Ekumeku Movement

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Ekumeku Movement
Date 1883–1914 Location Onicha-Olona, Ogwashi, Igbozo, Issele-Asagba, Ubulu-Uku, Obior, Umunede, Other Aniocha and Anioma Communities Agbor, and Onitsha, Lower Niger River Result British victory Territorial changes Establishment of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Belligerents
British Empire	Ekumeku organisation
Commanders and leaders
Major Festing, W. E. B. Crawford Coupland, Lt. Col. H. c. Moorhouse, S. O. Crewe	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
Strength
Hundreds of soldiers	Hundreds of Ekemeku members
Casualties and losses
Minor	Minor with mass imprisonment

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.