General Ologbosere, also known as Chief Irabor,[1] resisted the conquest of Benin Empire before he was captured and killed.
Ologbosore masterminded an attack on a British expedition outside of Benin, killing at least ten Europeans and 200 African carriers.
He was the second-in-command of the Benin military and stopped the first British invasion led by James Robert Phillips.
[3][4] The 1897 British military campaign sent the reigning king, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, into exile[5] and many chiefs of the kingdom surrendered or were captured.
[12] The British forces burned villages, destroyed crops, detained young people and incarcerated rulers.