Elijah Akpan Okon

A Mini Elijah Akpan Okon na 1913. Ọ bụ nke dị iche iche nke nwere ahịrị ndị isi na ndị isi na Ikot Mbon Ikono, Uyo, na steeti Akwa Ibom nke Nigeria ugbu a.  Nna ya, Chief Nsentip Ekown, onye bụ onye ụdị ama ama nke Ikono na ndị na-ahụ anya, sere ya Ukpong Nsentip Ekown.

Mgbe ọ tolitere akwụkwọ, ọ nweghị ụlọ akwụkwọ dị na ngalaba Uyo dum, ọ na-esikwara ike iguzobe nke ọ mgbasa, n'ihi mmegide siri ike sitere n'aka ndị Ibibio, na Uyo na gburugburu.  Tupu amuo ya, nna ya, Chief Nsentip Ekown abanyela aka n'ịgụ na British Consul - Sir Robert Brooks nke hiwere Uyo dị ka ọzụzụ nke British Colonial Administrative Station.  Chief Nsentip Ekown bụ onye kacha elu n'etiti ndị ya.  E wee kwado ya, kwanyere ugwu, jiri utu aha a wee kpube ya okpueze dị ka onye na-achị Warrant Paramount mbụ nke mpaghara ahụ site na onye isi anya Eze Edward VII na 1902. Chief Nsentip Ekown, ya na Chief Udo-Ekong  Umana Ekam nke Abak, duru ndi Briten guzobe ulo akwukwo ochichi na Abak.  Aha onye na-achị akwụkwọ ikike, Chief Nsentip Ekown Ada ọrụ LED site n'inyere ndị Briten aka imeri Essien Inyang Ide nke Abak nke e hiwere ngalaba ala ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ.  Ọ ga-abụ ihe na-adịghị ize ndụ maka onye ọ elva eji eji aha Nsentip ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ;  N'ihi ya, Ukpong Nsentip Ekown ga-ewere aha Elijah Akpan Okon iji akwụkwọ n'ibu akwụkwọ Abak.  Nke a bụkwa oge, nke ndị ozi ala ọzọ mbụ na ndị nkuzi colonial na Nigeria ụmụaka, ma kpọ ụmụ akwụkwọ Nigeria aha na Akwụkwọ Nsọ na aha Europe na-akpata ndị Africa.