Eze Nri Ìfikuánim
He controlled a number of settlements around Nri such as Enugu-ukwu, Nneofia, Enugu Agidi, Nimo, Nibo, Nisi and Agulu.He introduced new types of yam which he had brought from a neighboring village and made Nri men distribute them across the various settlements.In oral history, it was believed that Nri Ifikuanim had control over the elements, diseases, insect pests, trading activities and fertility across the region.[4] Ifikuanim had many children and the principal ones who stayed in Nri founded the present three maximal lineages of Agukwu.After the death of Nri Ifikuanim, chaos erupted in the kingdom that slowed the development of the settlement, Agukwu.