In the olden days, there were no hooks or casting nets. When the natives wanted to catch fish, they made baskets and set traps at the river side. One man named Akon Obo, who was very poor, made baskets. In the night a big fish used to smell the palm-nuts and go into the trap and in the morning Akon Obo would go and take the fish out. He was very successful in his fishing and used to sell the fish in the market for plenty of money. He married a woman named Eyong, a native of Okuni, and had three children by her. He still continued his fishing.
The eldest son was called Odey, the second Yambi and the third Atuk. He gradually became wealthy and bought plenty of slaves. At last he joined the Egbo society and became one of the chiefs of the town. Even after he had become a chief, he and his sons still continued to fish. One day, when he was crossing the river in a small dug-out canoe, a tornado came very suddenly, and the canoe capsized, drowning the chief. They, therefore, called him the lucky fisherman.
