Yarjejeniyar Epe

Yarjejeniyar Epe yarjejeniya ce tsakanin Burtaniya (wanda Benjamin Campbell,Consul a Legas da Thomas Miller Kwamandan HMS Crane ya wakilta) da Kosoko a ranar 28 ga Satumba 1854.

Fage

A ranar 26 ga Disamba 1851,a wani abin da a yanzu ake kira Bombardment of Lagos ko Reduction of Lagos Biritaniya ta shiga cikin siyasar Legas ta hanyar aiwatar da hukuncin sojan ruwa a kan Kosoko,lokacin Oba na Legas,ta kore shi,tare da dora Oba Akitoye wanda ya yi alkawarin rungumar sokewar.A ranar 1 ga Janairun 1852 Akitoye ya rattaba hannu kan yerjejeniya tsakanin Burtaniya da Legas na kawar da cinikin bayi.

Kosoko ya gudu zuwa Epe ya gina sansani mai zaman kansa tare da mayaka kusan 400 tare da kai hare-hare da yawa a Legas;daya a ranar 5 ga watan Agustan 1853 da wani a ranar 11 ga watan Agustan 1853 wanda ya zo kusa da fadar Oba cikin hadari amma ya ki amincewa a daidai lokacin da wata gobara ta tashi daga sojojin ruwa na Burtaniya karkashin kwamandan Phillips na HMS Polyphemus.

Bayan tattaunawa mai yawa,Kosoko ya sanya hannu kan yerjejeniyar Epe a ranar 28 ga Satumba 1854 tare da Consul Benjamin Campbell,inda ya amince da kada ya yi wani iƙirari ga Legas ko kuma ya kawo barazana ga kasuwanci a LegasYarjejeniyar ta kasance nasara ta dabara ga Kosoko wanda ya sa Birtaniya ta amince da jiharsa a Epe.A babban hoto,sarautar Legas ta kasance ba ta isa ba tare da kafuwar zuriyar Akitoye da Dosunmu.

Rubutun yarjejeniya

An rubuta rubutun yarjejeniyar a ƙasa:

Yarjejeniyar da aka kulla a wannan rana ta 28 ga Satumbar 1854 tsakanin Kosoko da Sarakunansa da Hakimai da Hakimai,da Benjamin Campbell ya nemi jakadan Birtaniyya na Bight of Benin,da Thomas Miller Esquire Kwamandan HMS Sloop “Crane” Babban Jami’in Bights na Benin da Biafra.
1st. Kosoko Sarakunansa da Sarakunansa sun yi alkawarin ba za su yi wani yunƙuri na maido da birnin Legas ta hanyar barazana,tashin hankali ko daba

Na biyu. Kosoko ya Caboceers da Chiefs da'awar Palma,a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci,da Benjamin Campbell Esquire Her Brittanic Majesty's Consul,da Thomas Miller Esquire Kwamandan da Babban Hafsan Sojan Ruwa a Bights,sun tsunduma don gane Palma,a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa na Kosoko da Caboceers da kuma.Shugabanni, don duk dalilai na halaltaccen ciniki. 3r. Kosoko Sarakunansa da Sarakunansa sun yi alkawarin yin watsi da cinikin bayi,wato fitar da bayi daga Afirka,haka nan ba za su kyale duk wani mai cinikin bayi ya zauna a tashar jiragen ruwa ko wani wurin da ke karkashin ikonsu da tasirinsa ba.

 4th.Kosoko Sarakunansa da Sarakunansa sun daure kansu don ba da kowace kariya da taimako ga irin wadannan 'yan kasuwa da 'yan kasuwa da ke son zama a cikin su don ci gaba da kasuwanci na halal - da kuma taimakawa karamin jakadan Burtaniya don sake bude kasuwanni a gabar tekun Jaboo.Agienu,Ecorodu, da Aboyee,da kuma tabbatar da tsaro da tsaro a kasuwannin.

 5th.Za a ba da haraji a tashar jiragen ruwa na Palma,harajin fitarwa na kanwar shanu guda ɗaya ga kowane Puncheon na Man dabino na matsakaicin girman galan ɗari da ashirin da igiyoyin saniya guda biyu a kowace lb. domin amfanin Kosoko.

 6 ta. Benjamin Campbell Esquire Jakadanta na Brittanic ya yi aiki a madadin Gwamnatin Mai Martaba cewa saboda cikar wannan alkawari na Kosoko da Sarakunansa da Sarakunansa,Gwamnatin Mai Martaba za ta biya Kosoko alawus na shekara-shekara don rayuwarsa Kawuna dubu biyu na shanu ko dala dubu a zabinsa.

 7th. Wannan alkawari zai kasance mai cikakken ƙarfi da tasiri tun daga yau har zuwa lokacin da Gwamnatin Mai Martaba ta Biritaniya ta soke.

 7th. Wannan alkawari zai kasance mai cikakken ƙarfi da tasiri tun daga yau har zuwa lokacin da Gwamnatin Mai Martaba ta Biritaniya ta soke.

 Shiga Lagoon a Appe wannan ranar 28 ga Satumba 1854 Kosoko X Oloosema X Oloto X Pelleu X Agenia X Bosoopo Agagoo X Obatchi X Whydobah X Bagaloo Apsee Oleesau X Etti X Lomosa X Otcheodee X
 . Campbell. To. Miller (Kwamandan HMS 'Crane' da Babban Jami'in Fafutukar Benin da Biafra)
A gaban Herbert L. Ryves, Lieut. Kwamandan 'Minx' WP Braund, Jagora HMS 'Crane' Francis Wm. Davis, Mataimakin Likita, 'Minx' Geo. Bat. Scala, dan kasuwan Legas WR Hansen, dan kasuwan Legas Jose Pedro da Cousta Roy, dan kasuwan Legas SB Williams, dan kasuwan Legas kuma mai fassara