,the fleeing Oroba’s continued to troop towards a now empty Ezumezu,all the Eze’s had gone backwards to Okpuala  which was ow over crowded but this ez’s still had so much warriors and their Ndi-Isi Nche’s that it was obvious that if the pinks thieves managed to defeat the Ochiagha’s and their men,they would have a lot to contend with if they came against the ndi isi nche’s ,Nwokoike built a military wall around the ezumezu people’s camp site lands,food was not in shortage,the people had carted as much food as they can in many thousands of bull wagons,the only problem was water,in a short while,the strain showed on Okuala streams,smith and Alexander shivered with the military mights being displayed by the natives and the level of co-ordination was amazing,however,Eze Nwakaibeya had to beg the eze’s of other lands to restrain their people from invading the ezumezu camp to kill smith and Alexander,the hatred for them was un-imaginable,they stayed hidden in a hut in the ezumezu camp being fed by unwilling ezumezu warriors who would rather slaughter them and have it done with,Nwokoike and other isi Nche men fortified Okpualar so much that you had to speak Ngwa or Ifedi as the Ochaja igbo accent was called,infact Ogun was situated at the main fort gates to identify real oroba people and their accents,he was vouched for by the elugwu people,afterall,he it was that brought the first news into ala-igbo,

Thirty days afterwards,Polonus landed at the lower nigerseverything in his path had been consumed,he camped at the opposite lands of the Ochanja rivers known as Nbele,and remade his plans while Pappilon sailed north wards of the lower nigers towards ala-imo and mbaitolu,however,the native warrior scouts had already seen them and passed back signals to their commanders in the very thick parts of the forests and jungles,okike sent back informations to Ojiofor and Nwazuo who also sent messages to the remaining commanders,during the last five years,smith and Alexander had trained the Ezumezu warriors on how to use the thunder sticks they had captured from the first pink wars,thus three days after the arrival of Polonus at ebele,they suddenly croosed the river Ochanja by night,knowing that the natives must have discovered their presence and fled or set ambush but,they too had plans,Pappilonwas to drop off ten thousand men evry ten kilometres of the sailing journey to mbaitolu,this were to come from the rear of the Ochanja and Imo people and cut off any ambushers from the main units far back in their native dens,Polonus knew that if he captured Ochanja and imo and The Lands along the shores of the great rivers,he would establish base and build a city like fort and cut off the inner people from their trades and will then commence to take them one after the other,Ochagha Okike knew that whatever happened,Ochaja must not fall,the visitors most not be allowed to root or it will become impossible to uproot them,as his scouts came to inform them that Polonus had crossed into the shores of Ochanja,Ochiagha Okike signalled to Ochiagha Oforma and he took his position at once and crossed the eastern side of the Ochanja with forty thousand warriors,it was like a chess,game,they planned to block off Polonus from any form of re-enforcements and also be able to press forward to ascertain the actuall strengths of the visitors,thus scouts would be sent backwards and forwards,as Polonus and his army of over one hundred thousand soldiers stepped into Ochanja,the rest were billeted in different conquered Oroba villages along the way to the high seas far beyond the oroba lands,that same night as they entered into first Ochanja village,they walked into a hail of gun fire as the first set of Ezumezu warriors opened fire on them,Polonus was surprised,where did they get the guns? Ah,smith was still alive then! The natives must have learnt with the captured weapons of smith and his men,Polonus’s men,returned fire for fire,they anouvered to another area of the town,and crouched towards the area of the attacking fire arms and when they where well position,they launched attacks with canons,the sounds of those things scared the native warriors beyond belief,this was worse than thunder sticks,polonus let them know that he was not smith,he bombed that area of the bushes until it became silent and as the silence grew his soldiers rushed into the forests and met with native style deaths that they had-nt expected,the natives had come to understand ,that thunder stick warfare was of the pink men,thus they stopedd and lied in wait knowing that the visitors would assume that they had fled their point,actually,the canons did cause a lot of havoc in the jungles,but the natives stood their ground and the first batch sent into the jungles by polonus was quickly and quietly silenced,thenative way,the trees,simply swalloed them up,the natives would rise from slittle graves dug in the forest,cut the throat of any stray pink man and go back into position,soon,gunfire opened on polonus from the western side of the Ochanja town and he retaliated with heavy