litetias:

I'm employing hyperbole to stress that the Itshekiri population is not up to a quarter of the Urhobos

some of u will just sit and say rubish out of ignorance....

This is a no-brainer, Itsekiris own Warri

Btw, who else would I support?

dennismukoro:
CHECK THE LAST POPULATION CENSUS. NO NEED TO ARGUE

Which census? You mean fabricated census figures?

barcanista:
I'm Ijaw, romantic and single. How do we meet?

Ijaw men are notorious for having huge libidos. One woman cannot satisfy them. They will always have side chicks, even in a committed relationship.

I jump and pass

Warri is owned by the Urhobos that welcome visitors to their detriment

sauceny:
Human beings don't own land,rather the lands own humans... Cos we all would die & the lands are still there.

Now coming to your question:i think no one owns it in particular,cos none of em has the power to drive/pursue the other outta town.

True. it's mother earth that owns us all

Samneer:
I think the Itsekiri... Ijaws are fishermen

meanin wot nw,dat ijaws only owns d waters...

Ahmeduana:

SO YOU ARE AN IJAW GUY? AND YOU KNOW THAT ALOT OF INJUSTICE HAVE BEEN MELTED ON YOU GUYS STILL YOU ARE CONNIVING WITH YOUR ENEMIES TO DENIE YOUR BROTHER AN IJAW PERSON IS RIGHTFUL OR LEGITIMATE MANDATE! mind you am an yoruba person by right of father while my mother is from warri. My main reason of supporting a niger delta person is have been living in the northern region for the past 19year, my decision of supporting is not base on sentiment but on what i know of the hausa. IF YOU ASK ME TO GIVE OR TRANSLATE WORD HAUSA INTO ENGLISH, I WILL SIMPLY SAY "GREEDINESS" yes greediness hausa sense of justice is GIVE 100 TO 10 FOR SHARE, HAUSA ALONE WILL WANT TO TAKE 9...

You know it's actually saddening. Barcanista needs someone to really advise him

Ishilove:

Ijaw men are notorious for having huge libidos. One woman cannot satisfy them. They will always have side chicks, even in a committed relationship.

I jump and pass

Not fair to generalise

Adesiji77:


Not fair to generalise

Oops

zeezboy:

if u want 2 talk abat warri metropolis, jst 4get abat d itsekiris cos d urhobos occupies over 60% of warri metropolis!

Mainly due to moving out of their communities. Itsekiri have the most communities...I don't know about the total landmass

adrainuche:
Let the War Begin ...

ghen ghen

I don't know very much abt this oh (B4 pple stone me via internet) But I think the Itsekiris (45%), Urhobo (30%), Ijaws (20%), others (5%). Because many of my warri friends are Itsekiri and Urhobo!! MY OPINION!!

literarymathy:

This is a calculated statement owing to the fact that all the tribes in Warri Axis are migrants. I am also avoiding stating or implying that Warri belongs to any ethnic group. That part is left for you, the reader, to answer.

If I am to add - based on what I have studied so far,
Ijaw are an old people who are as old as the Niger delta lands, moving all around looking for suitable positions for farming and fishing nt necessarily for permanent settlement.
Itsekiri came last but found no authority to the land from the ijaw off and on fishermen Urhobo seemed have already settled but Itsekiri placed a government and established a kingdom before the rest.
They knew what they wanted from the beginning

jorlons:


Although the urhobos have a large population, it can't be as you've stated.

Check am na.

One thing I know and am sure of is that the Itshekiris have a small population when compared with the Urhobos

RatandBot:

Who is arguing population here? Read the title again bros

My statement was in response to someone's comment about population

Thats why its not cool to intermarry,incase war start,your wife is not protected,only your kids are yours.

rockafela:
some of u will just sit and say rubish out of ignorance....

I'm expecting you to correct if I'm wrong not making open-ended statements.

litetias:

One thing I know and am sure of is that the Itshekiris have a small population when compared with the Urhobos

No argument there.

As much as you mentioned some facts in you
Story, you missed up most facts particularly on warri south west local govt. the original headquarter was Ogidigben,this you can still confirm from federal govt. gazette. It was never changed at the federal level. It was col. Dungs d military administrator that changed it. This was corrected which led to war. It was ibori who reversed it please the I jaw to create peace as they had so much weapons of war. Please take note if this.
Two: it was a lie that AG changed the title. It has always been before the interregnum when there was no king for a period of time. It was when a king was to be restored with the title that the urhobo kicked against it because the then warri province was a big territory covering major areas of the urhobo land much more than what it is today.
Three: A title is never named after a tribe but a kingdom. You don't have oba of Yoruba, oba of edo , obi of ibo or Olu of Itsekiri. It is always after a kingdom, oba of Benin or Lagos, ONI of ife, emir of Kano not not Hausa so also you have Olu of warri not itsekiri. Am sure this will help your understanding.
Four: please mention a title you know that is named after the tribe if the people

