Odlima

INTRODUCTION The name of my village is Ikot Antia Obio Uyai in Utit Obio of Ibiono Ibom Local government Area, Akwa Ibom State. The ancestral home of Ibiono Ibom people is Obio Ibiono.The origin of ibiono ibom and the institution of okuku in the kingdom are tied to the origin and development of Ibibio land. At obio ibiono, ibiono the first son of ibom is said to have married two wives from whom he got eight children. These children or their descendants later fanned out to found new villages and the original eight clans Afaha, Ibiaku, Mbiabong, Ntan, Use, Utit obio, Ididep and Ikpanya Due to unceasing threat of aggression and invasion by the surrounding communities of the farthest part of Ibiono Ibom land, the Chiefs of Ibiono Ibom land at Obio Ibiono sent the strong men of the community to protect its boundaries. The area the strong men were assigned to protect is known as Utit Obio (the end of the community) till date. The leader of the team was called Eto. He was to protect the end...