canon fire,thinking that the natives must have fled their earlier position and repositioned themselves in the western side,thus,he signalled to five unit leaders and told them to ensure that the vacated forest regions was never reoccupied and he now concentrated the fire powers on the western side and within an hour,there was silence again, and he signalled for three thousand men to comb the bushes for any lives and they walked into a rainstorm of arrows,there were shouts and cries as soldiers fell either dead or wounded and polonus knew that if he retreated now,he will never have ochanja again,that was certain,so he sent one of his pirate captains and  four sail boats to go round through the Eastern sectors of the ochanja and into the streams between Ochanja and elugwu,he intended to take Ochanja from behind tonight and also press forward into elugwu as well,Ochiagha okike sent messengers to Ochiagha Ibeneme in the forests and mountains of elugwu, to watch his watersides,and soon,gunshots and canons were heard behind Ochanja and ala-elugwu,the pirates had landed!,Ibeneme, flooded the pirates with warriors and they had  a face to face confrontation that lasted for two hours,the pirates ran aground and retreated into the mountains where they met another sea of warriors,they did not know the numbers of the natives and they met with pain full deaths,and before dawn,,Ibeneme wiped them Out!,they captured the four sail boats laden with weapons and canons, and loots from ala oroba, but in Ala-imo that morning,the huge greek galleons came into the horizons and as it drew nearer,the native warriors waited for the sailors to land and walk into the quickest death that they could have,they had never heard of canons but at hundred meters away from land,Pappilon opened canon fire on the warriors who at once knew terror,the lands exploded and the treesand bushes were torn to shreds,the buildings and huts and houses were crumbling like corn meal cakes,it was a fearfull sight,pappilon shelled the lands of Imo for two hours and made sure that the coasts was clear before he sent in the first waves into the towns,they had an easy entry as the native warriors had retreated greatly,and had to wait for so many hours to make sure that the great thunder destroyer thing was silent before they began to crawl back to place but by then,Pappilon had landed completely and already established canon forts in the town,thus the natives ruled the forests and jungles and the greek armada was in control of the ala-Imo town. Ochiagha Okike was already ready to attck the brief base being set up by General Polonus when a scout who had been sent by Ochiagha Oforma to say that the other side of the Ochanja rivers was lightly guarded and if he pressed forward,he might knock off the brief outposts stationed by the pink general,Oforma asked for the order of the next moves,he was ready to hit at them,even unto the oroba lands,but Okike instructed that he be patient and maintain his blockade,nothing and no one comes across the ochanja and as for pressing forward,they would do that together as soon as they succeed in flushing the white general out of Ochanja,however in the land of Ala-imo,it was another story altogether,General pappilon did not want the natives to believe that he wanted to build a fort in that river shores town,thus by evening,he prepared to move forward till down and he was heavily loaded with canons,as much as close to five hundred shells was prepared for the sole purpose of driving the natives as far away as possible and in that he succeeded,that Even by sundown,he opened fire towards the eastern regions of the forests paths that cuts through ala-imo to Umule and as they fired,they built a round mobile military fort,supporting the shells with gunfire into the forests and as they fired,they huge military circle began to press forward,trampling every blade of grass in its paths,they fired at a circular radius of a hundred meters around them,thus beating the lights out of the ambushing natives who fled at the massive salvo of the attcks from Pappilon,he had also left a batch of soldiers and gunners in his ships to keep the town unoccupied whilst he was away,the native warriors could not believe it but nothing and no one could stand in the way of the greek general and by dawn,he was almost upon umule,,yet tirelessly they pushed forward and would stop for resting at five hours intervals,he knew that within forty eight hours,he would enter the next native town,they never met any challenges and they had never had it so easy and as for the native warriors led by Ochiagha Ochiagha Ojiofor,they were killed like dogs in large quantities,they sent scount messengers back to Okpuala to inform them of the recent development and also sent scouts to Elugwu to say that they were being beaten silly by Pappilon,the pink skinned thief general,the information got to the Eze’s at Okpuala and they were all disheartened and after due consultation,they called smith and Alexander and they went to see the Eze’s who had convened to seek for solution,

