Chapter 1

LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL, OBOT IDIM:

HOW IT ALL BEGAN: (HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE)
By PASTOR MIKE EFFIOK~ABASI, DOS

The story of Lutheran High School, Obot Idim Uyo started on December 10, 1930 , when the congregation of the sixteen villages in Ibesikpo namely: Nung Udoe, Nung Ukana, Ikot Essien, Ikot Ekwere, Ikot Iko Ikot Akpan Abia, Ikot Oduot, Ikot Oku Ubo, Ikot Obio Offong, Mbikpong Ikot Edim, Ebere Otu, Afaha Ibesikpo, Afaha Ikot Osom, Mbierebe Obio, Ito Oko and Ikot Okubo all in Ibesikpo Asutan L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, left the Qua Iboe Mission in protest after many years of unsatisfactory relationship. Under the leadership of Chief Nyong Etim Udo, the people formed what was known as Ibesikpo United Church.