[2] His Royal Mayesty Makir Zakpe, the first Tor Tiv was born at Mbayar, Nyumagbagh of Mbaduku District in the present day Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State.

[3] Military Career Late Makir Zakpe was enlisted into the Royal West African Frontier Force(WAFF) army stationed at Calabar in 1918 and was posted to the third battalion of the Southern Nigeria Regiment.

He was part of the Nigerian forces that fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1946 [4] and was promoted to the rank of Battalion Sergeant Major (BSM) before retiring.

The Tiv people were divided into 3 factions and kept under the rulership of the Jukun minority at the North-East, Cross River state at the South-south and Lafia division at the North-West.

[6] This led to conflicts and riots and the pressure was on the governor of Nigeria, Sir Arthur Richards who permitted the Tiv people to chose their own king.

[7] There was a lot of politicking among the local chiefs and influential tiv sons of the time but in September 1946, the groups resolved to two contestants.

[10] In 1944, the governor of Nigeria, Sir Arthur Richard formally allowed the Tiv people to select a king.

[11] Chief Jato Aka of Turan and Ikyaagba Akpeye of Kunav were some of the first to receive the news and because of the respect accorded to them by the colonizers, they were almost the most suitable candidates except for the fact that they were very old men at the time.

The tiv chiefs then waited on Ikyaagba to speak since he was the most respected by the whites and was part of the initial agreement for the Gondo Aluor kingship.

To which Agbo Kpire answered; dzwa kaa kwagh mom ga (which translates, the mouth didn't say anything).