Ughoton is a town in Nigeria’s Edo State. According to Benin oral tradition, the town was reportedly founded as ‘Iguekaladerhan’ (the land of Ekaladerhan) by Ekaladerhan, the son of Owodo, the last Benin ogiso (monarch). At the time of Owodo’s exile for misadministration, Ekaladerhan had fled Owodo, who wanted to sacrifice him to the gods. Reports of Ekaladerhan’s location reached Owodo after he was spotted by hunters, and he send soldiers to capture him. When the arrived, Ekaladerhan was gone, and the soldiers and hunters remained where they were, forming the town of rather than returning to face Owodo’s wrath.
In the fifteenth century, Ughoton began to function as a port city for nearby Benin City, first hosting the Portuguese, and later the English and Dutch traders. The famous Venetian explorer Giovanni Belzoni, known for his success in searching for Egyptian antiquities and selling them to the British Museum, died here in 1824 of dysentery during an expedition.

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