Ekealterego:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theperiscopeglobal.com/2021/06/02/epie-atissa-the-people-and-challenge-of-development/%3famp=1

Behave yourself, you claim Bayelsan and yet you do not know Etete Enideneze, a renowned Epie writer and journalist.

Behave yourself. It shows that you do not belong to the Epie-Atissa ethnic nationality.

DitariDisciple2:


I just saw a name Torupina as an Epie leader name.
You just wrote it.
Let me interpret it in my Kolokuma Ijaw dialect.
It means Bright Eye .

DitariDisciple2:
I saw another name in your write up as an Epie leader.
KORISEI

In my Kolokuma dialect of Ijaw it means, dance while holding it.


And u say Epie is not Ijaw.

U mumu well well.

DitariDisciple2:
I saw a name Tologere. As another Epie leader.
In my Kolokuma dialect it's Tolokere.
Meaning clean is the name .

DitariDisciple2:
I saw a war called Odiarabara war by Epie.
In my Kolokuma dialect it means.
The war that came from the Strenght of the Odi citizens.

Let me check for more.

Ekealterego:

May God bless Epie-Atissa and Oguan Ethnic nationality at large.

DitariDisciple2:


Oguan is not an ethnic nationality mumu.
It's a dynasty.
Kala-Okun dynasty consists of Kolokuma people, Okordia people, Biseni people, All Ibani people and parts of Wakirike Ijaw people.
All Ijaw towns are under clans, all Ijaw clans are under Dynasties Dynasties are under the Ijaw ethnic nationality.

DitariDisciple2:


Oguan is not an ethnic nationality mumu.
It's a dynasty.
Kala-Okun dynasty consists of Kolokuma Okordia Biseni and All Ibani people and parts of Wakirike Ijaw people.
All Ijaw towns are under clans, all Ijaw clans are under Dynasties Dynasties are under the Ijaw ethnic nationality.

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Ekealterego:


Well, from the article, Epie-Atissa sons claim they are a unique tribe with a unique language under the Oguan ethnic nationality.

DitariDisciple2:


That's a big lie nd u know it.
No b una wey go change Wikipedia say Ogbia Na Igbo? Wetin una no fit lie with.
I pity for the ones who take this Ibo liars serious.
Go and remove them from all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong.
Force them out since Na u wan tell them their Ancestors.

Ekealterego:

Who wrote that? Ogbia is never Igbo...rather Ogbia are Cross-River/Ibibio people.

DitariDisciple2:


Oya go and remove them from all Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong and force them into Ibibio own since Na u wan tell them their Ancestors.
Ogbia different clans understand each other.
They understand Abureni clan of Nembe
Odual clan and so many others.
Go and force them out of the Ijaw socia-cultural organizations they belong since Na u know their Ancestors pass them.

Dartilo:
So Yenagoa is not ijaw?

Igboid:


No it's not.
Ijaw is a political franchise not an ethnic group.

Epie-Attisa people are Edoid speakers. They speak like Isoko people.
And they have a history of migration from Edo state.
They are the owners of Yenegoa.

They claim Ijaw when necessary for Political advantages,as per Nigerian crude oil politics and pipeline protection deal.

DitariDisciple2:
All una frustrations end on Nairaland.
If u think the Ijaw socia-cultural organizations are just for any group why don't u go nd join already
If u think we accept just any group.
Epie are not even from one Ancestor.
There was no time Amarata and Agudama Epie had one Ancestor.
Same with Edepie and Ekeki
Akenfa and Biogbolo

Igboid:


No it's not.
Ijaw is a political franchise not an ethnic group.

Epie-Attisa people are Edoid speakers. They speak like Isoko people.
And they have a history of migration from Edo state.
They are the owners of Yenegoa.

They claim Ijaw when necessary for Political advantages,as per Nigerian crude oil politics and pipeline protection deal.

DitariDisciple2:


Oya go nd join them to Edo group.
Mumu Igbo.

DitariDisciple2:


Mr man how come they answer Ebi Tari Preye.
That even Arogbo Ijaw in Ondo state bear.

