23/03/2026
*A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF AGOI-IBAMI: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE*
"The Branch That Held the War Pot Must Not Break"
To Every Son and Daughter of Agoi-Ibami Hear This:
Your ancestors did not travel from Nkumokpambe through forests, rivers, and hostile territories, carrying sacred war pots on their heads, just so their children would sit in silence while their community crumbles.
They walked. They bled. They negotiated. They sacrificed.
They did all of this so that you could have a home.
And that home your home is under threat today.
Remember the Name You Carry
Every time you say the word "Ibami," you are speaking history. That name was not given carelessly. It was born the day Ojiretu, your brave warrior ancestor, cut a branch from a tree on the hillside of Ekperoh and said, "I can go no further we rest here."
That branch held the sacred war pot.
That branch gave your community its name.
That branch became your identity.
Ask yourself today: Is that branch strong enough to hold what your ancestors placed upon it?
Because right now, the bridge that connects you to the world your community's only lifeline is collapsing. Your forests are being stripped. Your gold is being taken by strangers. Your young people have no jobs. Your nights are dark. And your voices have been too quiet for too long.
The branch is bending.
Will you let it break?
Your Ancestors Were Not Passive People
Do not forget the Agoi people were known as a strong, determined, and warrior people. When tribal wars threatened them, they did not collapse. They reorganised under King Obot Ebey, formed a council, sent out hunters to find a better way, and moved an entire people to safety.
When part of the group grew tired at Rorimawon, they did not abandon the mission they adapted and continued.
When Ojiretu could go no further, the community did not scatter they gathered around him and built something new right where they stood.
That is who you are. Problem solvers. Community builders. Survivors.
