sholatech:
Nice writeup my sista but Nay..our girls don't get preggy at young age o, i've heard that you every tribe really depending on where you based.

I don't also claim we are yoruba. No, we have our own distinct tribe, w are proudly OKUN! S way Urhobo in Delta are not Ibo, Beroms in Plateau are n Hausa/Aboki etc.

Okun a gbe a!

sholatech:
Nice writeup my sista but Nay..our girls don't get preggy at young age o, i've heard that you every tribe really depending on where you based.

I don't also claim we are yoruba. No, we have our own distinct tribe, w are proudly OKUN! S way Urhobo in Delta are not Ibo, Beroms in Plateau are n Hausa/Aboki etc.

Okun a gbe a!

masseratti:
Getting pregnant at young age is everywhere depending on how Educated the girl or her family is, not just Okun people, my very good friend, surname Ayeni is from Okun, I can't hear jack when he and his family members start speaking their language, just like ondo people.
Btw op you lucky ooo, a project on your own people, what course are you studying, hope you don't mind me asking tho.

OP enlighten me please, how come alot of Ebira people bear Yoruba names, I know they are more related to Ijalas and Jukuns in taraba state according to history.

sholatech:
Nice writeup my sista but Nay..our girls don't get preggy at young age o, i've heard that you every tribe really depending on where you based.

I don't also claim we are yoruba. No, we have our own distinct tribe, w are proudly OKUN! S way Urhobo in Delta are not Ibo, Beroms in Plateau are n Hausa/Aboki etc.

Okun a gbe a!

IamNawty:
our language is almost same as Yoruba Bt just lil differences . We can twist it tho wen we completely want to fool the odA person.
We understand the main Yoruba and can speak it too. We switch between both.

Ebira pple bear Yoruba names? Not sure . We r all part of kogi. Bt their Lang is so difrnt eh , u can't even pick one thing , lol they talk asif ders hot yam in der mouth so u can't undastnd nothing . They r not in any way related to Yoruba.

Lol my project is about .. Customary Law marriage: okun customary marriage as a case study

masseratti:
hot yam? to ba gba e mu, lolzzz anyway have met a couple of them tho, and the name Toyin is very synonymous among the females, but you will know better anyway since they are your Neighbours.

Goodluck with your project btw.

IamNawty:
lol igbiras bear toyin ? Nah nah not possible . Thanks tho

sholatech:
Nice writeup my sista but Nay..our girls don't get preggy at young age o, i've heard that you every tribe really depending on where you based.

I don't also claim we are yoruba. No, we have our own distinct tribe, w are proudly OKUN! S way Urhobo in Delta are not Ibo, Beroms in Plateau are n Hausa/Aboki etc.

Okun a gbe a!

joefredd006:
Excellent choice of topic! if you really want to go through with it, mail me on joefred005@gmail.com. will gladly help you out.
Send your mobile contact so I can reach you back.
best of luck

YourNemesis:
Which one is Okun tribe again?
eeeh!! the evil ones are at it again o.
Okun is Yoruba abeg.

TsaTrinity:
#ProudlyOkun

masseratti:
Getting pregnant at young age is everywhere depending on how Educated the girl or her family is, not just Okun people, my very good friend, surname Ayeni is from Okun, I can't hear jack when he and his family members start speaking their language, just like ondo people.
Btw op you lucky ooo, a project on your own people, what course are you studying, hope you don't mind me asking tho.

OP enlighten me please, how come alot of Ebira people bear Yoruba names, I know they are more related to Ijalas and Jukuns in taraba state according to history.

IamNawty:
our language is almost same as Yoruba Bt just lil differences . We can twist it tho wen we completely want to fool the odA person.
We understand the main Yoruba and can speak it too. We switch between both.
Ebira pple bear Yoruba names? Not sure . We r all part of kogi. Bt their Lang is so difrnt eh , u can't even pick one thing , lol they talk asif ders hot yam in der mouth so u can't undastnd nothing . They r not in any way related to Yoruba.
Lol my project is about .. Customary Law marriage: okun customary marriage as a case study

genieluv:



OP, seems like you really don't know Egbirra people well o.
An ebira girlfriend of mine bears LOLA, a yoruba name. I think the former senator of Kogi central, his name was Nurudeen Obatemi, an ebira man with a yoruba surname.

Yes, egbirras migrated from kwararafa together with the idomas and igalas, but overtime i think they were influenced by yoruba culture. Their language is very different from yoruba, but they have been influenced by yoruba because many of their people migrated to yoruba land.

genieluv:
Okun people are very lovely, enlightened and friendly people unlike their egbirra neighbours.

And pls OP, i think you need to get your history right, nobody ever forced Okun into the northern region. Am from Benue (partly), and all of us were conquered by the Europeans and largely placed under the northern prectorate from the beginning. So it's a colonial issue that is why it would be very difficult for us to remove that name north-central or re-define our identities.
Besides, Okun people were under old kwara state before which was a yoruba speaking dominated state and your people never complained when you and the ebiras were carved out of old kwara and merged with the igalas from old Benue state to form new Kogi state.

