Ogbebo

Ogbebo was the thirty-second Oba ('king') of the Kingdom of Benin who briefly ruled during a succession dispute around 1816. He was a son of ObaObanosa and contested the throne with his brother Eredia-Uwa, later ObaOsemwede. Ogbebo initially drove Eredia-Uwa into exile in Ishan. After ruling for approximately eight months, Ogbebo was defeated by Eredia-Uwa's supporters. Tradition states that he then destroyed palace treasures, burned part of the royal palace, and hanged himself. Accounts of his brief rule concern the civil war, damage to the palace and Benin court art, and political instability following Obanosa's death.