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	Edofolks - Benin and Itsekiri
		The Itsekiri speak a Yoruba dialect whose vocabulary has been widened by the infusion of a large number of Portuguese, Bini and English words.
		The Itsekiri have derived the names of these items from Bini.
		The main Itsekiri chieftaincy titles are derivatives of Bini titles.
	www.edofolks.com /html/pub123.htm (2687 words)

	RE APPROACH TO INDIGENOUS LOCAL TRADITIONAL COMMITTEE SERVICES ITSEKIRI REACTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Being anti-democratic, the monarchical Itsekiri oppose electoral ward/constituency delimitation that is a pre-requisite exercise for constitutional elections.
		The Olu (gofune) of Warri was not crowned by the Itsekiri.
		Itsekiri local councils as well as Ijaw local councils none superior to the others were all equally subordinate to Warri Division, which was an instrument of colonialism.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /rarticles/re_approach_to_indigenous_local.htm (3341 words)

	Itsekiri group blames Ijaw attacks on govt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		KOKO— THE Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC) says the April 11 violent attack on the Koko community in Delta State by Ijaw youths should be blamed on the lukewarm attitude of the state and Federal Governments to the plight of the Itsekiri.
		According to the INYC, the Itsekiri have been under threat of extermination from Ijaw without check by the state government instead the suspects were set free by the state government.
		According to him, "while the Itsekiri were being threatened with apparent extermination and forceful seizure of their homeland by the Ijaw, the world was being made to see Ijaw barbarism largely as crisis in the Niger-Delta occasioned by years of neglect.
	www.itsekiri.org /News%202003/N20030509.htm (283 words)

	THISDAYonline
		However, the Itsekiri leaders' observation that there has not been adequate consultation on the matter should be noted by the government and appropriate steps taken.
		Despite that the Itsekiri, rightly or wrongly, have been accused in several quarters as being the most aggressive of the three warring fachons, analysts believe that it is unlikely that they would want to be seen as the only obstacle before the current peace plan.
		However, a more compelling reason why they, the Itsekiri, should embrace this option is that their history shows that they have, togemer with the Urhobo and the Ijaw, benefited from such arrangements in the past.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/09/07/20030907com02.html (1246 words)

	TEXT OF A WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PROVEN CASES OF GENOCIDE AGAINST THE ITSEKIRIS BY THE IJAW NATIONAL
		While the Itsekiris were being threatened with apparent extermination and forceful seizure of their home land by the Ijaws, the world was being made to see Ijaw barbarism largely as crises in the Niger Delta occasioned by years of neglect.
		If the Itsekiris are not immune, why should they be made to suffer for such official actions they are not party to; but are victims of; in an unimaginable dimension such that will pale whatever others including the Ijaws think they are suffering.
		Also, the issue of ward delineation and alleged political marginalization of the Ijaws by the Itsekiris as the precipitatory factors to this present massacre of Itsekiris and devastation of their land are as spurious as ever.
	www.genocidewatch.org /NigeriaItsekiriclaimagainstIjaws.htm (3101 words)

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		Despite the loss of their monopoly, the advantages already held by the Itsekiri ensured that they continued to enjoy a superior position to that held by the Ijaw, breeding in the latter a sense of resentment at what they felt to be colonial favoritism towards the Itsekiri.
		With the discovery of large oil reserves in the Niger Delta region in the early 1960s, a new bone of contention was introduced, as the ability to claim ownership of a given piece of land now promised to yield immense benefits in terms of jobs and infrastuctural benefits to be provided by the oil companies.
		Despite this new factor, rivalry between the Ijaw and the Itsekiri did not actually escalate to the level of violent conflict between the two groups until the late 1990s, when the death of General Sani Abacha in 1997 lead to a re-emergence of local politics.
	www.en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Ijaw (867 words)

	Ijaw and itsekiri crisis in the niger delta
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	oduduwas civilization of niger delta peoples
		Itsekiri, thwn the Olu of Warri, abdicated his throne for Ogbawuru, the son of Ginuwa, thus, ending the dynasty of Itsekiri and his Irigboal ancestors.
		In Itsekiri legends, it is said that in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Irame, the third Olu in the Ginuwa dynasty, one of his sons, Ebele, got lost in the geopolity known as Okpe land today - but then was a part of the ancient Benin Empire.
		Concerning the Itsekiri ownership and control of Sapele, prior to the privy council ruling he said, “The house system was “par excellence, the institution of such coastal ethnic groups as the Ijos, Efiks and the Itsekiri of Sapele and Warri.
	www.dawodu.net /_Edodelta/0000006f.htm (14422 words)

