Claims of Ownership to Warri

Every Warri indigene knows exactly from which town, community or village he comes. There can be no argument about that. The noise about the ownership of Warri is sponsored noise; noise sponsored for personal aggrandizement by persons who are mostly non-indigenes of Warri, like Chief E. K. Clark, who is from Bomadi Local Government Area, and the Urhobo Progress Union which expends all her energy and resources campaigning about Warri whilst sorely neglecting the development of their own homelands of Ughelli, Orerokpe, Aghalokpe, Eku, Orogun, Abraka, Effurun, Aladja, Udu, even Sapele, etc.

The table below shows the towns, communities, and villages in the three Warri Local Government Areas – Warri South, Warri North and Warri South-West – along with their corresponding indigenous ethnic groups. Every follower or visitor to this Blog is invited to consider and decide for themselves who indeed the owner of Warri is. No argument. No intellectual sophistry. No professorial labor at conjuring, reconfiguring, and/or rewriting history. Just plain seeing and recognizing the hard facts on ground. So, please take a look at the table and decide for yourself.

Serial No.	Towns and Communities	Ethnic Group	Local Government Area	Notes
1	ODE ITSEKIRI	Itsekiri	Warri South
2	AJAIGBA	Itsekiri	Warri South
3	INORIN	Itsekiri	Warri South
4	USELE	Itsekiri	Warri South
5	ODOGENE	Itsekiri	Warri South
6	UGBODEDE	Itsekiri	Warri South
7	ORUGBO	Itsekiri	Warri South
8	UBAERURE [BENNETH ISLAND]	Itsekiri	Warri South
9	KPISAN	Itsekiri	Warri South
10	AJAENETSEMI	Itsekiri	Warri South
11	AJADIDIARE	Itsekiri	Warri South
12	AJAKPEMINAGHAN	Itsekiri	Warri South
13	FUNGBE	Itsekiri	Warri South
14	ODION	Itsekiri	Warri South
15	ELDERS TOWN [DAUDU]	Itsekiri	Warri South
16	OKERE – ODEKPORO	Itsekiri	Warri South
17	OKERE – OGUNOBITE	Itsekiri	Warri South
18	OKERE – ODEILE	Itsekiri	Warri South
19	OKERE – IDIMIJAKPA	Itsekiri	Warri South
20	OKERE – AJAMIMOGHA	Itsekiri	Warri South
21	OKERE – IDIMISOBO [UDUMU SOBO]	Urhobo	Warri South	Alias Okere Urhobo
22	EKUREDE	Itsekiri	Warri South
23	UGBORI	Itsekiri	Warri South
24	UGBUWANGWE	Itsekiri	Warri South
25	IFIEKPORO	Itsekiri	Warri South
26	AJAETAN	Itsekiri	Warri South
27	IJALA	Itsekiri	Warri South
28	IJALA-IKEREN	Itsekiri	Warri South
29	UBEJI	Itsekiri	Warri South
30	EGBOKODO	Itsekiri	Warri South
31	OMADINO	Itsekiri	Warri South
32	OBODO	Itsekiri	Warri South
33	ORERE-OLUBA	Itsekiri	Warri South
34	UGBORITSEDUWA	Itsekiri	Warri South
35	AJAOSOLO	Itsekiri	Warri South
36	UWAKENO	Itsekiri	Warri South
37	UGBO OLAJA	Itsekiri	Warri South
38	AGBASSA	Urhobo	Warri South
39	EDJEBA	Urhobo	Warri South
40	OGUNU	Urhobo	Warri South
41	IGBUDU	Urhobo	Warri South
42	ORERE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
43	AGOGBORO	Ilaje	Warri South-West
44	SUMUGE	Ilaje	Warri South-West
45	COSTAIN	Ilaje	Warri South-West
46	UGBOEGIN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
47	UBAOKE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
48	OLOTIE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
49	OKITIMEKPE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
50	YOUNGMAN TOWN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
51	ODEUGBORODO	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
52	ARUNTAN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
53	UGBOEGUNGUN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
54	UBAEGBEMEJI	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
55	AJAEDEDE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
56	SAGHARATIE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
57	OTUMARA	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
58	OGIDIGBEN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
59	AKPAKPA	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
60	AJUDIABO	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
61	MADANGHO	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
62	JAGHALA	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
63	KPOKPO	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
64	BATEREN	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
65	DEGHELE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
66	BOBI	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
67	OLOBE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
68	UGBOGBODU	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
69	BATERENTIE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
70	ORUMAGEGE	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
71	KANTU	Itsekiri	Warri South-West
72	UBAKOKOJE	Ijaw	Warri South-West
73	OKEREGHIGHO	Ijaw	Warri South-West	Alias Okerenkoko
74	OGBE-IJOH	Ijaw	Warri South-West
75	ISABA	Ijaw	Warri South-West
76	JELEJELE	Ijaw	Warri South-West
77	DIEBIRI	Ijaw	Warri South-West
78	IJANSA	Ijaw	Warri South-West
79	OGHEYE	Itsekiri	Warri North
80	OBOGHORO	Itsekiri	Warri North
81	UGOGOEGIN	Itsekiri	Warri North
82	TONLILA	Itsekiri	Warri North
83	DALE-OKETA	Itsekiri	Warri North
84	OTOTO	Itsekiri	Warri North
85	EKEKPORO	Itsekiri	Warri North
86	EKETIE	Itsekiri	Warri North
87	UGBEGE	Itsekiri	Warri North
88	EBOKITI	Itsekiri	Warri North
89	JAKPA	Itsekiri	Warri North
90	JAKPATIE	Itsekiri	Warri North
91	AJABOYO	Itsekiri	Warri North
92	AJAMITA	Itsekiri	Warri North
93	UDO	Itsekiri	Warri North
94	GBOKODA	Itsekiri	Warri North
95	TEBU	Itsekiri	Warri North
96	OBAGHORO	Itsekiri	Warri North
97	EBROHIMI	Itsekiri	Warri North
98	TISUN	Itsekiri	Warri North
99	KOLOKOLO	Itsekiri	Warri North
100	EGHORO	Itsekiri	Warri North
101	BRESIBI	Itsekiri	Warri North
102	UREJU	Itsekiri	Warri North
103	UBESIN	Itsekiri	Warri North
104	KOKO BEACH	Itsekiri	Warri North
105	NANA TOWN	Itsekiri	Warri North
106	AJAOLUGBETI	Itsekiri	Warri North
107	OBONTEGHAREDA [DUDU TOWN]	Itsekiri	Warri North
108	AJAGBODUDU	Itsekiri	Warri North
109	OBITEUGBO	Itsekiri	Warri North
110	ABEGBORODO	Itsekiri	Warri North
111	OKOGHO	Itsekiri	Warri North
112	OGBENBIRI	Ijaw	Warri North
113	OGBUDUGBUDU	Ijaw	Warri North
114	OPUAMA	Ijaw	Warri North

