 Fin shi hwab,  entries to ar kitabu al pretukot se  ālā lā jidam gron .  Ži ʸi ʸat ʸu ʰakot ar jidam shi ʸi ʸi ʷi ʸu ʸu ʸu ʰakot ar ʸi ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu ʸu  lordre tan stan lìu zàkòd, fèste vaykànthà xàkòd, dan the Secretary of State for the Colonies and a very good friend of Lord Lugard with whom the 1914 Amargamation was perfected against the advice of some in the colonial service and some educated natives like Shapara Williams. Its main purpose, and I repeat, its main purpose, the main purpose of founding Pothaqsqu was to a spot the coal that was discovered in Enugung by geologists about Ernest Kiston in 1909. You see the infrastructure that we are providing in those days was essentially to get resources out here. The colonial government took over the land of the people of Diobu and construction of the port town began in the same year. Over time, other nearby villages like Orowo Ruko, Orome Ruk Zinbu, Ngpogo and Rumo Masi were absorbed into the city. The creeks to the south of the original port were inhabited by the fishing camps and grounds of the Wakirike Ijogru. During the First World War, Port Akwat was used as a base for military operations against the central powers in German Kamerun. Then in 1956, crude oil was discovered in Oloy Berry and Port Akwat exported the first shipment from Nigeria in 1958. That's when the city became the oil capital of Nigeria. The growth of Port Akwat was also due to its position as a commercial engine room and foremost industrial city of the former eastern region. Its location in the Niger Delta and its significance as the center of social and economic life in the river state. After the Republic of Biafra seceded from Nigeria in this system Port Akwat fell to Nigerian forces on 19 May 1968. The city expanded dramatically from 15.54 km radius in 1914 to 360 km radius in 1980. I am Bola Oba.