	Ethno-Net Database: Nigeria
		The Ijaws and Itsekiri are both seeking to control the benefits that accrue from the activities of oil companies operating in this swampy region of southeastern Nigeria.
		Jonathan Ari, a spokesman for the Ijaw community, said the Itsekiris had attacked Ijaws five times in the past two months and each time the Ijaws had been advised by their leaders to refrain from reprisals.
		Itsekiri leaders denied responsibility for the killing spree, blaming the attack on infighting among different Ijaw factions.
	www.ethnonet-africa.org /data/nigeria/rep0104.htm (6104 words)

	Itsekiri youths surrender seized property to Ijaw in Warri - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Blog It WARRI â” OVER 400 Itsekiri war lords and youths who annexed the property of Ijaw indigines at Iyara and continued to occupy the property since the ethnic feud between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ended in 2004 have finally surrendered the houses to their Ijaw owners in a show of love.
		Macaulay told Vanguard that the handover process was part of the state governmentâs rehabilitation and reconciliation efforts to ensure that an enduring peace exists among the various communities in Warri and environs.
		He said that it was a thing of joy as the Ijaw landlords came to meet with the Itsekiri occupants of the houses with whom they had been no love lost in the past few years, and all of them sat together to discuss the tenancy agreement.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=6945&z=17 (277 words)

	COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE ITSEKIRI PATRIOTS GENERAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WARRI, DELTA STATE OF NIGERIA ON 23 – 24 OF ...
		It is against this background that representatives of Itsekiri Patriots, both within and outside Nigerian converged at Warri, from 23 to 24 of January, 1999 to deliberate on the future of the Itsekiri Nation and the current Ijaw ethnic cleansing.
		As an Itsekiri, he must not embark on creating few millionaires and putting in place frivolous and irrelevant projects that has no bearing on the lives of the people of the Niger Delta as was the case of his predecessors in office.
		Conference-in-session call on all Itsekiri sons and daughters, the world over to be vigilant and resolute in the face of this Ijaw aggression and killings.
	www.itsekiri.org /communiques/communique.htm (2783 words)

	Raceandhistory.com - Edo people´s renaissance
		The people who constitute the Itsekiri tribe have diverse origins: early settlers from Ijebu, some from Igala and Aboh came to settle in various communities such as Omadino, Ureju, Ugborodo, Inroin, etc at various times out of human memory.
		Here was a Kingdom founded by the royal party from Benin, but by the early sixteenth century through the seventeenth, it had done so much overseas trade to match or exceed that of the mother - kingdom; the reason being its advantageous position within the empire on the rim of the Atlantic.
		Both Bini and Itsekiri histories agree that Ginuwa, a prince, as your goodself, left this great city to found the Iwerre (Warri) Kingdom about 1480.
	www.raceandhistory.com /historicalviews/edopeople.htm (2662 words)

	ChevronTexaco Held by Women Demanding Better Conditions SOLA ADEBAYO / Vanguard (Nigeria) 19ju02
		The Itsekiri women groups from Warri South West local government council of Delta State seized the installation ten days ago to protest the alleged neglect of their communities by Chevron in the past 32 years of its operation in the areas.
		Tribal divisions nevertheless appeared to have emerged among the several hundred protesters at Escravos, who were refusing to leave the facility despite a verbal agreement to end their siege.
		Tribal divisions also appeared to have emerged among the several hundred protesters at Escravos, who were refusing to leave the facility despite a verbal agreement to end their siege.
	www.mindfully.org /Reform/2002/ChevronTexaco-Women-Nigeria19ju02.htm (2293 words)

	Who Owns Warri?
		The Itsekiri country lay in a mangrove swamp that is transected by Benin River, and the Escravos and Forcados rivers.
		Itsekiri Communal Land Trustees versus Dick Olueh and ORS for the Itsekiri People of Ugborodo and Ogidigben, Suit No. W/46/69 was brought to challenge denial of rights to collect compensation on some land in Benin River.
		The common Itsekiri persons are led to believe that a diminution of the status of their Olu would be a substantial threat to individual identity.
	www.urhobo.kinsfolk.com /Conferences/FirstAnnualConference/ConferenceMatters/MillenniumSession/WhoOwnsWarri.html (18339 words)

