Omoluabi1stborn:

Opobo, - 214,700
Bonny, - 302,000
Port Harcourt (South)
, Asari-Toru - 308, 600
, Degema, - 350,000
Akuku-Toru - 308,800
Abua-Odual - 396,800
, Okirika, - 312, 300
Andoni, - 306,200
Ogu-Bolo - 105, 800

Total = 2,605,200
Bayelsa population = 2,278,000

Total = 4,883,000

NB I didn't add I jaws in Port hacourt, cos it will be difficult to ascertain

Captain8:
thank you my brother..... am also from delta state.... Ijaws hold 35% as population in delta..... we are the largest ethnicity in delta....

also remember Ijaws are in akwa ibom.... recent nddc protest akwa ibom Ijaws also blocked uyo...

iamuyiekpen:
Ijaws are strangers in Edo and have never been considered as natives and will never be considered as one. This whole Ijaw population is a lie from the pit of hell.

Omoluabi1stborn:

Opobo, - 214,700
Bonny, - 302,000
Port Harcourt (South)
, Asari-Toru - 308, 600
, Degema, - 350,000
Akuku-Toru - 308,800
Abua-Odual - 396,800
, Okirika, - 312, 300
Andoni, - 306,200
Ogu-Bolo - 105, 800

Total = 2,605,200
Bayelsa population = 2,278,000

Total = 4,883,000

NB I didn't add I jaws in Port hacourt, cos it will be difficult to ascertain

Cc:
Amarabae

Ebitimi44:
Nigerian statistics is obviously questionable but I don't think there is any challenge to the Ijaws on the position as the third largest Ethnicity in Southern Nigeria.

Many people cite not seeing much of Ijaw presence in other cities as a means of arguing that Ijaws are less populated, this assertion however is a complete fallacy as Ijaw is undeniably populous.

I will be backing up my claims with facts and common sense. You will not see Ijaws in major cities becuase of the traditional occupation of the Ijaws which is fishing and in places where we abound it is usually a cluster.

Ijaws are more likely to to be found in coastal areas and as such the Niger Delta interior had always been our native land.

Fact One: Bayelsa state is a predominately Ijaw State is over 2.5 Million while 2006 census puts it at 1.7 million I hope you know that despite the inaccuracy of Nigerian census we also grow.

2. Ijaws constitute the coastal areas of Rivers state which constitutes about 39% of Rivers putting Rivers state at approximately 6 million today that puts Ijaws in Rivers at over 2 million.

3. The Ijaws in Delta State: the population of Delta state shall be running at about another 6 million, let's say the Ijaws Chuns out another 2 million people over there.

This 3 states alone could arguably put Ijaws at about 6.5 million in just 3 states, tell me another tribe in Nigeria apart from Igbo, Hausa, Fulani and Yoruba coming anywhere close to the above verifiable data.

Then add the Ijaws in Edo State, with Ondo, with Lagos, there is no verifiable data in these Areas as these states especially Lagos and Ondo are trying too hard to Yorubanize the Ijaws in these areas.

Should a realistic census be conducted in Nigeria indicating tribes the Ijaws could be well over 17 million.

Why do you think the Ijaws inflate our population, when last did we hold crucial role in the census bureau, Goodluck Jonathan was not the president at 2006 when the last census was held rather it was the Ijaw hating Obasanjo so how could we have manipulated our data, be that as it may, there is also no proof of everyone else's actual population so Ijaws knows exactly how our population is distributed.

Captain8:
how? explain why?

SonofLothbrok:


3rd largest what?

Ijaws are not more than 2 million people.
Ijaws are not even the largest ethnic groups in those state you mentioned.
Ijaws can only be found in bayelsa state and just a small number of them in few states.

Captain8:
Ijaws own 5LGAs in delta...Urohbo Isoko own 7LGAs. oya tell me me which tribe is the largest in delta state?

Ijaws own 12LGAs in rivers state.....ikwere own 6LGAs in rivers state.... oya tell me the largest tribe in rivers state? dont run o

Omoluabi1stborn:

Opobo, - 214,700
Bonny, - 302,000
Port Harcourt (South)
, Asari-Toru - 308, 600
, Degema, - 350,000
Akuku-Toru - 308,800
Abua-Odual - 396,800
, Okirika, - 312, 300
Andoni, - 306,200
Ogu-Bolo - 105, 800

Total = 2,605,200
Bayelsa population = 2,278,000

Total = 4,883,000

NB I didn't add I jaws in Port hacourt, cos it will be difficult to ascertain

Jerryherd:



Tribe means a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader.

Ethnicity means the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition


Ijaw people (also known by the subgroups "Ijo" or "Izon" are people in Niger Delta in Nigeria, inhabiting regions of the states of Bayelsa (their original Homeland), Delta, Edo, Ondo, and Rivers state. Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as Sierra Leone and as far east as Gabon. Population figures for the Ijaws vary greatly,15 million .They have long lived in locations near many sea trade routes, and they were well connected to other areas by trade as early as the 15th century.

heniford2:
i spit out we can never be useless ijaw know this and have peace stop putting us with useless tribe we are Delta igbos we know nothing of ijaw in our blood

urbobo20:
Please name the local government area where the Ijaws are indigenous in Lagos State in ondo state , the ijaw's are found in only ese odo local government y

Omoluabi1stborn:


Challenge accepted.

