Some Historical Events That Occurred Between The Igbo And Igala People

Some Historical Events That Occurred Between The Igbo And Igala People 

📌 The Igbo-Igala War:: A series of conflicts that took place between the Igbo people and the Igala people of Nigeria during the 18th and 19th centuries. 

The conflicts occurred in the southeastern region of Nigeria, primarily in the areas now known as Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Kogi, and Delta states. These wars led to the Battle of Nsukka.

📌 Conquest of Nsukka: The Nsukka-Igala wars occurred in the 18th to 19th century following an Igala invasion and left most of Nsukka under Igala control. 

The Nsukka people have continuously inhabited northern Igboland since the 3rd millennium BCE as shown through archeological continuity and glottochronology.

📌 Battle of Nsukka: One of the 18th-century conflicts was the Battle of Nsukka in 1794, which resulted in a Nsukka military victory, but with significant losses including the Eze's eldest son and three of his wives. 

The battle was witnessed by Sailor, Joseph B. Hawkins.

📌 Ebonyi Conquest: During the early 19th century, the Eastern Igbo subgroups located in Ebonyi State underwent a significant migration towards the Cross River areas, this in turn manifested in boundary disputes between several Eastern Igbo groups with her neighbors such as Ikwo-Nsobo and Osopo of Cross River State, Izzi – Osopo and Yala of Cross River State and Mgbo-Igala of Benue State.