BRIEF HISTORY OF BUOYE OMUSO (BROWN) MAJOR HOUSE OF FINIMA

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUOYE OMUSO (BROWN) MAJOR HOUSE AND THE MINOR HOUSES [OR KALAWARI] OF FINIMA

The Chief & Head of Buoye (Brown) Major House, is the Paramount Chief and Amadabo of Finima. The Buoye Omuso (Brown) Major House had 3 sub-chieftaincy Houses (Minor Houses) generally known as Kalawari. These are Attoni House, Tobin House and Adum House. These are all offshoots of Buoye Omuso (Brown) Major House. There are additionally acknowledged household models in Buoye Omuso (Brown) Major House generally known as Burusu, whose Headships represent the Council of Wari-Alapu of Buoye Omuso (Brown) Major House.

RELATIONSHIP WITH ATTONI MINOR HOUSE

The Attoni House was based by descendants of Amainye, one among Buo’s slave. Amainye married Buo’s adopted daughter. Because of Amainye’s entrepreneurial potential and loyalty to Buo, Buo gave him cash for commerce which made Amainye a really wealthy service provider in his life time.

Amainye begat Doghubo who based the Attoni House. Doghubo begat Buo-Igbi, Ngeri, Biekiriye-Abobo, Amainye jnr, Oju and Taba. Doghubo had a slave or buddy known as Eselema who begat Ari-Igobia who begat Abel Adafe.

Eselema was diligent and dexterous so Doghubo earlier than his loss of life in appreciation handed over the management of the complete house together with house maintain properties, youngsters, cash and private lands to Eselema to carry in belief for the Attoni House, and made him (Eselema) Head and chief of the complete Attoni House.

Eselema held unto this place till someday in in regards to the 12 months 1837, when hassle broke out between him and the Doghubo’s organic youngsters. Doghubo’s youngsters demanded their father’s keys and properties from Eselema which the latter refused to give up. This incident occurred throughout the reign of Chief William Abobo Brown, and led to litigation which was adjudged in favour of Eselema in opposition to the youngsters of Doghubo. In response, Doghubo’s organic youngsters killed Eselema, thereafter their descendants proceed to go the Attoni House, up till someday in 1936 when Mark Attoni, one among their descendants turned the primary Chief of the Attoni minor House.

After the loss of life of Eselema, the Attoni House suffered sequence of calamities, together with mysterious deaths of males, girls and youngsters of the House and depletion of the wealth of the House up till someday about 1960 – 1962, when a Seer, who was invited by the House, prophesied that, the deaths and woes of the House will solely cease if the stool of the Attoni House is given again to the Eselema group to go as Chiefs of the House.

The Attoni House determined to treatment the scenario it discovered itself, and heeded to the recommendation of the Seer in 1962, when Chief Abel Adafe Attoni[Eselema’s group] was given the stool because the Chief and Head of the Attoni minor House.

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