BRIEF HISTORY OF AGBOR/IKA.
Geographically, the Ika speaking people are found in the north west of Delta State. They share borders in the west with the Edo speakers, in the north with the Ishan speakers, in the East with the Aniocha language speakers and in the south with the Ukwuani speakers.

Politically, Ika speakers are mainly found in two local government areas, Ika North East and Ika South local government areas, both created in 1991 from a single Ika Local Government Area, in Delta State. Ika South and Ika North East local government areas, occupy a land area of 117.45 square kilometres (Delta State Government website, 1999) with a total population of about 240,000 people. There are other Ika speaking people that are political outside the Ika North east and Ika South local government areas.

Agbor is an Igbo kingdom in Ika South, Delta State, Nigeria. The indigenes of Agbor town are Ika. Agbor remains the largest of Ika communities with close geographical proximity to Benin City. Its constant wars with Benin are well-known.
This may have also accounted for its consideration as the “most politically and militarily powerful of all Ika clans as recorded by Chukwu Ebuka and Iwueze Awele Success. The wars which lasted until the 19th century may have also swelled the military prowess of the community and helped to make it a force to reckon with within the Ika nation (Simpson, 1936).The headquarters of Agbor has been moved several times until the recent in 1935 to Ime-obi.. The reasons for the movement of the headquarters several times have been given as farming convenience and wars of succession. Since the old Agbor had always faced threats from the old Bini kingdom, it is also possible that the security of the headquarters from external invaders was an important consideration in the constant relocations of the headquarters.

Ika Structure: Clans, villages (Ogbe,an Ika igbo dialect for village), quarters (Idumu) and family units (nmunne).
The following are the eleven clans and a metropolis that make up the
Ika community:
1. Agbor clan,
2. Owa clan,
3. Abavo clan,
4. Ute-Okpu clan,
5. Ute-Ogbeje clan
6 Umunede clan,
7. Akumazi clan,
8. Igbodo clan,
9. Otolokpo clan,
10. Mbiri clan,
11. Idumuesah clan
12. Orogodo/Boji-Boji
The origin of the town, as most African histories is traced by oral tradition .The people of Agbor/Ika do not trace origin to a single place..the Two prominent narratives being igbo(Nri) and Benin origins.It is possible that the few true Benin migrants lost there identity via language attrition to the dominant aboriginal igbos on ground.However,the villages of Alisor, Alilehan and Ozanogogo are not Ika speaking. They speak an Edoid language known especially to Ika speakers, as Oza or Ozara”. Its also important to note that a migration from Benin Kingdom doesn't imply Benin ancestry, as Benin kingdom
as it were was of multiethnic composition where different tribes fled from its vicinity for safety.Despite the proximity of the town to Benin ,Agbor has largely remained an igboid community indicating an earlier igbo footing.The monarchy also shows features of Benin cultural influence due to proximity, hence a borrowing of cultural traits and monarchy by the aborigines.

Agbor as narrated by chief A.E Iduwe is an ancient settlement.
According to Iduwe “Our ancestors had long established an autonomous kingdom based on Eze title before our contact with Benin”.
There are two communities that go by the name "Owa" today: one in the present Delta State and the other in the present Edo State. Both are however Igbo-speaking of Ika dialect extraction. It is important to note here that even though the later Owa is located within Edo-speaking territory, it remained Igbo in language and other elements of its culture, like Igbanke, Ogan and other Igbo-speaking communities in the present Edo State. The market day for Agbor-Obi is Nkwọ. Agbor is regarded as the largest city among the Igbo Nation

The current governor or Delta state Ifeanyichukwu Omowa is an Agbor man. The land of the rising sun that will brighten up Africa is calling for freedom. #Referendum Now Now Now oooooo

Ndi Agbor Mmama nu. My future wife is from Agbor umu chineke.

my kwale friend will kill you without hesitation if you dare say he's not igbo
apart from agbor (who still call themselves delta igbo whatever that means)
other igboid towns in delta are proudly claiming their igboness tho they still have to be making it public to be putting most of these land grabbing minorities in delta to their places.
it's becoming ridiculous and we demand they speak up

Biafrans kwenu

AsampeteNwaanyi:
my kwale friend will kill you without hesitation if you dare say he's not igbo
apart from agbor (who still call themselves delta igbo whatever that means)
other igboid towns in delta are proudly claiming their igboness tho they still have to be making it public to be putting most of these land grabbing minorities in delta to their places.
it's becoming ridiculous and we demand they speak up

Yeah Ifeanyi Okowa said there is nothing like Delta Igbo, that Igbo is Igbo. He even said Igbo language and culture must be studied in schools in Anioma, Agbor etc

Our people are finally coming back home. All thanks to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Shame to the lagos-ibadan expressway gutter media that spearheaded the division and balkanization of Igboland after the 1967-70 genocide against the Igbos. Igboland has the largest oil and gas deposit in the whole world and Biafra MUST be restored.

EmmaJnr1:
Yeah Ifeanyi Okowa said there is nothing like Delta Igbo, that Igbo is Igbo. He even said Igbo language and culture must be studied in schools in Anioma, Agbor etc

yeah but they need to be speaking up always.
it's becoming irritating seeing these minorities from delta dragging their land and calling them either bini or any other tribe they wish.
distorting their history while they watch.
we're tired of taking the bullets for them I mean we the igbos in South East.
it has brought us alot of unnecessary insults from riff-raffs
They should start defending their igboness or risk loosing their lands in the future and have their igboness erased from history just like they did to porthacourt (Rumublahblahblah).
we'll continue fighting for them but they should also show interest in the fight too.

EmmaJnr1:
Biafrans kwenu

this Biafra map is rubbish.
this does not represent the modern day reality

Your narrative is unbiased. We have always told them here in Benin that they are Igbos although majority of them prefer to identify with us. Yes, no one should distort facts for political gains. Interestingly, their big wigs never drag my Bini with me; they know whom they are.

Igbo this igbo that..


So you want to tell us that the old Eastern region belongs to you and your cousins

You mean your biafra will take all this places


Never

Never