[HISTORY] Important Dates In Boki History You Must Know

By: Mark Otu

1908: Invasion of Oku land at north of Nwul by Mr. Hives and his team

1910: The arrival of the first white man at Ogoja. (Parts of Boki were under Ogoja division)

1914: A group of 12 white men toured Boki area

1915: Ibong Native Court which also served Irruan and Eastern Boki was established

1916: Abo and Boje Native Courts were established

1918-1920: Ogoja/Okundi/Nsadop/Iso-bendeghe - Afi Ikom motor road was opened

1921: Irruan left Bette Native Court

1922: Okundi Customary Court Hall was built

1923: St. Francis School, Ntamante, was built

1924: Abontaken School was opened

1924-25: "Ibagari" people from Cameroon killed by Osokom people followed by the execution of 12 Osokom people at Okundi

1928: Taxation was introduced

1931: Locust invasion of parts of Boki

1931: Boje Customary Court Hall was built

1937: Kakwagom leper settlement was built

1930: Boki people forced by colonial administration to tap rubber and to produce palm oil and palm kernel

1940: St. Patrick's school, Kakwagom, the only senior primary school in the parish, transferred fro the Hill Top to present site.

1940: Wula was separated from Ikom Division and joined Obudu

1943: Nsadop-Boje land dispute

1944: Utugwang-Irruan road constructed

1945: First motor vehicle seen in Abo area

1947: Eclipse of the moon

1952: Balegatte villages separated from Wula in Eastern Boki clan to join Utanga-Becheve clan

To be continued...

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