DitariDisciple2:
Mr man both Epie and Atissa are under all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations without leaving even one behind, and that's because they are Ijaw.
All Ibo lues because Ijaw refuse Biafra or niger Delta Republic end on Nairaland.
Go and remove them from all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong and force them into where u want.

DitariDisciple2:
The Ijaw Youth Council Chairman Epie clan, is same Ebi with me, and they named him in his Epie Ijaw dialect, and named me in my Kolokuma Ijaw dialect.
I'm Tari Ebi.
He is Ambozibe Ebi.

Mumu Ibo people.

Ekealterego:
THE PEOPLE, ANCESTRY, ORGANIZATION AND CIVILIZATION

Epie-Atissa people are the original inhabitants of 30 communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, with Yenebebeli Two as the newly recognised community.

The ancestral and migratory root of Epie-Atissa is traced to Akoko Edo Local Government Area in Edo State, from where groups moved to various places, untill Prince Zue, one of the sons of Oguan, the ancestor, founded Yenizue-Epie as the first place of settlement. A group of elites from Epie/Atissa, recently visited Akoko Edo and reaffirmed this claim.

Aside the Akoko Edo and Oguan origin, a few communities in Epie-Atissa, have their own migration narratives, few of which also finally tend to link the Edo origin, as first place of migration.

The language spoken by the people of Epie-Atissa ethnic nationality is known as Epie, under Delta-Edoid classification, and very similar to the language of Ukoroho group of people in Akoko Edo.

All of them are autonomous but contiguous communities, subject to the kingship of their Kingdoms. Thus, communities in Epie owe allegiance to the authority of the Obenibe of Epie Kingdom, while their brother communities in Atissa owe allegiance to the Ebenibe of Atissa Kingdom.

The people of Epie-Atissa, share common ancestral and migratory links with their brothers: Zarama in Yenagoa Local Government Area; Engenni and Degema of Rivers State, and by extension, Urhobo and Isoko, with similar origin, language and culture.

Subsistence farming, fishing, hunting, canoe carving, oil palm harvesting and processing of palm oil, inter-community and inter-ethnic trade in farm produce and food stuff and its other natural resources, served as means of livelihood.

They initially lived in bamboo-mud-thatch-roofed houses, changed to zinc-roofed-mud houses and later full-block-zinc-roofed houses before becoming Bayelsa State Capital. A business magnet, Late Chief Omeleh Tologere was the first to build block house, while Late Chief G. F. Omeleh, first owned a storey building.

Life was anchored on a communitarian philosophy of love and brotherhood, Ubuntu. Ancestral guiding spirits and ‘Inibru’ supplemented man-made laws, and slammed nemesis on offenders.

Writing Credit.
ETETE ENIDENEZE

Ekealterego:
GAINS OF RESTRUCTURING

The early contemporary leaders restructured Epie/Atissa into two clans, to get a colonial district for political and administative benefits, through a letter signed by Late Chief Korisei Torupina and other leaders in 1927.

Following the recognition as a district, a colonial customary court was set up at Onopa to stop the people from pulling canoes to litigate cases at Brass Island Province and Sagbagreai, where they lost cases because of wrong interpretation of Epie by Izons trained as interpreters.

A colonial sports council, was also set up in Yenagoa, the present location of the Samson Siasia Stadium.

Yenagoa turned into a Province Headquarters, hosted the Royal Niger Company, United African Company, and later Local Government headquarters.

Constituency and wards, were created, though still grossly inadequate, given population surge and under-representation in the legislatures of the three tiers of government.

Communities also provided their own ammenties, for example, earth roads, town halls, markets, schools and church buildings.

Notable among early government’s utilities are the old Oil Mill Road; the defunct Yenagoa Hospital, taken over by the FMC; Mbiama/Yenagoa Road, now Melford Okilo Road, facilitated by Late King E. P. Okoya of Bumoundi-Epetiama with Famgbe maternity, as then Secretary of Works (Minister) in the old Eastern Region; the defunct Oyoyo Market etcetera.

DitariDisciple2:


You Ibo liar.
Why don't u go nd force them to join Urhobo, Benin nd Isoko socia-cultural organizations.
Tell them to leave Ijaw ones, since Na u wan tell them their Ancestors.

Landlocked dot circle Biafra Republic.

DitariDisciple2:


I just saw a name Torupina as an Epie leader name.
You just wrote it.
Let me interpret it in my Kolokuma Ijaw dialect.
It means Bright Eye.

Ekealterego:


I am sorry, I am not the original writer.

The public relations guru for Epie-Atissa people, wrote the article. ETETE ENIDENEZE, Journalist, Public Relations/Advertising Professional

DitariDisciple2:
I saw a name Tologere. As another Epie leader.
In my Kolokuma dialect it's Tolokere.
Meaning clean is the name.

DitariDisciple2:


That's a lie.
U ibos wrote it.
We know.

DitariDisciple2:
Mr man both Epie and Atissa are under all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations without leaving even one behind, and that's because they are Ijaw.
All Ibo lies because Ijaw refuse Biafra or niger Delta Republic end on Nairaland.
Go and remove them from all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong and force them into where u want.

Dartilo:
So Yenagoa is not ijaw?

Igboid:
God bless Epie-Attisa people, God bless Oguan ethnic nationality, God bless Bayelsa, God bless NIGERIA.