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A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:39am On Apr 23, 2020
Etsako land(also called Afemai) is the third largest ethnic group in Edo state with a population of about 600,000 which accounts for roughly 15% of Edo's population-behind Bini and Esan. It's located in the Northern senatorial district of the state and speaks a dialect somehow related to other Edo dialects.
Auchi town is the traditional capital of the Etsako people and the entire Edo north,and it's the second largest City in Edo state after Benin which is by far the largest. Etsako land is home to a federal polytechnic at Auchi, The Nigeria Army school of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering also at Auchi and the recently established Edo University at Iyamho and a host of others..... The people are warm and embracing with different colourful festivals and their main occupation is farming and trading.
Auchi is the economic and commercial nerve center,while other important towns include: Agenebode,Fugar,Okpella ....etc. Etsako's population is roughly equally divided between Muslims and Christians-about 50% Muslim and 49% Christian and a pocket of Traditional religious worshippers. Popular personalities of Etsako origin includes: Adams Oshiomhole(APC National Chairman and Immediate past Governor of Edo State),Dele Giwa(Popular assassinated journalist),Raymond Dokpesi(owner of AIT),John Momoh(owner of Channels TV),Tony Momoh(former national chairman of the defunct CPC),Senator Albert Legogie(former deputy senate president),Mike Akhigbe(Former Vice President), Mike Oghiadomhe(former deputy governor and chief of staff to former president GEJ),present deputy governor of Edo State(Philip Shuaibu) and a host of others..... Visit Etsako(the land of the Kukuruku hills) today! And you sure will be glad you did.

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:44am On Apr 23, 2020
Kukuruku hills

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:45am On Apr 23, 2020
Auchi Town

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:46am On Apr 23, 2020
Traditional attire

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by X0012(m): 9:47am On Apr 23, 2020
Great!
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:47am On Apr 23, 2020
Township

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:48am On Apr 23, 2020
Home sweet home!

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:50am On Apr 23, 2020
Groundnut soup - Omi asaghue .... Native to the Etsako People

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:52am On Apr 23, 2020
Nature's beauty .... Somewhere in Etsako Central

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:53am On Apr 23, 2020
Old Auchi township

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:54am On Apr 23, 2020
Jattu- Agenebode Road

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 9:55am On Apr 23, 2020
Masquerade

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by pyyxxaro: 10:23am On Apr 23, 2020
Chemist009:
Masquerade



This masquerade , naa our own oh , make u a nor claim am oh grin angry

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Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 10:41am On Apr 23, 2020
Who be the 'our'?
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by gregyboy(m): 3:14pm On Apr 23, 2020
Chemist009:
Etsako land(also called Afemai) is the third largest ethnic group in Edo state with a population of about 600,000 which accounts for roughly 15% of Edo's population-behind Bini and Esan. It's located in the Northern senatorial district of the state and speaks a dialect somehow related to other Edo dialects.
Auchi town is the traditional capital of the Etsako people and the entire Edo north,and it's the second largest City in Edo state after Benin which is by far the largest. Etsako land is home to a federal polytechnic at Auchi, The Nigeria Army school of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering also at Auchi and the recently established Edo University at Iyamho and a host of others..... The people are warm and embracing with different colourful festivals and their main occupation is farming and trading.
Auchi is the economic and commercial nerve center,while other important towns include: Agenebode,Fugar,Okpella ....etc. Etsako's population is roughly equally divided between Muslims and Christians-about 50% Muslim and 49% Christian and a pocket of Traditional religious worshippers. Popular personalities of Etsako origin includes: Adams Oshiomhole(APC National Chairman and Immediate past Governor of Edo State),Dele Giwa(Popular assassinated journalist),Raymond Dokpesi(owner of AIT),John Momoh(owner of Channels TV),Tony Momoh(former national chairman of the defunct CPC),Senator Albert Legogie(former deputy senate president),Mike Akhigbe(Former Vice President), Mike Oghiadomhe(former deputy governor and chief of staff to former president GEJ),present deputy governor of Edo State(Philip Shuaibu) and a host of others..... Visit Etsako(the land of the Kukuruku hills) today! And you sure will be glad you did.

Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by darfay: 2:17pm On Apr 26, 2020
Chemist009:
Auchi Town


I hear they speak hausa as lingua franca in Auchi
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Nobody: 3:59pm On Apr 26, 2020
Chemist009:
Who be the 'our'?
That masquerade are the special egbabonelmen dances native to only the Esan people....oga commot hand
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Nobody: 4:01pm On Apr 26, 2020
Chemist009:
Masquerade
This one is not part of Auchi culture
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 4:44pm On Apr 27, 2020
darfay:



I hear they speak hausa as lingua franca in Auchi
Not at all, just that majority of the indigenes are Muslims. The native language spoken is the Etsako language
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 4:47pm On Apr 27, 2020
Chidorx60:

This one is not part of Auchi culture
Quite unfortunate that most people, even Edo people do not know the difference between Etsako and Auchi. Auchi is the capital of Etsako, not the name of the ethnic group. Not part of Etsako Culture? Go and do research
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Nobody: 8:35am On Apr 28, 2020
Chemist009:

Quite unfortunate that most people, even Edo people do not know the difference between Etsako and Auchi. Auchi is the capital of Etsako, not the name of the ethnic group. Not part of Etsako Culture? Go and do research
What u wrote here doesn't in anyway relate to the comment I made... whether Auchi is the capital of Estako or Estako the capital of Auchi is not my business sir....all I'm saying is that thoes masquerade u posted with bright red attire are 100%Esan culture and should be removed from this post
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 10:11am On May 01, 2020
Go and do research
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by AreaFada2: 7:04am On May 02, 2020
Very nice.
Re: A Brief Walk Into The Land Of The Kukuruku Hills - The Etsako People Of Edo by Chemist009(m): 3:07pm On May 18, 2020
AreaFada2:
Very nice.
Yeah... Thanks

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