Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town?

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Enugu is not a pre-colonial town. It was established and developed in the early twentieth century by the British colonial administration following the discovery of coal deposits in the area in 1909. The town grew as a coal-mining centre and later became the capital of the Eastern Region of Nigeria under colonial rule. Its origin and growth are directly tied to colonial economic activity.

The other towns all existed before the arrival of European colonisers:

• Bida is an ancient town and the seat of the Nupe kingdom (the Etsu Nupe), with origins predating colonial contact.
• Ilorin was an important Yoruba town that became the capital of an emirate in the early 19th century under Fulani rule, well before British colonisation.
• Ibadan was founded around 1829 as a war camp by Yoruba warriors and grew into one of the largest cities in pre-colonial West Africa.