A fateful day, General Eponu returned home in a state of deep despair. He refused food and sought solace in rest.
As he lay in his room, Agaba visited him, attempting to persuade his father to heed the public's demands.
However, their conversation took a dark turn, and Agaba revealed his true intentions, exposing himself as the mastermind behind the recent atrocities. He threatened to take Eponu's life if he refused to comply.
Enraged, Eponu lounged at Agaba, but the latter evaded the attack and escaped. Eponu's instincts compelled him to give chase on horseback, but his other children restrained him.
Instead, he hastily convened an emergency meeting with the elders at the fortress. Tragedy struck during the meeting, as a group of Ola descendants , loyal to Agaba, set the building ablaze with their mastery of the element of fire.
The headquarters was razed, and General Eponu, along with the chiefs, perished in the inferno.
That same night, the entire Igoche clan was brutally massacred, with approximately 67 people, including children, slaughtered.
Agaba, the orchestrator of the carnage, hid in the forest, safely ensconced in his base.
The demise of general Eponu and the elders sent shockwaves throughout the land, while the massacre of the igoche clan exacerbated the sense of insecurity among the Idomas.
As faith in the military waned, the people began to call for the wielders to assume control.
Agaba's followers, who called themselves "the reformers", were instructed to target the ancient bloodlines.
Their first assault was on the descendants of Edoh, resulting in the massacre of 115 people from the Edache bloodline in a single night.
Three days later, the children of Agile and Ola were simultaneously attacked. The descendants of Agile were quickly overwhelmed, as they were unprepared.
Although 6 of Agaba's followers perished, the main battle raged between the children of Agile and the terrorists.
The entire hamlet was reduced to ashes, but some of the descendants managed to escape.
The terrorists also targeted the descendants of Ola, killing 45 people. However, they failed to eliminate the heir of Ola, although they assumed they had succeeded.
The attack came at a great cost to the terrorists, with 24 of their own killed.
The invasion intensified, forcing the surviving descendants of Ola to flee and live in hiding.
The descendants of Ijaha were the next to be wiped out, as the terrorists employed earth-conjuring tactics to weaken their defenses.
Suspicion arose that some descendants of the wielders were secretly among the terrorists.
The mass cleansing led to the destruction and death of nearly all the bloodlines, except for the Achadu and Ofu bloodlines.
The Ofu bloodline reinforced the protection around the palace.
After the Edikwu clan was eradicated. Agaba emerged from hiding, injured and weak. He was discovered by a trader on the roadside leading to the southern region. The trader transported Agaba to the palace on his cart.
Agaba deceived the Ochi'doma, fabricating a story that the Tivs had orchestrated the attacks with the aid of some military intelligence.
He claimed to have been kidnapped from his home and managed to escape after fighting off his abductors three weeks later.
Agaba pleaded with the king to appoint him General, citing his status as the sole survivor of the Igoche clan.
The king, persuaded by Agaba's words, appointed him general.
The people rejoiced, celebrating Agaba's ascension to power. Four months passed, and the attacks ceased.
The citizens attributed the newfounded peace to Agaba's presence, believing he had single-handedly driven out the terrorists.
Only the Ofu and Achadu clans remained unscathed, the terrorists, unable to locate the nomadic Achadu clan, left them unharmed.
Four months of tranquility elapsed before Agaba resumed his sinister plans. He mobilized 15000 soldiers, who marched under the command of Adah, a powerful Ofu descendant.As they advanced toward Tiv land, leaving the capital exposed.
In broad daylight, Agaba's followers flooded the streets of Otukpo, their red attire and dangerous weapons striking fear into the hearts of the city's inhabitants.
The followers converged on the palace, where they brutally slaughtered the remaining Ofu children.
Agaba addressed the public, brazenly confessing to the mass murders and cleansing.
He revealed his plans, and his followers responded with a chilling chant: "we kill them all, to rule the Earth".
As they prepared to storm the palace, Ode, a descendant of Achadu, appeared from the air, landing between Agaba's followers and the palace entrance.
With his abilities to conjure the wind, Ode repelled the attackers. Seizing the opportunity, Ode shattered the gate between two realities, banishing Agaba and his followers to the other side. With a swift motion, Ode sealed the gate, entrapping Agaba's forces and restoring temporary peace to the kingdom.
Immediately, alongside his son, Ode beheld a vision; they both witnessed the sky unfold. The eight gods gazed down, their voices booming in sync,
"the seal you created is temporary. As it is made by mortal hands. It will shatter, and Agaba will return, more formidable and powerful, with a multitude at his command. The bloodlines, though weakened, will regroup. The Idoma nation will succumb to its oppressors once more. Your descendants will face the people's jealousy, and your successors will be forced to hide until Agaba's return. Heed our warning, Ode, and do not underestimate the impending danger".
The vision faded, and the people rejoiced, celebrating Ode's bravery. The king congratulated him, but their jubilation was short-lived, some citizens, still under Agaba's influence, rebelled against the kingdom.
Multiple rebel groups emerged, seeking to continue Agaba's destructive plans.
That night, Ode had a dream, which would recur until his death. In the dream, he stood in a desert, seeing a figure in the distance.
His son, Oloche, shared the same dream. After Ode's passing, the rebel groups targeted Oloche, placing bounties on his head.
Undeterred, Oloche retrieved the Echur from the temple and built a secluded cottage deep in the forest, hiding the Echur within.
Using his power of illusion, he concealed the cottage, making it invisible to ordinary people. Only his successors could see it.
Oloche blended in with the commoners in a northern hamlet, as the Idoma kingdom descended into chaos.
The Ochi'doma was dethroned, and the Tivs invaded, conquering the Idomas and occupying most of their lands.
This led to further invasions and plundering until the 1800s, when the Idoma kingdom finally fell to the British empire.
The Achadu bloodline spanned generations:
Achadu 'n Onyebe 'n Ngbede 'n Agbo 'n Epo 'n Ode (Agaba's plot, 400 years)
Ode 'n Oloche 'n Olotu 'n Ameh (fall to the british empire, 200 years)
Ameh 'n Adah 'n Epo 'n Ochekawo (modern era, 200 years)
A total of 800 years had passed since the start of the bloodline. Oloche vowed to continue training his successors, protecting their culture and preparing them for Agaba's inevitable return.