agboghai:

No Sir. If not for General Babaginda, the capital of Delta State would have been situated at Ughelli(an Urohbo town) since they are the majority. I am saying this without sentiment. I am from the Igbo speaking part though.

chijiblaze:


But Babangida is no longer in power after he had stepped aside since 1993. If IBB is the reason why Asaba is the capital of Delta State, why haven't Delta politicians of influence (or affluence) particularly of Urhobo extraction done the necessary to move the capital city to wherever they wish, an Urohbo town for example?

horsepower101:
Indigenously, I think it’s Urhobo, but Anioma land has seen the influx of igbos from all over igbo land come an join them over the years. This has boosted the population of Anioma igbos.

Asaba saw the biggest influx but other surrounding anioma towns and villages are also witnessing the influx of igbos from all over.

We need Anioma state which should have been created 30 years ago.

chijiblaze:


See and count for yourself!

fratermathy:


Totally wrong. One, you don't measure population by the number of local government areas. Two, Urhobos are established well in Warri South LGA as a majority and in Patani as a minority. Three, Isoko has two LGAs. If you count the LGAs where Urhobos can be found ONLY in Delta State, you have a total of 10! If you add Isoko, then you have 12!

Apart from the LGAs, Urhobos have been authenticated by both the national census and voting strength as the most populous ethnic group in the state.


@Op: Population alone doesn't determine influence. In terms of influence, Urhobos are not resolute enough to have ample influence. Urhobos lack unity and that is their greatest undoing. Fortunately, nobody can ignore the population of the Urhobos.

Most importantly, I don't see any good that can come out of this post.

Efewestern:


Combined with Isoko it's 10 LGA (excluding Urhobos in Warri South), besides when does having more LGAs translate to population? Urhobo LGAs are densely populated and highly urbanized, and the average Urhobo man is polygamous in Nature, reason for their population.

Osagyefo98:
Sometimes you will totally agree that most of these children on nairaland did pass an average waec level. Majority just bought phone, login to nairaland and boom chatting starts.


There are high degree of irrelevant questions that a sound mind should ignore or at least direct the person asking such to utilise facilities available to him in finding his answers.

We have population or should I say census data of each state and each local govt as at. 2006.

We have age long InEC data and voting strength of each region from 2007 to 2019 as it is been updated

Delta state on her own have classified data and public figures of thier own population and according to district.

Even the Internet and various journals and articles are here.

Instead of making use of data available to them, look at what they are doing and after they will. Blame buhari for looking for his waec certificate when their own can't be useful in their brain.

This forum is simply not a serious minded one.

jieta:
political voice where, the only tribe I think have a little political voice than urhobo is the anioma and that was during the last dispensation apart from that we have taken our rightful place and well place to become the next governor of delta state.

legitnow:


They talk like children.

Imagine a situation where Massacre never took place in Anioma, do u think they will have such a small population but massive land mass?

ovadozes:
Deltans are the majority in Delta...

OgaBuhari:
lol

chijiblaze:

Not really.
The Anioma-Igbo group has a total of nine 9⃣ local government areas. Whereas the Urhobo, even when combined with the Isoko only have eight 8⃣.
So it is clear which of them is the majority.

9jakool:


The Urhobo LGAs are more populated on average though. This is a run down of the last Nigerian census statistics by percentages:

Combined Predominant Urhobo LGAs: 38.2%
Aniocha: 31.5%
Isoko: 9.2%

It's important to know that this data includes non-indigenes of those regions as well. I also didn't include the Urhobo population of Warri South and other LGAs in the state. At least 40% of Delta state should be Urhobo which if combined with Isoko, the combined Urhobo-Isoko percentage should be close to half of the state's population.

Iriruaga100:



This map is not accurate... Urhobos are the majority owners of warri south, ijaws have some communities in warri south west while itsekiri's owns warri north..

fratermathy:


Totally wrong. One, you don't measure population by the number of local government areas. Two, Urhobos are established well in Warri South LGA as a majority and in Patani as a minority. Three, Isoko has two LGAs. If you count the LGAs where Urhobos can be found ONLY in Delta State, you have a total of 10! If you add Isoko, then you have 12!

