warri city as we know is the home of 3 diff tribes, the ijaws, the urhobos n itsekiris, but the times of travelled to warri city ive seen areas like okere, ogonu, edjeba, igbudu, (urhobo) and ekurede, ajamimogha, ugbuwangue(itsekiri), then you see ijaws in areas like ogbe ijoh, benikrukru these are not part of main warri city, my question is, in the main warri city do ijaws own?

Ijaw Quarters in Bendel Estate

i dont know if they are ijaws in warri south LGA, but ogbe ijoh, okerenkoko are all part of warri city even though they may not look like city places. warri city is not restricted to warri south LGA anyway, and these days even uvwie, udu n agbarho r trying to claim to be part of warri

There are no Ijaw INDIGENOUS areas in warri city proper, but rather Itsekiri and Urhobo.
They have villages and fishing camp like Ogbe ijoh of Gbaramatu in Warri-South West which isn't part of the city, that's it.

i heard theres a part of the city called warri corner owned by ijaws, not sure sha

scholes0:
There are no Ijaw INDIGENOUS areas in warri city proper, but rather Itsekiri and Urhobo.
They have villages and fishing camp like Ogbe ijoh of Gbaramatu in Warri-South West which isn't part of the city, that's it.

so why do they say warri city is owned by 3 tribes, n how come ijaws are allowed to contest for LG posts meant for indigenes in warri south

viscerion:


so why do they say warri city is owned by 3 tribes, n how come ijaws are allowed to contest for LG posts meant for indigenes in warri south

Saying Warri is "owned" by three tribes is just people trying to be politically correct and neutral in an ethnically volatile region like the Niger Delta. Unless people are referring to Warri township plus all the places around it for up to 20 miles.
To your 2nd Q, are ijaws allowed to contest major offices in Warri south? that is news to me, although i wouldn't be surprised if it were so, after all Igbos that are not even from South-West can contest for elective posts in Lagos talk less of Ijaws living in Warri South that are from same state, same region, same environment.

scholes0:


Saying Warri is "owned" by three tribes is just people trying to be politically correct and neutral in an ethnically volatile region like the Niger Delta. Unless people are referring to Warri township plus all the places around it for up to 20 miles.
To your 2nd Q, are ijaws allowed to contest major offices in Warri south? that is news to me, although i wouldn't be surprised if it were so, after all Igbos that are not even from South-West can contest for elective posts in Lagos talk less of Ijaws living in Warri South that are from same state, same region, same environment.

yes, but there was a time only indigenes could run for some offices and ijaws were strongly eligible even back then

i think its because when warri was known as a multiethnic area, warri southwest LG had not been created so all d lands there were really warri, n back then ogbeijoh was just as developed as anyother part of the city so it was a popular part of warri city

yeah right! The name warri was originally given to warri north, warri southwest, n warri south LGs. It's development that brought uvwie, udu n likes to d fold, so many people have forgotten that warri is even more ijaw n itsekiri, and though of the 3 tribes urhobos are the most popular outside delta, they actually have the least claim to warri

fero007:
yeah right! The name warri was originally given to warri north, warri southwest, n warri south LGs. It's development that brought uvwie, udu n likes to d fold, so many people have forgotten that warri is even more ijaw n itsekiri, and though of the 3 tribes urhobos are the most popular outside delta, they actually have the least claim to warri

actually outside delta people most people don't know of urhobo or ijaw or itsekiri, most people who even of them think 'warri' is anoda diff tribe on its own separate from those three , while some mistake warri as edo people, and some think warri are igbo people, different different perceptions