2 MAJOR DISPENSATIONAL SHIFTS OF IGODOMIGODO THE ANCIENT BENIN EMPIRE AND THE NEED TO INFLUENCE THE THIRD DISPENSATIONAL SHIFT THAT IS ALMOST UPON US. In view of the ongoing political reform in Nigeria, it is imperative we consider the different phases or dispensations of the ancient Benin Empire and why we must be on guard. The first chapter of the ancient Benin Empire was created by the _Ogiso Dynasty_ which had 31 kings who ruled Igodomigodo — that’s what Benin City was called before the Obas. It started with the reign of Ogiso Igodo around 900 AD. He is known as the founder of the Ogiso dynasty. He united the different Edo village clusters and established Igodomigodo as a kingdom, which ended with the last Ogiso, Owodo, whose reign lasted from around the 1100s–1180 AD. He was deposed and exiled by the chiefs. The ancient Benin Empire stayed for another 20 years without a king on the throne. Throughout this period there was chaos in the kingdom, which made many of the Edo tribes to migrate to different parts of the empire. The second chapter of the history of the ancient Benin Empire began when the same chiefs replaced the Ogiso Dynasty with the Oba. After Ogiso Owodo was removed, 20 years later the Edo chiefs invited Oranmiyan from Ife. He had a son with a Benin woman, but he later left because the Benin would never give up the throne to the Yoruba people. His son, Eweka I, became the first _Oba_ around 1200 AD. It was around this time that the Ika and Osanogogo People officially left the empire Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, following the 1897 British Punitive Expedition, was exiled by British colonial authorities and lived in Calabar until his death in 1914. So between 1897 to 1914 another wave of chaos occurred in the ancient Benin Empire that made so many of the tribes that make up the ancient Benin Empire scatter further across the empire. Today you see the symbol of the Ada and the Eben across several palaces in the South-South, South-West, South-East, and North-Central. This is clear evidence of Benin people who migrated across different regions as a result of unstable leadership in two different dispensations. So when anybody tells you that you did not migrate from Benin because somehow your culture and tradition was compromised, they can never be your friend because they doubt your history. Such people cannot respect you, and if they don't respect you, they cannot respect your leadership. All We're about to encounter another dispensational shift and a lot of things are going on that should concern us at this time. If you fail to defend the Ada and the Eben, then we have given them the privilege to destroy everything that is left of us. We're about to enter the third chapter which the Igbo Biafra are trying to provoke. Don't worry, I will elaborate further in my broadcast tomorrow, pointing out some sensitive issues and asking questions that will help you see the truth. - @george.onyibe