Tse-Ikpato brukutu shop

Perhaps the most popular child ever of  Ikpato Adikpo Ademagba Ayisa was Nanevwua. As a police officer and later, the ADC to the first civilian governor of Benue State, Mr Aper Aku,  Nanev, who was christened John( actually, better known as  John Adikpo), was very popular. Although he might have had fame and wealth, but John Adikpo was not the first child of Ikpato. So many others  were older than him.

Ikpato Adikpo was selected by the Nanev elders and presented to the British colonial authorities for appointment as Tor of Nanev by the then highly respected Nanev elder, Adagi Kwaghgba of Mbakyan on 17th August 1928. Before Ikpato, the following people have been Nanev  chiefs. Adikpo Ademagba(1914 -1920), Awen(1920-1921) Jia (1921-1925), Nev (1925-28).

Colonial sources suggest that, though he was  young, Ikpato was tactful with the elders, unusually intelligent and carried out his work exceptionally well. As a chief, he married so many wives and had many children. Ayatse, Ioryue, Tarzoho, Tyohemba, Azenda, Anongo and of course Nanev ,were some of his children.

 Today,  there is at  Tse Ikpato, a large expanse of land where all the children of Ikpato are residing,   a Burukutu drinking shop. Every morning, wheel barrow pushers, Okada men, civil servants, drivers, students, pensioners, farmers, police men etc all gather to drink Burukutu. A calabash goes for as low as N20.

Adzenda, one of the children of Ikpato,   married two wives, Yandohor and Mbavihim. It was Yandohor who started the Burukutu shop. Although she is dead, her Burukutu shop lives on. Today, Happiness and Member are the  two women who take turn at the Burukutu shop.

You might consider coming to Tse Ikpato Adikpo Ademagba for fresh Burukutu