According to Pa Aikpitanyi, Benin City is the place where the ancestral altars of all the departed ancestors of Benin Kingdom are situated. The relationship between Edo and Udo became more popular as a result of the rivalry between Ọba Ẹsigie and Aruanran. They were born on the same day, but Aruanran, who was the first, did not scream, as a newborn would do, hence his birth was not announced to the king, Ọba Ọzolua. Later that same day, Ẹsigie was born, and he cried immediately. Pa Aikpitanyi says that Esigie’s birth was announced, so Ọba Ọzolua sent emissaries with ritual items to perform the expected rituals. Ẹsigie was therefore declared the eldest, but after his birth was announced word reached the monarch that his wife had a child earlier, but the baby did not cry until the late hours of the day. When they grew up, Ọba Ọzolua decided that the rift between them could be settled by making Aruanran the equivalent of a duke or viceroy of Udo. During the ceremony to bid Aruanran farewell before he left for Udo, he had to pay homage to the Edion-Ẹdo and other important shrines around the city. Pa Aikpitanyi says that his father, Ọzolua, admonished him not to use his Ẹben to touch the ground when paying homage, but Aruanran was carried away by the hysteria of the moment and forgot the instruction. So, Esigie came to him at every stop to throw his Ẹben high and touch the ground with its tip. When this was done, Ẹsigie would murmur ‘Ẹdo re a gha ga re’, meaning ‘may all come to the service of Benin City’, until Aruanran heard what his brother was murmuring and got infuriated. He said the Ọba of Benin always receives the service of all citizens as his retainer. Pa Aikpitanyi states that no matter the achievement of a Benin man or woman, it would be deployed in the service of the Ọba and Benin Kingdom.