₦airaland Forum

Igboid:
No it's not.
Ijaw is a political franchise not an ethnic group.

Epie-Attisa people are Edoid speakers. They speak like Isoko people.
And they have a history of migration from Edo state.
They are the owners of Yenegoa.

They claim Ijaw when necessary for Political advantages,as per Nigerian crude oil politics and pipeline protection deal.

DitariDisciple2:
Oya go and remove them from all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong and force them into Ibibio own since Na u wan tell them their Ancestors.
Ogbia different clans understand each other.
They understand Abureni clan of Nembe
Odual clan and so many others.
Go and force them out of the Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong since Na u know their Ancestors pass them.

Ekealterego:
Who wrote that? Ogbia is never Igbo...rather Ogbia are Cross-River/Ibibio people.

Ekealterego:
Well, from the article, Epie-Atissa sons claim they are a unique tribe with a unique language under the Oguan ethnic nationality.

Pass11:

DitariDisciple2:
Oguan is not an ethnic nationality mumu.
It's a dynasty.
Kala-Okun dynasty consists of Kolokuma people, Okordia people, Biseni people, All Ibani people and parts of Wakirike Ijaw people.
All Ijaw towns are under clans, all Ijaw clans are under Dynasties Dynasties are under the Ijaw ethnic nationality.

Ekealterego:
May God bless Epie-Atissa and Oguan Ethnic nationality at large.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

BKayy:
Interesting


Sorry my dear drunkard.

Ijaw land starts and end in the 4 LGAs they exist in Bayelsa.

DitariDisciple2:
Very true.
Even Bayelsa Ijaws will full there and help cause massive destructions, while claiming Ondo and Edo Ijaws.
Same with Delta Rivers and Akwa-Ibom Ijaws.
That's how we role.

jamesversion:
Ogogoro Republic of Ijaw land. (ORI). The official language for Ijaw Republic is Gibberish.

jamesversion:
Hahahaha.

sylve11:
Me sef surprised.

DitariDisciple2:
Only Egbema clan have over 350 villages and settlements under it and Ijaw have 86 clans.
We are very united if any Ijaw areas maybe in Ondo and Edo is attacked, we send Ijaw militants from each clan of the Ijaw Nation there to teach the people lesson.
Attack Ondo and Edo Ijaws and even Bayelsa Ijaw militants will full there.
Talk more of others.