Igarra residents, known as Anetuno, speak the Etuno language and share linguistic and cultural similarities with the Egbira of Kogi State.
[3] Apart from the fact that the oracle (Eva) favoured the settlement at the present site called Igarra, other factors that contributed to their final decision to settle here, include the following: At the time of the migration, one of the women that came to the present site with Ariwo Ovejijo harboured in her had some grains of guinea corn accidentally or deliberately.
This is probably the reason why the Eziakuta family play significant role in the (osisiakumete) “Ete” is Igarra means land or soil.
[4] As stated earlier, Ariwo Ovejijo and his migrants met very few people residing on the hills of Igarra.
Very little is known about these people except that they lived in caves and their life style was simple and unsophisticated compared to the Igarras.
The Aba Festival started as a celebration of victory by local hunters over the initial settlers of the land.
The festival which is 228 years old marks the climax of activities as it signals the end of a seven-year traditional administrative tenure and the beginning of a new one.