I jaws in Ondo and Edo are not more than 500k combined.

I jaws in bayelsa are not more than 3M

Now that 3.5M

Can you list the local government dominated by ijaws in both Rivers and Delta?

Let's check the population

Captain8:
are you far from google? why asking lamb question?

Ariani:
Ijaw is the 7th ethnic group in Nigeria by population.

4th is Tiv, 5th is Ibibio, Kanuri is 6th.
CIA fact book supports this and pre Nigerian independence ethnic census in Nigeria agrees too.
If we separate Hausa from Fulani, then Ijaw becomes pushed back to 8th in the ranking.

https://www.nairaland.com/5494870/tiv-ibibio-joint-4th-most

Omoluabi1stborn:

Opobo, - 214,700
Bonny, - 302,000
Port Harcourt (South)
, Asari-Toru - 308, 600
, Degema, - 350,000
Akuku-Toru - 308,800
Abua-Odual - 396,800
, Okirika, - 312, 300
Andoni, - 306,200
Ogu-Bolo - 105, 800

Total = 2,605,200
Bayelsa population = 2,278,000

Total = 4,883,000

NB I didn't add I jaws in Port hacourt, cos it will be difficult to ascertain

Omoluabi1stborn:


Nwanyiogwashi, can you help me out.
Kindly help me list the 5 local government ijaw occupied in delta state.

Nah today we go know ijaw population, e no go pass today.

Omoluabi1stborn:

Kindly list the local government in Delta. Let's add it to this!

Omoluabi1stborn:

We only have port Harcourt LGA Population of Port Harcourt is 1.8m If I dash Ijaws 800,000
And I add it to 4,883,000 Total is 5,683,000

Captain8, why are you running away from me
Nah today today we go know ijaw population

Captain8:
warri north....burutu....warri south....warri south west...bomadi... Ijaw LGAs in delta state...

Omoluabi1stborn:

Opobo, - 214,700
Bonny, - 302,000
Port Harcourt (South)
, Asari-Toru - 308, 600
, Degema, - 350,000
Akuku-Toru - 308,800
Abua-Odual - 396,800
, Okirika, - 312, 300
Andoni, - 306,200
Ogu-Bolo - 105, 800

Total = 2,605,200
Bayelsa population = 2,278,000

Total = 4,883,000

NB I didn't add I jaws in Port hacourt, cos it will be difficult to ascertain

Omoluabi1stborn:


We only have port Harcourt LGA
Population of Port Harcourt is 1.8m
If I dash Ijaws 800,000

And I add it to 4,883,000
Total is 5,683,000


Cap..tain..8, why are you running away from me

Nah today today we go know ijaw population

Captain8:
warri north....burutu....warri south....warri south west...bomadi... Ijaw LGAs in delta state...

Omoluabi1stborn:


Warri North - 187,500
Burutu. - 286,400
Warri south - 429,600
Warri South West - 160,500
Bomadi - 118,500

Total = 1,182,500

NB I DIDN'T deduct Itshekiri and other non ijaws in that place.





5,683,000 + 1,182,500

= 6,865,500
Rivers + delta + bayelsa population = 6,865,500

Ebitimi44:

Speak for yourself, Ijaws are majority in Delta and Rivers, then Bayelsa is a predominantly Ijaw state,

Captain8:

PATANI LGA..
BURUTU LGA..
WARRI NORTH LAG..
WARRI SOUTH LGA..
WARRI SOUTH WEST..

Ijaw LGAs in delta state

Captain8:
warri north....burutu....warri south....warri south west...bomadi... Ijaw LGAs in delta state...

Ebitimi44:

Speak for yourself, Ijaws are majority in Delta and Rivers, then Bayelsa is a predominantly Ijaw state,

Ebitimi44:

I added 3 Ijaw state, giving the lowest possible figure, without including three other states where Ijaws are indigenous, namely Ondo, Lagos and Edo, still the Ijaws spread out of Nigeria, I gave a unrealistic overhead value and you should blame that on Nigeria's erroneous statistics which I don't trust, I have to first solidify our stand as the third ethnic group in Southern Nigeria, with factual evidence then we can go the rest on estimated values, note I only accounted for three states.

Ebitimi44:

I added 3 Ijaw state, giving the lowest possible figure, without including three other states where Ijaws are indigenous, namely Ondo, Lagos and Edo, still the Ijaws spread out of Nigeria, I gave a unrealistic overhead value and you should blame that on Nigeria's erroneous statistics which I don't trust, I have to first solidify our stand as the third ethnic group in Southern Nigeria, with factual evidence then we can go the rest on estimated values, note I only accounted for three states.

Jerryherd:


What is the main language of Ijaw/ Izon

Who is the paramount ruler of Ijaw land

What particular social cultural practices ties Ijaw nation together?

.

Ebitimi44:

We need to start putting things straight, every side is trying to make the Ijaws a spoil, but we are a majority tribe in Southern Nigeria by all ramifications, population, number of states, landmass, etc by landmass we are still third, After Yoruba, Igbo, the next people in landmass is Ijaw, by coastlines, we are the second, After Yorubas the next people by coastline is Ijaw, what are they even saying.

Omoluabi1stborn:

Patani or Bomadi? Which one

Nwanyiogwashi:
sorry those people are not ijaw ,ijaw start and end in bayelsa