	Vanguard - Politics : Itsekiri should rise up to rebuild —Lori-Ogbebor
		The Itsekiri people, you must know whom they are; the Itsekiri people are civilised, educated people, who know their right from their wrong; who would not do anything that is not legitimate.
		That is how all civilised countries should be and this is the way the Itsekiri are; they believe in serving their country, doing the right thing and hoping and believing that every other person would do the same.
		The Itsekiri are still very proud people, for instance, during the war, you never saw any Itsekiri man in a refugee camp, they were with their brothers, their sisters and others.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/p125012005.html (1960 words)

	Nigeria - Niger Delta - Warri - Oil - Elections - Worldpress.org
		But they are not as strong, influential, or well connected as the Itsekiri, who have always manipulated election results to the detriment of the Ijaw.
		According to him, the Itsekiri leaders, who are not even living on Itsekiri land, are the ones fueling the crisis by instigating and supplying their youths with dangerous weapons to kill and destroy the Ijaw.
		He told Newswatch: “The Itsekiri lords are always fueling the wars between either the Itsekiri and the Urhobo, or the Itsekiri and the Ijaw.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=1193&dont=yes (1132 words)

	The Norwegian Council for Africa \| Printer friendly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The presence of the helicopters and the threat to open fire on the rampaging Itsekiri youths was said to have caused fear among the warring youths who were on the verge of setting another building on fire.
		Sources who disclosed this to Vanguard yesterday, pointed out that the Itsekiri’s who were heavily armed with rifles and short guns, also armed themselves with Petrol Bombs with which they set the buildings on fire.
		In fact, sources disclosed that the attack by the Itsekiri on the Ijaw is being viewed so seriously that members of the National Assembly from both the Ijaw and the Itsekiri have called on the Joint Task Force to do everything within its power to prevent the fighting from escalating.
	www.afrika.no /noop/page.php?p=Detailed/4487&print=1 (452 words)

	Executive Summary of Itsekiri Position Forcadoes Treaties were forged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Then on Sunday evening when the Itsekiri youths went on a revenge rampage and destroyed property in Okumagba estate, Ibori grew upset and angry to the extent that when he dashed to Warri to inspect the extent of damage, he refused to meet the Okere Itsekiri who were waiting for him.
		The Itsekiri ab- initio had opposed their inclusion in the Mid West Region until they had the guarantee of the protection clause in the Mid West Constitution of 1964.
		We call on the Federal Government as a matter of utmost urgency to rehabilitate all Itsekiri towns and villages destroyed by the Ijaw and the Okumagba Urhobo between 1997 and 1999 and in the years 2002 and 2003.
	nigerdeltacongress.com /earticles/executive_summary_of_itsekiri_po.htm (2280 words)

	A CRITIQUE
		By contrast, the early imperial treaties between the British and the Itsekiri recognized the lands of the Itsekiri as lying in the "Benin River".
		The bulk of Itsekiri country was then under the Sapele District of 1904 (Benin District having "died") plus most of Urhobo land on the Ethiope to Okpara and Igun, etc. The Kwale District of 1904 had Kwale lands and Urhobo lands of Abraka and Orogun.
		Ekeh writes: "The Itsekiri have sought to reap benefits from the largesse and corruption that the British bestowed on the Itsekiri chieftain, Dore Numa, by ignoring the treaties and by resting on subsequent corrupt court judgment in favor of Dore Numa..."
	www.edo-nation.net /ayomike.htm (4206 words)

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		The Itsekiri comprising 37% population census continue to dishonour the peace process already put in place by Competent Commissions And Committees of enquiry on the Warri crisis.
		Whether or not non-Ijaw were killed in the cowardly April 20, attack, the Delta State Government’s Statement in defence of the Itsekiri cannot remove the obvious fact that the aggression was all aimed and targeted at the Ijaw and that the most likely attackers are the Itsekiri and their military accomplice.
		Whereas, the Itsekiri would hold the Ijaw accountable for any Itsekiri calamity, the Ijaw have not decided to equally hold the Itsekiri responsible for the aggression and harm suffered by the Ijaw.
	www.unitedijawstates.com /fndic.htm (9566 words)

