The Arogbo Izon acted as middle men in the slave trade, selling captives from the interior to Europeans [citation needed].
The Arogbo Izon hosted Nana Olomu in protection against colonialists who declared the Itsekiri Chief wanted [citation needed].
After a brief stop at Oproza, led by EJI and his younger brother, Perebiyenmo and sister, Fiyepatei, they went on to Ukparomo (now occupied by the towns of Akpata, Opuba, Ajapa, and Ukpe) [citation needed].
They stayed here for some time, about the length of the reign of two Agadagbas (military priest-rulers of the shrine of Egbesu) [citation needed].
It was from Arogbo that some ancestors migrated northwards up the old course of the Forcados river and settled near the site of Patani [citation needed].
Living nearby in the upland region were proto Edo or Efa people called Erowha.