Case rested. No sentiments. Just facts.

But lest we forget, let it be noted that for each of the 10 listed towns and communities occupied by the Ijaw and the 5 occupied by the Urhobo in these three Local Government Areas of Warri, which constitute the Warri Kingdom, the Itsekiri have decisive court judgments of ownership of the said lands, except perhaps for Idimi-Sobo in Okere where the Itsekiri have radical title to the 281.1 acres of land fondly referred to as “Okere Urhobo Kingdom” by the Urhobo who have but a possessory title to it by virtue of a Supreme Court judgment as recent as 1976. That apart, neither the Urhobo nor the Ijaw have a single court judgment in their favor in respect of any square inch of land in the three Warri Local Government Areas. Please see the “Adjudications on Warri” Page of this Blog for details of the court judgments.

And furthermore, let it also be noted that the Itsekiri also have towns and communities in Urhobo and Ijaw Local Government Areas just like the Urhobo and Ijaw have in Warri, for example:

1. Ogun-Aja – Sapele Local Government Area

2. Aja Ojigwo – Sapele Local Government Area

3. Aja-Imele – Sapele Local Government Area

4. Efrokpe – Ethiope West Local Government Area

5. Oyaja – Ethiope West Local Government Area

6. Brifo – Ethiope West Local Government Area

7. Ugbolokposo – Uvwie Local Government Area

8. Obontie – Okpe Local Government Area

9. Aja Ogunoyibo -Okpe Local Government Area

10. Itsekiri also abound in Burutu and Forcados in Burutu Local Government Area.

The difference is that the Itsekiri in these Urhobo and Ijaw Local Government Areas have not sought to claim and declare the lands they occupy as “kingdoms” with procured traditional rulership and titles. Rather, they have continued to live in peace and harmony with their Urhobo and Ijaw brethren. Why can’t the Urhobo and Ijaw in the Warri Local Government Areas do the same?!