Iriruaga100:
This thread is an educative one. The itsekiris are known land grabbers nd its a fact that is well documented. The present day ajaminogha nd esisi were given to the itsekiris by okumagba to settle nd farm on when they migrated to the area. After many years of farming in the land the itsekiris claimed ownership of the land through the help of the british govt. The urhobos own 90% of warri south.

thank u broda.i b don type all dat history wen empty hen no gree load am na im i discourage o. Kasala go burst again wen olu of warri leggo. Cos i knw say urhuobo go raise eye brow again if them try name anoda king as olu. Na jst politics them take win dat case then cos awolowo dey wit them. Itsekiri too like land grabbing.

joetons:
As much as you mentioned some facts in you
Story, you missed up most facts particularly on warri south west local govt. the original headquarter was Ogidigben this you can still confirm from federal govt. gazette. It was never changed at the federal level. It was col. Dungs d military administrator that changed it. This was corrected that led to war. It was ibori who reversed it please the I jaw to create peace as they had so much weapons if war. Please take note if this.
Two, it was a lie that AG changed. It has always been before the interregnum when there was no king for a period of time. It when a king was to be restored with title that the urhobo kicked against it because the then warri was a big territory covering all their areas much more than what it is today.
Three: A title is never named after a tribe but a kingdom. You don't have oba of Yoruba, oba if edo obi of ibo or Olu of Itsekiri. It after a kingdom, oba of Benin or Lagos, ONI of ife, emir of Kano not not Hausa so also you have Olu of warri not itsekiri. Am sure this will help your understanding.

how abt nana of itsekiri. They didnt hav any special settlement. River banks na im dia kingdom b.

Onasa22:
Warri is owned by the Urhobos that welcome visitors to their detriment

Ask your dad..it's clear you're less than 15 years of age. Next?

There's no such thing as 3 warri Lga. Its a sham. Warri is only located in warri-south. Its lands are occupied by urhobos. The itsekiris are squating at the edges(swamps). lack of unity among d urhobos is itsekiris advantage over warri. The itsekiris are new comers in warri town. They migrated to warri town 4rm ode-itsekiri with d bloody europeans!

Marvelito if I get you well. Nana is a name of person and not a title. Is like saying Dore Numa of itsekiri or Okotie Eboh of itsekiri

The Warri many foreigners known and occupied are the Urhobo land, and many people called uvwie local government Warri bcus it is the most developed local government in delta state, and also the Urhobo communities in Warri are the most developed in warri, CU's the urhobo ocuppy the majority of the dry land in Warri, if they show d communities of the ijaw and itsekiri in Warri, u will say that's not Warri, cus majority are riverine area and foreigners barely know those areas,and also the rentage of olu palace is true, i didn't believe it until the King of okere urhobo died, W

onuwaje:
this is what I call biased judgement

These re the only urhobo communities in warri south!

1.idimi sobo
2.agbassa
3.edjeba
4.okere-urhobo
5.ogunu

So how can u say such rubbish?

Abi u dey add uvwie LGA join warri?

idimi sobo is now OKERE urhobo(both names are itsekiri names)

itsekiris own WARRI no doubt,

So what happened when he died? The Olu paid a homage or what? It's so painful when people came here to lie because they can put is and was together ? When did Okere urhobo install their king? Less than 10 or 12 year ago in the midst of the crises. Don't come here and miss inform people

iconize:
Which census? You mean fabricated census figures?

Even the fabricated Census figures doesn't agree with him.

Delta Central, uhrobo's enclave have a population of 1,575,728 and that's 38.45% of Delta's 4,098,094, 2006 population census figures.

Anioma's enclave Delta North has a population of 1,293,074 makes up 31.55% of Delta's population.

Delta south the Itsekiri,Isoko and Ijaw's enclave has a population of 1,229,282 and that's 30% of Delta's population.

Yet some one was here talking of how Delta is mostly about Urhobo. And some other persons saying that Delta is mainly Itsekiri, ijaw and Urhobo. Bunch of jokers!

Itsekiri said 'iwerre' ijaw said 'wari', hw cum d words luk alike wit 'warri' y was dey no tribe wit d exact warri ??. Abeg waf town is no mans land. Hustling ground 4 all..

onuwaje:

Iyara is a street not a community oo

So u re saying itsekiri don't have more than 7 communities in warri?

Mind u warri comprises of 3LGA's o

how is iyara an urhobo community. ,.u can lie ooo
FOR UR NOTICE ITSEKIRI OWNS IYARA,OGEDEGBE, EREKU, MEROGUN,ODION MCIVER, PESSU. ...

ALL DIS URHOBO AND IJAW TENANTS MAKE UNA LEAVE IWERE LAND ALONE