Adubi War
| The Adubi War | |||||||
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 Map of West Africa in 1914 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Egba rebels | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed |
598 killed 70 Egba chiefs arrested | ||||||
TheAdubi War(known locally asOgun AdubiorEgba Uprising) was a conflict in June and July 1918 in the BritishColony and Protectorate of Nigeriaostensibly because of the imposition of colonial taxation.[1]Direct taxes were introduced by the colonial government along with existing forced labour obligations and fees. On 7 June, the British arrested 70Egbachiefs and issued an ultimatum that resisters should lay down their arms, pay the taxes and obey the local leadership.
The War
[edit]On 11 June, a party of soldiers, recently returned from East Africa, were brought in to help police the area and keep the peace. On 13 June, Egba rebels pulled up railway lines at Agbesi and derailed a train. Other rebels demolished the train station atWasinmiand murdered the British agent; the Oba Osile, David Sokunbi Karunwi II, the African leader of the north-eastern Egba district.[2]Hostilities between the 30,000 rebels and colonial troops continued for about three weeks at Otite, Tappona, Mokoloki and Lalako but by 10 July, the rebellion had been put down and the leaders killed or arrested.[2]
Aftermath
[edit]About 600 people were killed, including the British agent and the Oba Osile, although this may have been due to a dispute over land and unconnected to the uprising.[3]The incident led to the abolition of Abeokutan independence in 1918 and the introduction offorced labourin the region; imposition of thedirect taxeswas postponed until 1925.[4][5]Military personnel who suppressed the revolt received theAfrica General Service Medal.[citation needed]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^Oduntan 2010,p. 218.
- ^abHogan 2013,p. 304.
- ^Oduntan 2010,pp. 219, 231, 220.
- ^Falola & Genova 2009,pp. 110–111.
- ^Hogan 2013,pp. 299–313.
References
[edit]- Falola, Toyin; Genova, Ann (2009). Woronoff, Jon (ed.).Historical Dictionary of Nigeria.Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Vol. CXI. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.ISBN978-0-8108-5615-8.
- Hogan, Edmund M. (2013).Cross and Scalpel: Jean-Marie Coquard Among the Egba of Yorubaland.Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.ISBN978-978-081-287-4.
- Oduntan, Oluwatoyin B. (2010).Elite Identity and Power: A Study of Social Change and Leadership among the Egba of Western Nigeria 1860–1950(PDF)(PhD). Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University. pp. 218–232.OCLC812072776.Retrieved12 November2017.
