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His Break Came In 1888 A.D When King Adolor passed to beyond without bestowing prince Idugbowa with the Edaiken title, a coronation that confirms the heir apparent and erase all doubts as to who will be the next king. Agho realizing the intrigues that the high ranking chiefs in iwebo and iwegua were planning against the prince Idugbowa, he did not waste time and urged his friend to move straight to the palace to claim his right.
It is rumored King Ovonramwen was never made Edaiken, but fulfilled that right only after the coronation. After King Ovonramwen was crowned, he rewarded Agho with a chieftaincy title. Also King Ovonramwen did not trust the Iwegua Chiefs, Those directly in charge of his quarter because of the role they played in his coronation. Not to leave any stone un-turn he created the title Obaseki and bestowed it on Agho and made number three ranking chiefs in the Iwegua house. Ordinarily, Chief Obaseki would have belonged to Ibiwe the palace association his father Chief Ogbeide headed.
The 1897 Benin massacre was another dark period for the Edo nation. After the 1897 Benin massacre, King Ovonramwen was exiled to calabar and this partially broke the friendship between Chief Obaseki and his childhood friend. The role King Ovonramwen made Chief Obaseki played during the aftermath of the massacre, as a go between him and the British conquerors, especially during the bitter trial, placed Chief Obaseki in a precarious position. Also, after king Ovonramwen was exiled to calabar, the subsequent elevation of Chief Obaseki to the position he control of Edo Government by the British during the inter-regnum, made the Edos very suspicious of Chief Obaseki
Chief Obaseki realizing the banishment of his childhood friend into exile was for real, he ordered his second son to follow king Ovonmramwen to calabar to serve him in his place. Chief Obaseki sencond son never returned from calaber to benin until January 1914, when King Ovonramwen was called to beyond. Rewarding Chief Obaseki for his unwavering loyalty and support, King Ovonramwen in 1908 betrothed his last daughter, Princess Orimwinamen to him. King Ovonramwen probably did this to quiet the various allegations that were brewing in Edo, that chief Obaseki wanted to be King, which king Ovonramwen did not buy into.
Although king ovonramwen was exiled in Calabar, Communication between the two friends remained intact, a fact not known to many Edo people.
When King Ovonramwen passes to beyond in january 1914. King Eweka II was crowned, but not without controversy. The British in attempt to cause confusion between the heir apparent and chief Obaseki, insisted that Chief Obaseki continued to be in charge, which Chief Obaseki refused sighting primogeniture law of Edo land.
Later during king Eweka’s reign, he rewarded Chief Obaseki for his relentless service to the Edo people, and bestowed the Iyase title on him. Therefore, Agho became famous for having held two titles, Obaseki of Benin and Iyase of Benin (the Prime Minister of Edo nation). As a further reward for his dedication to Edo and to silence Chief Obaseki critics. King Eweka betrothed princess Ebose (King’s daughter) to him in 1918. However, Chief Obaseki died in septemeber 9, 1920