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The Ekumeku Movement consisted of a series of uprisings against the rising power of the Royal Niger Company of the British Empire by Anioma people in present-day Delta State. The British penetration of Nigeria met with various forms of resistance throughout the country. In the south, the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars against the Aro of Eastern Igboland in 1901–1902, and from 1883 to 1914, the Anioma in Western Igboland.

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  • The Ekumeku Movement consisted of a series of uprisings against the rising power of the Royal Niger Company of the British Empire by Anioma people in present-day Delta State. The British penetration of Nigeria met with various forms of resistance throughout the country. In the south, the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars against the Aro of Eastern Igboland in 1901–1902, and from 1883 to 1914, the Anioma in Western Igboland. (en)
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  • Minor
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  • British Empire
  • Ekumeku organisation
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  • British victory
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  • Hundreds of Ekemeku members
  • Hundreds of soldiers
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  • Minor (en)
  • Minor with mass imprisonment (en)
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  • British Empire (en)
  • Ekumeku organisation (en)
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  • Major Festing, W. E. B. Crawford Coupland, Lt. Col. H. c. Moorhouse, S. O. Crewe (en)
  • Dunkwu Isusu of Onicha-Olona, Maya nwa Isusu of Onicha-Olona, Ikwa Gwadia of onicha-olona, Ochei nwa Aghaeze of Onicha-olona, Elumelu Okachi of Onicha-Olona, Nwabuzo Iyogolo, Awuno Ugbo, Nzekwe, Agbambu nwa Oshue of Igbuzo, Idabor of Issele-Ukwu, Abuzu of Idumuje-Unor, Idegwu Otokpoike of Ubulu-Ukwu, Ochie Agodi, Agbambu Oshue, Chidi Nwaoji etc (en)
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  • Ekumeku Movement (en)
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  • 1883 (xsd:integer)
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  • Onicha-Olona, Issele-Uku,Onicha-Ugbo,Issele-Asagba,Obior, Umunede, Other Aniocha Communities Agbor, and Onitsha, Lower Niger River (en)
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  • British victory (en)
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  • Hundreds of Ekemeku members (en)
  • Hundreds of soldiers (en)
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  • Establishment of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate (en)
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  • The Ekumeku Movement consisted of a series of uprisings against the rising power of the Royal Niger Company of the British Empire by Anioma people in present-day Delta State. The British penetration of Nigeria met with various forms of resistance throughout the country. In the south, the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars against the Aro of Eastern Igboland in 1901–1902, and from 1883 to 1914, the Anioma in Western Igboland. (en)
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  • Ekumeku Movement (en)
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