The Ibini Ukpabi (Ibibio: Drum of the Creator God) was an oracle of the Aro Confederacy of what is now Southeastern Nigeria.
As the system continued, it was alleged that the priests of Ibini Ukpabi falsified some of the verdicts of the oracle in order to procure victims to be sold into slavery.
[citation needed] The area around the shrine of Ibini Ukpabi and the cult monument of Kamalu includes a sacred altar, a six-foot gully that takes people to the temple and a waterfall; this has been called the Long Juju Slave Route of Arochukwu.
That is the place where the condemned were instructed to undress and leave their clothes before they disappeared into the tunnels around the hill of rags.
[2] The Long Juju stronghold was destroyed during the Anglo-Aro War by a British expeditionary force as part of their quest for vengeance for the brutal murder of several British officials, which led to their decision to declare war on the Long Juju and the network it had established in the region.