Igboid:


Eleme people bear Kamalu, Okochi, Dike, Dimkpa and other Igbo names.
But we know they don't speak an Igboid language,they speak an Ogoniod language, and for this reason can't be said to be Igbo.
Look at Eleme VIP with Igbo surnames, does that make them Igbo?
People borrow names for reasons best known to them, but mother tongue is what defines a people.
Epie-Atissa are Edoid speakers and can't be Ijaw.

DitariDisciple2:



Mr man. If they are not Ijaw we wouldnt have sent state capital there during the creation of Bayelsa.
By 1996 that Bayelsa was created the whole Yenagoa had 1 secondary school and two primary schools.
See how far we've come.
It's because they were Ijaws.
That's y we wrote state capital Yenagoa to what we gave Abacha.

DitariDisciple2:
That picture was created by Igbo.

DitariDisciple2:



Mr man. If they are not Ijaw we wouldnt have sent state capital there during the creation of Bayelsa.
By 1996 that Bayelsa was created the whole Yenagoa had 1 secondary school and two primary schools.
See how far we've come.
It's because they were Ijaws.
That's y we wrote state capital Yenagoa to what we gave Abacha.

Ekealterego:
THE PEOPLE, ANCESTRY, ORGANIZATION AND CIVILIZATION

Epie-Atissa people are the original inhabitants of 30 communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, with Yenebebeli Two as the newly recognised community.

The ancestral and migratory root of Epie-Atissa is traced to Akoko Edo Local Government Area in Edo State, from where groups moved to various places, untill Prince Zue, one of the sons of Oguan, the ancestor, founded Yenizue-Epie as the first place of settlement. A group of elites from Epie/Atissa, recently visited Akoko Edo and reaffirmed this claim.

Aside the Akoko Edo and Oguan origin, a few communities in Epie-Atissa, have their own migration narratives, few of which also finally tend to link the Edo origin, as first place of migration.

The language spoken by the people of Epie-Atissa ethnic nationality is known as Epie, under Delta-Edoid classification, and very similar to the language of Ukoroho group of people in Akoko Edo.

All of them are autonomous but contiguous communities, subject to the kingship of their Kingdoms. Thus, communities in Epie owe allegiance to the authority of the Obenibe of Epie Kingdom, while their brother communities in Atissa owe allegiance to the Ebenibe of Atissa Kingdom.

The people of Epie-Atissa, share common ancestral and migratory links with their brothers: Zarama in Yenagoa Local Government Area; Engenni and Degema of Rivers State, and by extension, Urhobo and Isoko, with similar origin, language and culture.

Subsistence farming, fishing, hunting, canoe carving, oil palm harvesting and processing of palm oil, inter-community and inter-ethnic trade in farm produce and food stuff and its other natural resources, served as means of livelihood.

They initially lived in bamboo-mud-thatch-roofed houses, changed to zinc-roofed-mud houses and later full-block-zinc-roofed houses before becoming Bayelsa State Capital. A business magnet, Late Chief Omeleh Tologere was the first to build block house, while Late Chief G. F. Omeleh, first owned a storey building.

Life was anchored on a communitarian philosophy of love and brotherhood, Ubuntu. Ancestral guiding spirits and ‘Inibru’ supplemented man-made laws, and slammed nemesis on offenders.

Writing Credit.
ETETE ENIDENEZE

Igboid:


Those who were responsible for Bayelsa creation.
The likes of Ebitu Ukiwe who had the ears of Abacha specifically wanted the capital in Yenegoa for a reason.
They knew that Epie-Attisa people were not Ijaws.
They played a fast one on you Ijaws.

You thought you were wise, now have they not left you?

Igboid:


Those who were responsible for Bayelsa creation.
The likes of Ebitu Ukiwe who had the ears of Abacha specifically wanted the capital in Yenegoa for a reason.
They knew that Epie-Attisa people were not Ijaws.
They played a fast one on you Ijaws.

You thought you were wise, now have they not left you?

DitariDisciple2:


You just shot yourself on the leg by mentioning EBI-TU
I'm EBI also.