Nsugbe
| Nsugbe | |
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 Nsugbe
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| Coordinates: 6°16′N 6°49′E / 6.267°N 6.817°E | |
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 Nigeria
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| State | Anambra State |
Nsugbe is a town in Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria.
It is bordered by Onitsha on the west, Nkwele-Ezunaka, Umunya to the southwest, River Anambra to the north across which lies such towns such as Anam and Asaba. On the east are towns such as Umuleri, Aguleri, Nando, Nteje, Awkuzu, Igbariam, and Achalla.
Oral tradition has it that the first settlers to arrive at Nsugbe were the descendants of Eri who emigrated from Ifite and Igbezulu Aguleri after the death of their father and settled at Okpuno Enugu, an area on the outskirt of modern Nsugbe. However, Enugu the leader of the group was recalled to Aguleri on the death of Enini, his brother who it appeared succeeded his father. His descendants remained and were later joined by other immigrants from Agulu and Nri to establish the present day Enugu Nsugbe.
The second group of immigrants according to the same tradition came in large numbers from Awka area, Igala and the Mid-West (Delta State). They founded Offianta village. The founders of Nnadi village according to the same tradition arrived at Nsugbe as a result of their attempt to flee from the ada war. This war ravaged the whole of Igboland and left a lot of places desolate. They settled among Offinta people until a dispute erupted in 1903 that made them to appeal to the people of Amumu for a piece of land upon which they established Nnadi, their village. The next were the group that came from Awka-Achalla-Nri axis. They are linked with Amagu village. The next group of settlers came predominantly from the Igbo-speaking parts of Delta state. They lived with the Edo and later crossed the Niger-Anambra flood plains to settle at the eastern bank of the Niger. Some of them settled at Nsugbe forming villages like Agbalagbo, Akpalagu and Ogwuari.
Some of the immigrants from the mid-west were linked to Eze-Chima who fled Benin in the 15th century. The Founders of Ogwuari came from Ogwuashi-Ukwu in Delta State, a town not so far from Benin. Having crossed the Niger, they settled between the Niger and Anambra rivers with their Anam neighbours for many years, owning farmlands and fishing ponds like Ojeli, Akpatayama, Aribo and Onono. They eventually crossed the Niger and Anambra Rivers and settled between Ugbo Eke and Akpaka (present day Onitsha forest reserve) handing over their lands and fishing ponds to Anam people as custodians with an oath to act as care takers. The last to arrive were the Ogbunike people. They came from Ogbunike, a town in present-day Oyi local government area of Anambra State. On arrival they attached themselves to Ogwuari village and have since been completely absorbed.
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