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MIGRATION HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF LEKLEBI CONTINUE..... Atawu who had become the leader of his father, considered it unwise and undignifying to escape the way it was planned. He also thought moving with the rest was a security threat to the entire group as the clan lived very close to the palace of Agorkoli. His clan did not move on the date. This was misunderstood by the other Ewe clans who followed the dictates of the plot. Leklebi again earned another name derogatory-nickname "Lovideafelagbeawo". Literary meaning, people who enthusiastically agree to plans only to turn back on it. It is significant however to emphasize that the clan which became Leklebi participated in all preparatory activities that led to the escape of the other Ewe groups. Oral tradition has it that on the night of thr escape by the Ewes, the people of Leklebi drummed and danced the whole night to distruct the attention of the guards who guarded the Notsie Township. This distruction was to make the escape unnoticed. Later, after the escape of the minority of clans, the famine in Notsie became even more severe and this gave an excuse to Atawu to seek official permission from the king to go and seek for greener pastures with his clans. He assured the king that they had no intention of moving too far away from the city and that they were still going to be handy for any military eventualities. The king believed him and granted his request. Because of that promise to the king they did not go far before they settled. Some other groups followed suit through the gate. The people of Leklebi, as a group, were not among the early groups to leave Notsie as explained earlier. Indeed, a good number of groups or clans under their various leaders had evolved ingenious schemes to escape from walled city of Notsie at the time plan was hatched. One thing that was clear was that the king never sent his forces after any escapee groups. Perhaps he got to know of the escapes rather too late or he no longer had the forces to pursue the escapees. In the midst of the various schemes by the various groups to escape from Notsie (some climbed trees or planks leaned on the wall and jumped over the wall, some skillfully managed to softened the wall, over a period and made holes through which they escaped etc) sub-chief Atawu boldly went to seek permission from the king to lead his people out of the walled city. His excuse was the famine and the resultant hunger and persistent deaths. It was said that Atawu was such a confident and dignified leader that the idea of escaping did not appeal to him and he was determined to confront the king, diplomatically though to attain freedom for his people. Another oral tradition has it that he was an important sub-chief under Agorkoli and a feared warlord for that matter. He refused all persuasions to follow the example of others and escape with his people and