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

RELATIONSHIP WITH TOBIN MINOR HOUSE

The historical past of Tobin house lineage began with Otunte an Andoni man who was captured to Bonny throughout one of many wars between Bonny and Andoni. Otunte lived and served within the family of King Opubo Pepple of Bonny with different Andoni folks. They had been assimilated into the Bonny neighborhood. Otunte begat Diri and Waribo. Diri begat Konibo. Diri and his son Konibo who had been fishermen later moved to and settled in Finima. This was within the time of Buo, the daddy of Chief Omuso Brown. After Buo’s loss of life, Konibo concubinage relationship with Buo’s lawful spouse by title Gbularu and begat a son whom Konibo named Owonte, which was later corrupted to Awanta. Owonte or Awanta was given an Ibani title “Ida-Obusigha” by Buoye-Ogbulu (Buo’s first son).

According to Bonny customs and traditions all youngsters born in concubinage relationship by a lady belong to her lawful husband. Accordingly, Owonte or Awanta belong to Buo’s family.

During the life time of 1 Abraham Sunday, there was a failed try at putting in a Tobin House Chief as a sub or minor chieftaincy House beneath the Brown House. This was throughout the reign of Chief Henry Buowari Brown, OBE. This try failed due to an exhibition of gross insubordination to the Brown Major House.

The son of the stated Abraham Sunday, Samuel Owunabo Tobin later turned the primary Chief of the Tobin minor House of Finima, in 1961 and the Tobin House was thus acknowledged as a sub or minor chieftaincy House of the Brown Major House in Bonny Kingdom.

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