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“Like the Nri, the people of Enugu-Ukwu town were constantly exposed to Abam raids. Their response was to adopt the strategy of the fox and wage a cold war against the Abam by avoiding direct military confrontations with them. The strategy involved dropping poisoned food, water, and wine for the Abam in strategic routes and other places they often used to invade the town. This strategy terrified the Abam, who mysteriously died in large numbers before an invasion, and in consequence, they exclude the town from future military operations.”
-John N. Oriji, “Igboland, Slavery, and the Drums of War and Heroism” in Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies, edited by Sylviane A. Diouf
