Since the Ogiso era ended several hundred years before the first recorded visit of the Portuguese to Benin (Ruy de Sequera in 1472), and there is no specific Oba of Benin called King Ogiso, additional clarification may be needed. If you recall, Oronsaye did claim that the Enogie of Uromi was of early Ogiso vintage. But the portuguese connection in Chief Enahoro’s account creates a 600-700 year gap from that time until Ijesan became of age as an Enogie. Did Uromi exist long before then – as Chief Oronsaye claims, and Egharevba indirectly concurs? Has the dimming of specific memory of ancient individual Ogisos led to a generic “King Ogiso” to describe the period? Or was there an unknown portuguese connection to Ogiso Benin which has not been so far recorded? Or is the reference to a “King Ogiso” a basic compounding of ancient memory? When you shared your recollection with us last week, your placement of the events to the time of Ozolua (who preceded Esigie) more closely matches the period of known (i.e. written) active early engagement with the Portuguese.