Nibo is a town in Awka South, Anambra State, Nigeria.
There are four major villages that make up the town, they are in order of seniority; Ezeawulu, Umuanum, Ifite and Ezeoye. Nibo is a community of cooperative men and women that work jointly for the development of the town.
Nibo operates rotational governance. The traditional stool which is held for life, rotates among the four villages though this was not always the case. There has been some dispute over who was the first traditional ruler (referred to as 'Ezeike') of Nibo between Umuanum and Ezeawulu villages. The ruler of Ezeawulu village was His Royal Highness Oke Ezekwe/Ezekwem while that of Umuanum was HRH Nnama Orjiakor-Eleh.
HRH Nnama Orjiakor Eleh was the ruler of Nibo before the coming of the British and was granted a Royal Warrant in 1896 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Britain together with other southern Paramount rulers such as HRH Onyeama of Eke, HRH Ojiako Ezenne of Adazi, HRH Kodilinye of Obosi, HRH Onwurah of Awka, Obi of Onitsha, HRH Agwuna of NRI and HRH Ukpo. HRH NNAMA was appointed the President of Awka Customary Court of Appeal (1898–1945), He also served as a Judge in the Provincial Court of Appeal for Onitsha Colonial Residency covering the Niger Provinces (what is now known as Anambra and Enugu States). HRH NNAMA was deputy judge in the Omenuko Court presided by the legendary Okoli Ijoma ruling over the old Awka province involving over 100 towns. He was from Umuanum village, which was at war with Ezeawulu and HRH Ezekwe over who was the ruler of Nibo. After decades of war, peace finally prevailed when Nnama and Ezekwe decided that Nnama's 1st son Orji Joshua Nnama and Ezekwe's 1st daughter Mgbafor Selina Ezekwe should marry, this appeared to be the best resolution that united both villages at which point HRH Nnama Orjiakor remained as ruler of Nibo till his death in 1945.
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that the other side would never see
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harbour for long gone boat
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harbour for long gone boat
Buried in six feet of cold hard soil Trying to keep it
real
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But my heart is somewhere else I will try to make it
last
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line
Maybe now I will be fine NOT
And I´m fallen to gutter of long dark road Running to
harbour for long gone boat
Buried in six feet of cold hard soil Trying to keep it
real
When I´m with you I´m here and everywhere
But my heart is somewhere else I will try to make it
last
Heartache will soon be past Pick your number next in
line