	IDMC : Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre \| Countries \| Nigeria \| Political violence in Delta region, 2003-2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There is a history of conflict between the Itsekiri, Urhobo, and other ethnic groups in the area, but the immediate tension between the Itsekiri and Urhobo was motivated by a dispute over the number of electoral wards allocated to each community and the drawing of boundaries between wards.
		According to one version of events, the soldiers opened fire on the Itsekiris in reprisal for the earlier killing of a soldier, apparently either not realizing that the earlier burning and looting that led to a soldier's death had been committed by Urhobos, or not knowing the people they had encountered were Itsekiris.
		In clashes between the Ijaws and the Itsekiris, and between the Ijaw and the military, scores of people were killed and dozens of villages destroyed over a period of around two weeks, according to reports from local non-governmental organizations, journalists and other sources.
	www.internal-displacement.org /idmc/website/countries.nsf/(httpEnvelopes)/6D7B1D1BC23B7B82802570B8005AAF5B?OpenDocument (3975 words)

	Itsekiri Position Paper on Warri City and the Western Niger Delta Crisis in Nigeria
		Estimated at over 450,000, Itsekiri is one of the five distinct ethnic nationalities in the State: Urhobo – 2.5 million; Ijaw – 7 million with some 400,000 in their three local government areas on the Western Delta; Isoko – 400,000 and Aniocha / Ibo – 1.8 million.
		The chief is said to have opposed the idea of these purported Treaties covering Itsekiri land before the war, and that may be the reason his greatest foe, Ralph Moor, valiant in victory, still defended the territorial integrity of Nanna’s homeland, even a month after his downfall.
		Then on Sunday evening when the Itsekiri youths went on a revenge rampage and destroyed property in Okumagba estate, Ibori grew upset and angry to the extent that when he dashed to Warri to inspect the extent of damage, he refused to meet the Okere Itsekiri who were waiting for him.
	www.waado.org /UrhoboHistory/WesternNigerDelta/Danjuma/Itsekiri/PositionPaper.html (4837 words)

	News -- Comment: Issues in and dimensions of the Warri crisis
		Starting from the creation of a local council with its headquarters in Ogbe-Ijoh and the its subsequent movement to Ogidigben an Itsekiri enclave, intelligence officers ought to have known that the state was toying with fire which could ultimately have implications on the national quota.
		Also, it may be necessary to request the old forces on the Itsekiri side to step aside and allow new voices to step in and wipe out the mess which we are currently in.
		But since the Itsekiri are opposed to this, we could then think of six local councils, with each ethnic group controlling two each.
	odili.net /news/source/2003/sep/25/7.html (3101 words)

	Itsekiri at AllExperts
		The Itsekiri (also called the Jekri, Isekiri or Ishekiri) are an ethnic group of Nigeria's Niger delta area, particularly the city of Warri.
		In the fifteenth century, the Itsekiri adopted a prince from the Kingdom of Benin as a monarch, and quickly coalesced into a kingdom under his rule.
		Traditionally fishermen and traders, the Itsekiri were among the first in the region to make contact with Portuguese traders.
	en.allexperts.com /e/i/it/itsekiri.htm (207 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Itsekiri communities protest alleged relocation move by TotalFinaElf
		22-07-03 Natives of six Itsekiri communities hosting the multi-billion naira Opumami Tank Farm owned by TotalFinaElf in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State took to the streets of the oil city in protest against alleged moves by management of the oil company to pull out of their areas.
		The embittered Itsekiri, including the aged and prominent citizens walked through the major roads and streets of the city chanting songs reflecting their unenviable status as natives of host communities to the gigantic oil installation.
		Diden who pleaded with them to be peaceful asked his protesting kinsmen to go back to their various communities to await favourable response from the governor.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cna33435.htm (460 words)

	The Warri Crisis: Fueling Violence: III. Violence in 2003
		Itsekiri youth collected at the stadium where the primary voting was taking place then retaliated in response to reports of this raid.
		Ijaw militia reportedly attacked the Itsekiri village of Ugbuwangue near Warri, on April 14, but were prevented from entering Warri town by the army and navy.
		Armed militia from Itsekiri communities are also operating in the creeks, and the level of organization among Itsekiri fighters seems to have increased in recent months.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2003/nigeria1103/3.htm (4649 words)

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