Several years, i studied in Igala land. Kogi state university, Anyigba, Nigeria. I heard the story of Princess Inikpi who made a great sacrifice for the Igala kingdom. She was a child after her father's heart.
Statue of Princess Inikpi at Ega Market in Idah, Kogi State, close to River Niger where she was burried alive.
According to the story, there was a war between the Bini kingdom and the Igala kingdom and during this war, the Bini's poisoned the water and took over the farmland of the Igala's. It was obvious that the igala's weren't going to have food or water anymore.
Unlike these days, when certain things are been condoned because if politics, the Attah consulted the gods of the land and he was told that he had to sacrifice his most beloved daughter for the enemies to be defeated and for the land to be saved from the enemies who seemed victorious already.
This made the king very unhappy and he was in tears for days and could neither eat nor break the news to his beloved daughter.
Princess Inikpi noticed the change in her father and sought to know why he had changed and what the cause of his sadness was. After several days, gabaidu (the Attah of Igala kingdom, Ayegba Oma Idoko) had to tell his daughter what he was told by the oracle.
Inikpi went to the bank of River Niger where the market (ega market) is sited and there, she was buried alive. That is the river that separates Agenebode in Edo North and Idah in Kogi State.
On a lighter note, i hail from Edo State and My husband is from the Igala Kingdom in Kogi State. I am therefore narrating what probably happened between my people and his.
After Inikpi was buried alive, when the Bini warriors were coming towards the Igala Kingdom, they saw the town was ablaze. The blood of the great self sacrificing Princess Inikpi had made it so and the enemies went back, thinking the town was actually burning.
My husband 
On our next visit to Idah, we will visit few other historical sites and let you know about another princess who was sacrificed but she is not as famous as Inikpi.
People name their beloved daughters Inikpi, after the great Princess and there is a female hostel in Kogi State University, named Inikpi Hostel
My heart bled when i saw the beautiful statue of the beloved Princess Inikpi but i had to tell myself that i was on a special tour with the family and i wouldn't spoil our day with my tears because it's so easy for this woman (
One of my loved ones whom i've lost, is my beloved father-in-law who always droped me and my husband by the bank of the same river (River Niger) to go accross to Agenebode while we were preparing for our wedding and after then, before he left us to the world beyond. He wold also wait to pick us when we are on our way back. May his soul rest in peace!