page_title: Illo
section_title: Colonial era
hierarchical_section_title: Illo / Colonial era
caption_attribution_description: English: 1905 Borgu 1d local stamp with stamps of Northern Nigeria used on piece via Zungeru.
context_page_description: Illo is a town in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
context_section_description: In 1896 the French occupied Illo in response to the occupation of other towns in Borgu by the soldiers of the British West African Frontier Force. Both countries were vying for control of trade on the Niger River, but ultimately Illo fell into the British zone following the Anglo-French Delineation Agreement.
  Later the British Government divided Nigeria into Northern and Southern Protectorates and Illo became part of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate. British posts were established along the Niger River and at Jebba, Zungeru, Lokoja and Illo, and a mail route was established between them for communication with Britain.
caption: British colonial stamps for the Northern Nigeria Protectorate used from Illo.
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