Aro-Ibibio Wars
Yakin Aro-Ibibio jerin rikice-rikice ne tsakanin al’ummar Aro(kungiyoyin Igbo) da Ibibio a Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya a yau a Masarautar Ibom daga shekarar 1630 zuwa 1902.Waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe ne suka haifar da kafuwar masarautar Arochukwu.

Yakin Arochukwu 
Kafin Ibo su isa yankin Aro,wasu gungun proto Ibibio sun yi hijira zuwa yankin suka kafa masarautar ￼￼Ibom￼￼.Wannan rukunin Ibibio na proto asali ya fito ne daga Usak Edet(Isanguele ), wani yanki na Ejagham a Kudancin Kamaru a yau. Kabilar Eze Agwu daga Abiriba,ita ce ta fara yin hijira zuwa yankin a tsakiyar karni na 17.Kabilar Ibibio sun yi maraba da kowa har sai da wasu suka fara tawaye ga gidan da ke mulki.Kungiyar Eze Awgu da ke jagorantar tayar da kayar baya ga iyalai masu mulki tare da hadin gwiwa da wasu dakarun waje kamar Firist Nnachi na kungiyar Edda da ke kusa da Afikpo, Sarkinsu Awgu Inobia (Eze Agwu) ya kira su domin neman taimako. Lokacin da ya isa,Nnachi da Eze Agwu sun hada kai da yarima Akakpokpo Okon na masarautar Ibibio na masarautar Ibom.Akakpokpo Okon ya kasance dan aure ne tsakanin ‘yan kabilar Ibo na kabilar Eze Agwu da kuma Sarkin Obong Okon Ita a yunkurin da aka yi na sasanta yakin da aka yi tsakanin ‘yan kabilar Igbo da Ibibio. Bangaren Eze Agwu/Nnachi sun yanke shawarar taimakawa Akakpokpo yunkurin hambarar da dan uwansa sarki Akpan Okon.

An yi turjiya sosai da juyin mulkin wanda ya bukaci a kara taimakawa.Ta hanyar Nnachi,kungiyar Eastern Cross River ta amsa kiran agaji.An san su da Akpa wadanda suke zaune a yau Akwa Akpa kafin zuwan mutanen Efik a yankin. Wadannan mayaka da ’yan kasuwa, watakila sun mallaki bindigogin Turawa wadanda sababbi ne a yankin. Kasancewar ‘yan kabilar Ibo ne,dangin Nnubi ne suka jagoranci Akpas.Osim da Akuma Nnubi sun jagoranci sojojin Akpa domin su taimaka wajen yakar gidan da ke mulki.Tare da sojojin Ibo da 'yan tawaye, sun fatattaki sojojin Masarautar Ibom (1690).A yakin karshe,an kashe Osim Nnubi a jihar Oror wanda ya zama babban birnin Arochukwu.A Obinkita sauran jaruman Ibibio sun zama fursunoni kuma aka yi musu shari'a,shi ya sa jihar birni ce mai gudanar da bikin Ikeji.Amma a karshen yakin,Osim da Akakpokpo sun mutu.Domin girmama gadon Osim,an nada dan uwansa Akuma sarautar EzeAro (sarki)na farko.Bayan rasuwarsa,zuriyar Nnachi suka hau karagar mulki tun da dansa na farko Oke Nnachi.An kafa masarautar Arochukwu.

Bayan haka 
Bayan da aka kafa Arochukwu,sai ta fara fadada saboda karuwar yawan jama'a da kariyar yankuna.Kungiyoyin Ibibio da aka kora da abokansu(Obot Mme,Mako,da dai sauransu)sun kai farmaki kan Arochukwu jim kadan da kafa shi.Domin kawar da mamayar Ibibio,sojojin Aro sun kafa sansanonin 'yan banga wadanda daga karshe suka zama al'ummomi a kan iyakokin Arochukwu-Ibibio kuma suka dakile harin.

Duba sauran wasu abubuwan 

 Arochukwu
 Aro Confederacy
 Akpa
 Aro tarihi

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 http://www.aro-okigbo.com/history_of_the_aros.htm
 http://www.aronetwork.org/others/arohistory.htmlhttp:/
 http://people.bu.edu/manfredi/Contours.pdf
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110209213030/http://anny-nigeria.com/
 https://books.google.com/books?id=tjLjoC6ScKYC&dq=aro+slave+trade+ohafia+ibibio&pg=PA26

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