# Ibom Isi

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"Akpa" redirects here. For the language, see [Akpa language](/source/Akpa_language). For the Indian photographic society, see [AKPA](/source/AKPA).

The **Ibom Isi** also known as the [Akpa](/source/Akpa) are one of the three main lineages comprising the [Aro people](/source/Aro_people). They are centered in [Ibom](/source/Ibom), [Arochukwu](/source/Arochukwu) in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). The Akpa are descendants of the [Ejagham](/source/Ekoi_people) in present day [Cross River State](/source/Cross_River_State) in Southeastern Nigeria.

During the [Aro-Ibibio Wars](/source/Aro-Ibibio_Wars) in present-day [Arochukwu](/source/Arochukwu) in the 1600s, an [Igbo](/source/Igbo_people) leader named [Okennachi](/source/Okennachi) (the first Igbo *EzeAro*), invited his allies the princes [Osim and Akuma Nnubi](/source/Osim_and_Akuma_Nnubi) from the east of the Cross River to fight against a clan of the [Ibibios](/source/Ibibio_people) and granting them lands. The Nnubis, led their people known as the Akpa to present-day Arochukwu. They led the Akpa forces to ally with Igbo forces. Osim Nnubi died in the battle, the war between Aros and the northern clan of the Ibibios ended in a stalemate. Akuma became the first *EzeAro* or king. The Akpa people were assimilated and are mainly in Ibom, and other towns belonging to the Ibom Isi kindred.

## References

- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070505044829/http://www.aronewsonline.org/html/history_culture.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20070505044829/http://www.aronewsonline.org/html/history_culture.html)
- [https://people.bu.edu/manfredi/Contours.pdf](https://people.bu.edu/manfredi/Contours.pdf)
- History of Africa from earliest times to 1800 Volume 1 by Harry A. Gailey Jr.

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