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Browse Definitions. Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web! Two clicks install ». Most of Igbo land including Mbaise resisted the British colonial rulers in many ways, manifesting in a series of violent wars and battles. In , the British set up a commission of inquiry, which documented gross failings and fundamental flaws by the colonial administration. The formation of councils removed the practice of the warrant chiefs and spread authority among council members.
Every clan under the Owerri Province formed part of a council, which gave rise to the modern day Mbaise. In , the location of modern Mbaise came under the Owerri district which was created , with Harold M Douglas as the first District Commissioner. In , Douglas arrived in Nigeria and was a major contributor to Aro expedition. The people knew him as a brutal autocratic ruler. He was a hard task master that used punitive military action to punish anyone who opposed his authority.
He was renowned for physically assaulting any Igbo person who failed to follow his orders. With Douglas in charge of the newly created Owerri District, the colonial administration established district officers, government houses, courthouses, warrant chiefs and road construction. Using forced labour, Douglas was keen to construct a road network, which opened up the hinterland to enable easy trade access for the British administration.
From his appointment up until to when he was transferred to Onitsha, Douglas had constructed over two hundred miles of roads in the Owerri district.
As a notorious man he became known by many names such as the road-building whiteman Beke ogbu ama and beke ojoo bad whiteman. It is speculated that Owerri, having the best road network in Eastern Nigeria, was the reason it remained, the only major, colonial city in the region, not connected to the rail network by the British colonial administration.
Following Nigerian independence, three local government areas LGA were created from the five clans as part of the new Imo state carved out in , from the former East Central State. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. Home History How Mbaise was created.
You will find him in almost and all parts of the world including areas with harsh climatic conditions and difficult terrain. He hates cheating and will always stand out bold to claim his right. There is a famous axiom that the fifth person in any Igbo gathering is an Mbaise person or that person knows an Mbaise person as a friend or in-law.
British Colonial administration in what is today known as Mbaise started in by Captain H. Douglas, the District Commissioner for Owerri. The imposition of this colonial rule marked the end of Mbaise Native Administrative system following the introduction of warrant Chiefs and native courts which carried out the functions of the Amala people. In the absence of a hierarchical traditional leadership institution of the type found in Northern Nigeria, the British Colonial administrators found it difficult to govern the people.
In H. M Douglas laid a column of the infamous Aro field force through Owerri into Mbaise and took domain of the land. Mbaise was then under Owerri division and was administered from Owerri. In , the British Colonial Administration set up a court at Owerri for dispensation of justice and settlement of disputes in the area including Mbaise.
In the British administration began to administer Owerri and Mbaise areas, and consolidated a system of government in Ezinihitte and Ahiara areas. In , Dr. Stewart Rogers, a medical doctor who usually accompanied Mr. Douglas patrol team lost his way in Onicha Ezinihitte and was quickly seized and killed by the natives who were not comfortable with the presence of the white strangers in the land. In there was a punitive expedition and massacre of the people by British army led by Captain Brian Douglas and Captain Harold Hastings as punishment for the death of Dr.
In , the Colonial Administrators established courts at Nkwogwu Nguru and Okpala respectively due to long distance of Owerri court from Mbaise.
The first to be appointed warrant Chief in Mbaise for the court at Nkwogwu was Onwuegbulem Ekechukwu of Umuanuma Nguru because he proved friendly and associated very early with the Administrators on their arrival at Owerri. The Colonial masters found favour with him because of his fair complexion which resembled the white. He was also humble and meek. Later on, Onwuegbulem took up the name, Nwaturuocha, and became known as Waturuocha of Nguru Mbaise and by so doing lost his identity and lineage.
Waturuocha introduced Onyekwere Njoku of Nnarambia Ahiara, his cousin to the Colonial master and was also made a warrant chief because of his effectiveness during the retaliatory massacre of the people; known as Ogu Douglas the war was to avenge the death of Dr. Stewart in Mbaise.
Some of these warrant Chiefs acted as judges during the period of colonial administration and became very powerful and influential. Some of these native court judges were W. Waturuocha Nguru , P. It was the first advent of Christianity in Mbaise. Following the coming of churches was also the schools. In , four years after, the Catholic Mission came to Nguru, through Chief Anyamele who also brought the school at St. Joseph Ogbor Nguru. Bridges Ahiara, while St. In the first Mbaise man obtained a standard six certificate.
He was Chief Pius Nwoga from primary school at Egbu. Following the introduction of first direct tax in Igboland in and the inclusion of women in , a women riot ensued in
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