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I’m writing a research and someone told me Edo north is a Muslim place with 99% of people being Muslim and I ask Ai and Ai told it the Muslim in Edo north are 40-50% of the population. I’m confuse and I don’t know which to follow. Who have been to Auchi, jattu or evirons is it a Muslim town or a secular town or a Christian place.
Is the population of Muslim higher than Christian? Or verse visa, are there traditional worshippers there? What the relationship with the Benin people. Is Etsako culture and religion same with Hausa because someone told me they dress like northerners and they are from the Bauchi.

If you’re from Etsako/Edo north please cure my curiosity

Majority of the Muslims there are now christians. The Al is correct.

Edo north people having left Bini Kingdom following a civil war that tore the City apart, their ancestors traveled up north and settled in what is today known as "Afenmai land".

In the mid to late 18th century, the Nupes (supported by their Fulani soldiers) invaded Afenmai land. Although the Afenmai people are not known to be hostile, they had no organized or recognizable form of central government or religion (except witchcraft) until the arrival of the Nupe invaders.

The Nupe invaders created the first administrative system across different areas in Afenmai land, this was the origin of turbaned muslim chiefs in Afenmai land.

But before the Nupes could spread their tentacles much further, the white man came and took over complete administration of the Area from the Nupes after defeating the Nupes at Bida.

They then changed the name of Afenmai Area to "Kukuruku colonial division" or Kukuruku administrative area.

By then Islam was already taking a foothold among different people of Afenmai land.

Today, you'll find many Christians in Afenmai land, maybe as much as muslims but most of the older generations there continue to practice Islam fervently. You might notice most of their traditional rulers are "turbaned".

I hope my history lesson was of any help to you

Real figure of muslims in Edo north is 12%. It is mostly exaggerated and most of them are northerners settling there.

I am from Edo North.
How many mosques can you count there?🤣

All LIES!

lyndire:
Edo north people having left Bini Kingdom following a civil war that tore the City apart, their ancestors traveled up north and settled in what is today known as "Afenmai land".

In the mid to late 18th century, the Nupes (supported by their Fulani soldiers) invaded Afenmai land. Although the Afenmai people are not known to be hostile, they had no organized or recognizable form of central government or religion (except witchcraft) until the arrival of the Nupe invaders.

The Nupe invaders created the first administrative system across different areas in Afenmai land, this was the origin of turbaned muslim chiefs in Afenmai land.

But before the Nupes could spread their tentacles much further, the white man came and took over complete administration of the Area from the Nupes after defeating the Nupes at Bida.

They then changed the name of Afenmai Area to "Kukuruku colonial division" or Kukuruku administrative area.

By then Islam was already taking a foothold among different people of Afenmai land.

Today, you'll find many Christians in Afenmai land, maybe as much as muslims but most of the older generations there continue to practice Islam fervently. You might notice most of their traditional rulers are "turbaned".

I hope my history lesson was of any help to you

You are ignorant traditional spirituality is the customs of a people and how they communicate with the divine or supreme being, it's not witchcraft. Afenmai people had traditions, cultural traditions passed on from their forebears, from Benin, when they moved to further lands, they carried that same cultural spirituality and traditions with them, calling it witchcraft is mental slavery, the witch craft is the arab religion spreading death and hate across Nigeria. Today traditional chiefs rule towns in afenmai not turbaned chiefs, they rule based on their indigenous cultural principles, passed on to them by their forebears. The Nupes were able to encroach into Edo from Lokoja, which shares a border with Edo state, because the afenmai people isolated themselves from other parts of Edo land and people, but the Nupes and their fulani jihadists were eventually pushed back. Momoh brought Islam to Edo state, he was a king in the Edo not region, he was an indigenous Edo born, was friendly with the Nupes.

Prominent Traditional Rulers (Okumagbe, Otaru, and Onogie)Unlike centralized kingdoms, Afemai land does not have a single paramount king. Instead, distinct clans are headed by rulers with varying royal titles:Otaru of Auchi: The paramount traditional ruler of the Auchi Kingdom (Etsako West).Okumagbe of Weppa Wanno: The revered traditional head of the Weppa Wanno Clan in Agenebode (Etsako East).Ogieneni of Uzairue: The paramount ruler and traditional authority of the Uzairue Clan (Etsako West).Okuopellagbe of Okpella: The king and traditional head of the Okpella Clan (Etsako East).Otaru of Igarra: The traditional ruler (Otaru) of the Igarra/Etuno people (Akoko-Edo).Egiegbai II of Ekperi: The traditional ruler and custodian of culture for the Ekperi Clan.Oghie Avhianwu of Avhianwu: The clan head overseeing the Avhianwu Clan.Oliola of Anegbette: The traditional head of the South Uneme/Anegbette communities.Oba of Agbede: The traditional ruler of the Agbede Kingdom.Chieftaincy Structure and GovernanceCouncil of Elders: Afemai rulers govern alongside a council of elders who advise the king, resolve communal disputes, and preserve local history.Age-Grade System: The society is highly hierarchical and respects seniority. The age-grade system assigns specific communal duties and responsibilities to different brackets of men and women in the community.Titleholders: Beneath the clan heads are various sub-chiefs (often called Enogie or Ukpi) who administer specific villages and quarters within the clan.

I actually know a lot of Edo North people will muslim names, interesting thing is none of them are actually muslims.