The kingdom was mourning the passing of the King and one of the most influential Chiefs and brother of the late king, Nwosu Odumegwu (Eze Odumegwu), was asked to be the Warrant chief of Nnewi by the British Colonial Administration led by Major Moorehouse; he refused.
Led by Nsoedo who bore before him the charmed gourd, the Enems marched to the obi of Eze Ifekaibeya .
This was the time when Nsoedo invoked, it is said, through the charmed gourd the gods of Umu Enem and, through their aid, presumably, the Otolo troops broke through.
The Ubarus were annihilated though among the losses suffered by the Otolos was the death of Obi Mmaduabum, a relative of Dala Oliaku.
To mark the glorious end of this war, a big rattle was prepared and left at the Eze Ifekaibeya’s obi then opened.