Onye Eze,Ekele diri gi,said smith and Alexander,much to the chagrin of warriors from other lands but Alajemba’s men stood firmly near the two pink men and made it clear that the two pinks were their property,and one Eze asked,Enyia,Nghirin la unu ndi cho ebeke anyi? ( friend,what really are you people looking for in our lands?) and Smith replied,Onye Eze,Nothing in particular,our people are warriors and we live by conquering and taking what we want,we don’t explain ourselves to any body,we see lands as properties that should belong only to the strong,said smith firmly and Nwude replied,Simiti,let us be serious,you are now amongst us and knows our ways and weakness is not an attribute that we can be attributed by,so tell me,what do we do about the recent problems?he asked and smith replied,what problems,onye eze? And Eze nwude asked the scout to tell smith the message he brought back from the war front and he was told and Smith smiled and said,Onye eze,that style can only belong to one man,General pappilon,he is what our people will call a typhoon,a sand storm and that method is very effective however,to counter it will be very expensive! He said and the Eze’s all paid attention and eze Nwude said,please tell me and smith replied,Onye eze,if I tell you,then I have betrayed my people and they may be here to save me and if they still later win,I will have become a traitor but if they loose,then I will be justified in having told you,I am a soldier and I know when to hold my peace,now hear this,I will tell you all you need to know in return for a favour! He said and Nwude asked,what is this favour,all around paid attention and smith replied,Onye eze,In the presence of my friend,I betray my people,so if I tell you,then when they press near this fort,please have me executed and let Alexander be retrieved by them,is that fair? He asked and Nwude said,let it be done for you as you wish now speak,how do we face this typhoon? He asked and smith said,you will have to re-enforce the dying units with at least three hundred thousand me,what Pappilon is using is known as canons,they are mass destroyer weapons and for your kind of warriors,they will be wiped out in no time and at no price to pappilon,if you can re-enforce them,tell them to cut themselves into three units and face pappilon from the right,left and front sides,leaving his rear open,his type of attack consumes much energy as it is a method for rapid advancement,thus they have to study their resting habits and when they know when to storm,let them attck from this three sides and surely,Pappilon will open fire at once,but if your warriors press it,they will break through the canon walls and enter the fort,let them be suicidal about it,if not,even this place will be dead before pappilon gets here,as they storm the fort,cutting down everone in sight,the gunmen will always have to reload their guns and will thus be no matches for your matchet men,and if they hit hard enough,Pappilon will afll back the way he had come,gunning his canons forwards to discourage any one from pursuing him,tell them not to block his exit,if they do,he will simply fight like a wounded lion and will not retreat but will keep moving forwardsand this time without stepping until they have quitened your men,do you understand,once you do this,he will know what the open backway is for and he will use it knowing that you are not ignorant of his tactics! Said the tired Smith and Nwude said to the messenger,do you understand? He asked and the man nodded and he turned to the Eze’s and asked,Ndi eze,do we give three hundred thousand warriors to Ojiofor? He asked they all nodded,it was nothing,they have that ten times over,but with what smith was saying about the canons,the numbers will only be effective if used wisely and knowledgeably,thus,they instructed that three hundred thousand more warriors be prepared to move with forty eight hours.

Ochiagha Ibeneme got the message about the massacre of their people back at alaimo and he sent a message to Ochiagha Okike that he was falling back to go and help Ojiofor but he got a firm response from Okike,Stay put and maintain stance,there was enough men back at the Okpualar fort to strengthen Ojiofor,they had to seek for solution to Polonus who wasn’t an easy kill either ,yes,truthfully speaking,Polonus had kept them Occupied,they had even tried the hit and run method with which they had beaten smith but had turned out furtile,the natives would rush out in large quantities and attack the small forts set up by Polonus at the river banks and then run quickly back into the bush,they did it severall times but instead of budging ,Polonus who had seen it all before,decided to give them a dose of their own medicine,he created a diversion to one end of the forests by sending two thousand gunners into the forest tips to fire at the bushes nearby,whilst from the left flank,his men began to shell that area too whilst the third party lied close to the right area of the forest s and as soon as the left flank shellig receeded,they opened gunfire at the  right side knowing that their rea was now open and as they expected,the natives took the rear attack and hit at the visitors,who used the opportunity to quickly sneak into the bushes in their rear,cutting off the new attck wave and they sliced their facing style into,one,wave faced the forests and opened fire,cutting off the attacking native wave while the other flank,faced the rear of the natives who had come to attack Polonus from the rear,thus the rear attackers now had guns pointed at them from the rear,it was an effective flush and Polonus cut down over three thousand native warriors in his rears of the jungles whilst the ones in the bushes rear of polonus beat a hasty retreat from the rapid gunfire,it was a fierce battle and Ochiagha Okike knew that all he needed was just one chance and he would flog the foreigners even into the seas but Polonus too was thinking in the same line of thoughts. However Ojiofor was being beaten beyond belief,he had retreated unto Umule and in just close to forty eight hours,Pappilon was in Umule and preparing for another wave of attack,Ojiofor was yet to even kill one greek,however,two days later,the greeks had almost entered umuezumezu,and in Umuoleke and Okpuala,they began to hear for the first time and the earth shook with sounds,boom!,boom!! Boom!!!,that same day,the re-enforcements moved from Okpuala and marched for a day and arrived Umule,they were led by Osota Onye isi nche Adindu of Umuezumezu and osota Isi nche Obioma of Okpuala,they arrived Umuezumezu just as Ojiofor was about retreat Umuoleke,they gave him the plans,he was relieved,his numbers had reduced greatly,they did the wide split as Smith had suggested,Ojiofor had told them about the resting habits of the visitors but even then their canons were armed the natives were scared of that thing,but as they listened to the messenger,they knew that it was the only way out,lives would be lost but already many lives had already had been lost so they may as well try it out,soon the loud booms ceased,signalling that the General was resting for an hour or two,that was all the time the natives needed,they cut into three waves from three different points and attacked,Pappilon was more than surprised,he did not know what to make of it but he launched a counter attack at once,but he knew that if the native broke through the canon wall,he wuld have to retreat and retreat he did ,for in an hour,the natives were upon him,cutting,slashing,biting and lynching everyone and everything in sight,it was a gory sight,nothing was left out,even their teeth was in use no doubt as at then and Pappilon stood his ground and he and his men fired till there was no more space to reload,and it became a face to face sword and matchet battle,the specialty of the natives,the fierce fight lasted for six hours and later,pappilon and his men managed to reload their canons and began to fire randomly,surprising the natives who were already having the upper hand in the matchet and sword combat and with that opening,Pappilon,concentrated his canons in front chase back his enemies and used the opening In his rear,it was like a prophesy,they began to retreat and the natives helped in sending them paking with arrows,Pappilon had been so close,he could not believe it but the natives had shown a very professional knowledge of canon wall breaking,how? He did not know but something was wrong,Pappilon’s retreat was final,he knew that there was going to be no second chances but he decided to stop at the first river shore town and cross-check his figures but he was badly injured,his team was shredded and torn apart,he had lost more than twenty thousand men in one blow and over five thousand wounded,if he did get to the shore town,he would signal the Galleons to prepare to set sail,this place was evil.

