The land of IKOT NSEKON BEFORE DR. FARRAR ARRIVED BY DA EFFIONG DANIEL AFRICAN HOLY LAND AKWA IBOM STATE NIGERIA
THE LANDBEFOR FARRAR’S ARRIVAL For you to know that the kingdom of God has come upon the land of Ikot Nsekong (Ubon Abasi Ibom) through Dr. Henry Farrar, an American medical doctor turned missionary, you need to know a brief history of the people of Abiakpo Ikot Abasi Inyang. They were people that didn’t know God. Even the place was at the backwaters of civilization. There was no reasonable amenity ranging from hospital, school, church, and good road network. There was no concrete building except thatch and mud houses scattering all over the land; and there was no industry or whatsoever. In this land Ikpaisong deity and its accessories like Ekang, Abasi Ekong, etc. held sway. ‘Abie-owo’ was one of the highest cults of the day. For one to be a considered brave (Owo Uko) as an Annang man, he must prove it by bringing ‘Ekaulara’ (a flesh human head). The priests would decorate him with red bead (ndo) on his right hand. This was a land that before they could go to war, they must mystical...