IamNawty:
kogi egbira or another one? Their language is like speaking in tongue. It's not on any way related to Yoruba. U can't even pick one word. And as for the Yoruba name, Ave Neva come across one

IamNawty:

Okun people have plenty challenges, ranging from geo political zoning, marginalisation and problem of identity. Our problem started during the colonial era when they were politically ceded to the Northern protectorate by Lord Lugard, the Governor-General of Nigeria. The abolition of the provincial and regional administrative units in 1967 led to their merging with Ilorin to form old Kwara state.
Then, Igala was merged with old Benue State. However, on 27th of august 1991, Okun people was removed again and merged with Ebira, Igala from Benue state and some other
tribes to form Kogi state.
Okun indigenes moved against merging them with completely different tribes but they were forced into this marriage.
Their efforts to break away and form Okun State, which could make it possible for them to be more closer to their Kiths and Kins in the South West, failed to Materialize. See?

sholatech:
Nice writeup my sista but Nay..our girls don't get preggy at young age o, i've heard that you every tribe really depending on where you based.
I don't also claim we are yoruba. No, we have our own distinct tribe, w are proudly OKUN! S way Urhobo in Delta are not Ibo, Beroms in Plateau are n Hausa/Aboki etc.
Okun a gbe a!

IamNawty:

Okun people have plenty challenges, ranging from geo political zoning, marginalisation and problem of identity. Our problem started during the colonial era when they were politically ceded to the Northern protectorate by Lord Lugard, the Governor-General of Nigeria. The abolition of the provincial and regional administrative units in 1967 led to their merging with Ilorin to form old Kwara state.
Then, Igala was merged with old Benue State. However, on 27th of august 1991, Okun people was removed again and merged with Ebira, Igala from Benue state and some other
tribes to form Kogi state.
Okun indigenes moved against merging them with completely different tribes but they were forced into this marriage.
Their efforts to break away and form Okun State, which could make it possible for them to be more closer to their Kiths and Kins in the South West, failed to Materialize. See?

genieluv:



OP, seems like you really don't know Egbirra people well o.
An ebira girlfriend of mine bears LOLA, a yoruba name. I think the former senator of Kogi central, his name was Nurudeen Obatemi, an ebira man with a yoruba surname.

Yes, egbirras migrated from kwararafa together with the idomas and igalas, but overtime i think they were influenced by yoruba culture. Their language is very different from yoruba, but they have been influenced by yoruba because many of their people migrated to yoruba land.

IamNawty:

Okun people have plenty challenges, ranging from geo political zoning, marginalisation and problem of identity. Our problem started during the colonial era when they were politically ceded to the Northern protectorate by Lord Lugard, the Governor-General of Nigeria. The abolition of the provincial and regional administrative units in 1967 led to their merging with Ilorin to form old Kwara state.
Then, Igala was merged with old Benue State. However, on 27th of august 1991, Okun people was removed again and merged with Ebira, Igala from Benue state and some other
tribes to form Kogi state.
Okun indigenes moved against merging them with completely different tribes but they were forced into this marriage.
Their efforts to break away and form Okun State, which could make it possible for them to be more closer to their Kiths and Kins in the South West, failed to Materialize. See?

masseratti:
wow..... am impressed,,,, your memes tho, so Fu.... cking hilarious, you and your friend are just comical, making nairaland fun again.

genieluv:


Ok, i understand u very well. But this issue of forced marriage as u must know also affected Ibo speaking tribes in the south-south who were forced into union with other tribes and this has made them have issues of identity crisis. Our colonial masters were the problems.
From some history sources i read, i learnt that it was because of the Nupes that your people were forced into the Northern prectorate, that the Nupes told the colonial masters that they have conquered u guys and u people are under them, i don't know how true this is, but i do know that Nupes raided okun areas for slaves seriously in the past b4 the british came.

Okun state cannot work because it will be too small to be a state. I tot i heard that you guys wanted to merge with parts of Kwara (kwara south) in order to form OYUN state or something like that? to return to southwest?

IamNawty:
okun is Yoruba def. but since we r not soo close to the Yorubas and wev Bn zoned out.. Tor we call ourslf okun Tribe Bt we stil claim Yoruba

genieluv:



OP, seems like you really don't know Egbirra people well o.
An ebira girlfriend of mine bears LOLA, a yoruba name. I think the former senator of Kogi central, his name was Nurudeen Obatemi, an ebira man with a yoruba surname.

Yes, egbirras migrated from kwararafa together with the idomas and igalas, but overtime i think they were influenced by yoruba culture. Their language is very different from yoruba, but they have been influenced by yoruba because many of their people migrated to yoruba land.

genieluv:
Okun people are very lovely, enlightened and friendly people unlike their egbirra neighbours.

And pls OP, i think you need to get your history right, nobody ever forced Okun into the northern region. Am from Benue (partly), and all of us were conquered by the Europeans and largely placed under the northern prectorate from the beginning. So it's a colonial issue that is why it would be very difficult for us to remove that name north-central or re-define our identities.
Besides, Okun people were under old kwara state before which was a yoruba speaking dominated state and your people never complained when you and the ebiras were carved out of old kwara and merged with the igalas from old Benue state to form new Kogi state.

YonkijiSappo:


Igala was also under old Kwara before it was taken to Old Benue. All regions of present Kogi were all once under Old Kwara 9Then known as West Central state).
Then Okun and Ebira were excised from the Old Kwara and Igala removed from Benue with all merged to form present Kogi.

YonkijiSappo:

You are very right. Ebiras are actually very very close to Yoruba culturally.They share a contiguous border with Three Yoruba groups. The Oworos in the North, The Owes in the West and the Akokos in the South West. The influence is even stronger among the Ebira Etuno in Akoko Edo (Edo state).
A lot of Ebiras now live in the SW. I would even say as much as 1.5 Million of them. Most of them have partial or full yoruba names today.
I have seen Ebiras with Surames such as balogun, Ayeni, Ajayi. Someties you will see mixed names such as Oladele Adavize or Temilade Ozovehe etc. I also know a lot of them live in the North and have a acculturated into Hausa culture up there.