Back at Okpuala,the news of Ojiofors victory was a good heartlifting to the people,there were lou cheers,Amobi and young trainee warriors like him were used as messengers to take food and water to the frons in big bull wagos,they worked for three days and nights,ddepositing foods and waters at marked spots,soon,Pappilon reached Ala-imo and was attacked by a residue of warriors who had returned from the egbelubi fronts and it was a real fight,the ships gun’s could not help as it would also kill Pappilon too,but the Natives ,decided to hit at the ships with big boats from ala-imo,they took out all the boats that they could get and as the sailors repeled them with guns,they too kept the sailors busy with bows and arrows and two hours later,over a hundred boats filled with natives (many dying and falling into the water) boarded the galleons and they caused a lot of havoc,Pappilon was sank,his entire fleet was set ablaze and estroyed in one day,an entire battalion consisting of Ojiofor’s remaining units,the re-enforcements and the egbelubi team,it was a one sided fight,with over five hundred thousand natives,they crushed Pappilon in one blow and it was fatal,within three days,Ala-imo was back in the control of the native warriors,they had lost close to fifty thousand men in that last blow,but the end had justified the means,and afterwards,Ojiofor Put one hundred thousand warriors at Alaimo and pushed on to Ochanja with the remaining men which were over two hundred thousand,they arrived in four days just as Ochiagha Okike was about to launch another fruitless attack at Polonus,Okike was delighted to see Ojiofor and his warriors,he had lost so many thousands of warriors to Polonus and his numbers had been greatly reduced,Ojiofors arrival boosted his morale greatly and when he learnt that Pappilon was done for,he sang with joy,they gave him the programm that had beaten pappilon and they decided to try it by the next day’s morning.

 At the Okpuala fort,Pappilons defeat was great news to all,after the great tremors the pink thief had caused with his canons,the natives relaxed a bit,the young messenger warriors still continued their routine food dumpings in the forests,Smith was overjoyed and Alexander was a bit confused,he knew that he could never leave this lands alive again but he somewhat understood what Smith had done and he almost wept when he heard that Pappilon was down,but all hope was not lost,Polonus might succeed where Pappilon had failed, Ogun and some Oroba youths who had fled their lands,convened with The Ndi eze’s and insisted On going to join the warriors at the warfront,if for nothing,then at least to restore their dignity as men and assist the warriors in Reclaiming their lands,they numbered up to fifty five thousand oroba battle ready men,all they needed was Matchets,the Eze’s gave them what they need and also assigned a team of one thousand men to lead them to Ochanja!