Apart from the LGAs, Urhobos have been authenticated by both the national census and voting strength as the most populous ethnic group in the state.


@Op: Population alone doesn't determine influence. In terms of influence, Urhobos are not resolute enough to have ample influence. Urhobos lack unity and that is their greatest undoing. Fortunately, nobody can ignore the population of the Urhobos.

Most importantly, I don't see any good that can come out of this post.

Nowenuse:


Yes Urhobos are the majority in Delta state followed by Anioma. Infact, I think Urhobos & Isokos combined are like 50% of Delta state indigenously or slightly more. But I think if you use based on citizenship (indigenes + settlers) in Delta state, Igbo would be quite much due to the large number of South-eastern Igbos added to Aniomas.

My main question for you is on Warri south please. Apparently Warri south (the main Warri) is dominated by Itsekiris. I thought Urhobos were only found in Okere-Urhobo, Edjeba & Agbassa in Warri south, so how could they be the majority?

Nowenuse:


Are you sure Urhobos are the majority in Warri south? I thought they have only 3 wards in Warri south LGA? Which are Okere-Urhobo, Agbassa & Edjeba? Itsekiris should be the majority in Warri south from what I see.

Both Warri south-west and Warri north have Itsekiri & Ijaw communities side by side, but I think Itsekiris are the majority in both with like 65% of the population.

Efewestern:
Urhobo is the major ethnic group in Delta State, and also a major voice in the region. Anioma is the second largest, followed by either Isoko, itsekiri or Ijaw.

agboghai:

A very good morning to you my brother. It would be difficult for the capital to be moved to an Urohbo town now for two major reasons.
1. It would generate a serious crisis in the state. Politically, Socially and Economically, this would not be the best for the state.
2. Most importantly, the creation of the state and its capital was from a military decree. It would require another for it to be moved, and such is not the problem of the state to be clamoring for now.

doctore212:
I think Idomas make about 75%

richmind2019:

Name the highest position of an uhrobo man

chijiblaze:

Not really.
The Anioma-Igbo group has a total of nine 9⃣ local government areas. Whereas the Urhobo, even when combined with the Isoko only have eight 8⃣.
So it is clear which of them is the majority.

leofab:
dont mind him; A(Aniocha) N(Ndokwa) I(Ika) OMA(Good) (Good People of ....). They are Igbos

sexiestharam:
I read through this thread and I was so pissed! Firstly, why are people adding Isoko LGAs to the urhobo population? It is a very silly thing to do. The isokos are a completely different ethnic group. Fine, urhobo and Isoko share a lot of similarities in dressing, culture and language structure but they are different! Why don't people add Esan's 5 LGAs to Bini's LGAs when counting as well?

Secondly, Google is our friend. No need to argue. There are official statistics of our number in Delta state. Urhobo largest, Anioma second, Isoko third, Ijaw fourth and Itsekiri comes last. Forget about the noise our itsekiri brothers make. They are the least tribe in population numbers but the noisiest.

doctore212:
I think Idomas make about 75%

DonJossydirich:
When did Urhobo became the major ethnic group in Delta State. Anioma is a major factor in everything in Delta State...It's just that both the Urhobos,the Itsekiris,the Isokos and the Ijaws, always gang-up against the people of Anioma,in everything in Delta State.

sexiestharam:
I read through this thread and I was so pissed! Firstly, why are people adding Isoko LGAs to the urhobo population? It is a very silly thing to do. The isokos are a completely different ethnic group. Fine, urhobo and Isoko share a lot of similarities in dressing, culture and language structure but they are different! Why don't people add Esan's 5 LGAs to Bini's LGAs when counting as well?

Secondly, Google is our friend. No need to argue. There are official statistics of our number in Delta state. Urhobo largest, Anioma second, Isoko third, Ijaw fourth and Itsekiri comes last. Forget about the noise our itsekiri brothers make. They are the least tribe in population numbers but the noisiest.

kadiri3:
IN DELTA? U SMOKE WEED?

DonJossydirich:
When did Urhobo became the major ethnic group in Delta State. Anioma is a major factor in everything in Delta State...It's just that both the Urhobos,the Itsekiris,the Isokos and the Ijaws, always gang-up against the people of Anioma,in everything in Delta State.