Illo

Illo was one of the Northern Borgu Kingdoms, small but wealthy, and it fought a number of wars with its neighbors in the nineteenth century including the Samba War and conflicts with Gwandu of the Sokoto Caliphate.Adekunle, Julius. (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=KkYp1Q0hYoIC&dq=illo+nigeria&pg=PA134 Politics and Society in Nigeria's Middlebelt: Borgu and the Emergence of a Political Identity]. Africa World Press, pp. 131-134. {{ISBN|1592210961}}

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In 1896 the French occupied Illo in response to the occupation of other towns in Borgu by the soldiers of the British West African Frontier Force. Both countries were vying for control of trade on the Niger River, but ultimately Illo fell into the British zone following the Anglo-French Delineation Agreement.

Later the British Government divided Nigeria into Northern and Southern Protectorates and Illo became part of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate. British posts were established along the Niger River and at Jebba, Zungeru, Lokoja and Illo, and a mail route was established between them for communication with Britain."Northern Nigeria: The Illo Canceller and Borgu Mail" by Ray Harris in Cameo, Vol. 14, No. 3, Whole No. 90, October 2013, pp. 158-160.

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Category:Populated places in Kebbi State

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