The next morning by dawn,Ocjiagha Okike sent a message to Ochiagha Ibeneme?THEY Decided to attack within the hour,however,it was as if Polonus was anticipating their move,the Natives divided themselves into six units on three sides and launched an attack and as soon as the first wave threew themselves at the pink soldiers,Polonus and his men opened fire with guns,they fired randomly and killed a lot of men but on the rush of the second wave,they opened up with canons,this did not deter the natives,however,many died trying to break through the canon wall,Polonus was suicidal about his fight,he fought very vehemently and later fell back by evening time and by dawn next day,the Roman general and his army Crossed the Ochanja river and back to Ebele,they were pursued by the very angry natives and at Ore,they ran into Ochiagha Oforma,who happily hit at them,Polonus had been surprised,because he had had to abandon,canons and all and they were fleeing on horse back,at Ore it was that General Argonus Polonus was cut down by Oforma and Okike and together they continued chasing the little bands scattered here and there in Oroba Villages,they combed everywhere,infact,they hunted down pink men and traitors and wiped out every traces of the intruders,they went as far as Ile Remo and Eko and pursued the Last ones unto Eti-Osa and into the seas,the pursuit lasted eighteen days and nights and they captured about a thousand pink skinned Thives and marched gloriously back to Ochanja,they met Ogun and his men at Ochanja,brimming for a fight,thus at Ochanja,the Unbelieveable happened,the Ochiagha was talking to another Ochiagha when a pink skinned prisoner cut the ropes on his wrists and fastly pulled the dagger from the sieds of a nearby warrior and stuck it into the back of Ochiagha Okike with all his might,the dagger tip came out in front,piercing the warlords heart,the great Warlord clutched at his heart and some minutes later,surprise in his eyes,he gently fell down dead,Hey,the Ezumezu warriors went berserk,the warriors from other clans shifted back as their ezumezu brothers wept,they unsheated their matchets and fell on the prisoners,slaughtering everyone of them like rams,they massacred the remaining Romans and in less than hour,they had wiped out the prisoners,still not satiated,they lifted the corpse of their warlord and mounted their horses that very day and rode furiously away homewards,it was a furious journey that lasted five days and as the warriors rode into Ezumezu town,5 the news of victory had already the townspeople retur back to their homes,they were already beginning to repair and rebuild their town,and as the warriors rode into town and rode straight to Eze Nwude’s ovu,it was obvious that something was wrong,the Nze’s was seated with Eze nwude when the warriors marched in and deposited the corpse of their late warlord before the onye Eze, and the story of his death was told in tears,there was silence,that hour,the Onye Eze,sent Alajemba to go and make sure that nothing happened to Smith and Alexander

As Enyidia who was heavily pregnant and close to delivery was seated listening to her husbands servants tell stories while they peeled yams for cooking,’she had heard that the warriors had returned) she heard horse hooves and smiled and gently got up and walked out to meet her husband suddenly she stopped,outside their house was an entourage of about three thousand warriors on horse back,they made way for two men bearing a bedding,the men solemnly walked into the compound and deposited the corpse in front of Enyidiya who saw her husband in a state that she had never ever tought that she’d see him in,he seemed so invinsible,she knelt down and wailed loudly like a woman in great child birth pains and the soldiers made way as a horse rider rode up to her in the compound and called her name,Enyidiya! In tears,she looked up and into the eyes of Eze Nwude,It shall be well with you now and forever as long as I live! Said the Onye Eze and turned his horse and rode away,followed by his entourage,Onye isi-Nche Nwokoike stayed behind all night to pacify her and by midnight in which she was still wailing uncontrollably,she began to have labour pains and Nze Okoro’s wife was called and other women and by dawn,she gave birth to her second child,a daughter she named,Nwabiaranuju.

Ochiagha Okike was buried one week after the return of the warriors,nwude made sure that all protocols were adhered to.

That same day in a hospital in Danjoro in Alule was in great Labour and after an hour the nurse ran out and shouted,Kal saboa,Kal Saboa,come,she has delivered! Said the nurse and the man rushed into the maternity room and saw his companion now tiredly smiling and she handed him the tiny infant and said,it’s a boy,Kal Duran Saboa was all smiles,he loved children and his companion Lih Verana Thrange had promised that the infant would be surnamed after him,as he held the child,the nurse came back inside and said,kal,please bring the infant,we have to sign at the registry down at the hall now and also have his weights there ,she said and as they were about to leave,lih Verana spoke,saying,Duran,His name shall be Djivine,for he is a warrior and will remain a warrior,said the lady and the man walked out to the hall and as he got to the registerer,he took his pen and wrote the infants name, Djivine Saboa!

THE END

NOVEL BY DON MANUEL IHCAKEYNO.

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