Omanmoje was a Princess from the ruling house in Uromi, but married to Eromosele, the Onojie of Irrua. With the passage of time, Eromosele cared less for Omanmoje at her prime of life. For this neglect, the youthful Princess deserted Eromosele’s harem to re-marry at her hometown of Uromi. Onojie Eromosele could not bear the thought that another man would sexually be intimate with his wife, an act he probably considered, in his assessment, a royal insult, and subsequently, Eromosele declared war on Uromi to reclaim his wife. The war was brought to an end when Okolo, the Onojie of Uromi, Omanmoje’s uncle sued for peace. The peace terms “consisted of a woman to die in place of Princess Omanmojie; one of Okolo’s daughters, as a wife in lieu of the deserting Omanmojie, the return of Omanmojie herself as well as her son from her present husband…”
Source: Eve Ikuenobe-Otaigbe. The Esan People of Nigeria
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