Aladja is a coastal town and one of the largest and highly
populated indigenous towns in Delta State. It is
located on the bank of southern part of River Warri,
opposite old Warri city. It is home to the Udu people, a sub-group of Urhobo ethnic group.

HISTORICAL FACTS

As at 1900, the area called Ogbe-Ijoh today was a farm land, owned by the people of Aladja. There was no Ijaw presence in the area at all. In fact, prior to this time, the people now living in the town where on the corner of the Warri River by what is known today as sand-sand Market, or Ogbe-Ijoh market in Warri. Prior to the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates in 1914 to create what is known today as Nigeria, the colonial masters sought to establish the seat of consular government in Warri to firmly have control of their commercial enterprise on the hinterland. First government acquired 360 acres of land in Warri on leasehold in 1906.

Later, an additional 90 acres was acquired from the Ijaw people of Warri and this led to the resettlement of the Ijaws after the acquisition in 1908. The Aladja people who lived across the Warri river, offered the people their farm land and that is how the Ogbe-Ijoh community was founded first as a small settlement on the fringe of Aladja people’s farmland.

As the Ijaw people grew in number due of course to the fact that Ijaws are predominantly onshore dwellers, they decided to have a firm grip of their new found upland settlement by often extending the boundary to encroach beyond what Aladja’s magnanimity could accommodate. When the Ogbe Ijoh people could not control their greed for land through periodic encroachment on Aladja lands, a major war broke out in 1996 between the two communities resulting in scores of deaths.

Government stepped into the matter and both sides were urged to live together in peace with a buffer zone clearly identified as boundary between the two communities.

We are calling on the federal government and the state Government to please look into this issue and ensure further lives and properties are not lost .

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onuwaje Sanchez01 fratermathy

i wud watch from.the sidelines...

but the word Ogbe is neither Ijaw nor Urhobo...



but whatever the argument is.. both parties shud head to the supreme Court with tangible proofs and end it

Efewestern:


We are calling on the federal government and the state Government to please look into this issue and ensure further lives and properties are not lost .

If Udu people really owned Ogbe-Ijaw. Why wasn't the name really in Urhobo language?

All these claims and counter claims. Ijaws will never accept that. Only a concluded court case can suffice.

Nowenuse:


If Udu people really owned Ogbe-Ijaw. Why wasn't the name really in Urhobo language?

All these claims and counter claims. Ijaws will never accept that. Only a concluded court case can suffice.

The Crisis is not about Ogbe-ijoh, Our concern is the continuous encroachment of aladja land by others.

Efewestern:


The Crisis is not about Ogbe-ijoh, Our concern is the continuous encroachment of aladja land by others.

I know. I live in Warri. You were the one who brought in the historical story of Ogbe-ijoh here.

Apparently Aladja has been peaceful for sometime now or are they still fighting? And how come Udu people even let Ijaws have so much hold and encroach their land?

onuwaje:
i wud watch from.the sidelines...

but the word Ogbe is neither Ijaw nor Urhobo...

Hmmm, strange, Ogbe is an Edoid word, I can bet it has no Yoruboid root if that's where you are driving to.

but whatever the argument is.. both parties shud head to the supreme Court with tangible proofs and end it

Before they head to the supreme court the Government should try to pacify the warring parties. We can't be in court while some people are still killing themselves.

Nowenuse:


I know. I live in Warri. You were the one who brought in the historical story of Ogbe-ijoh here.

Apparently Aladja has been peaceful for sometime now or are they still fighting? And how come Udu people even let Ijaws have so much hold and encroach their land?

The ijaws are still threatening to blow up oil installation in Urhobo land if the government dont give to their demand.

Aladja people are not asking much, don't just take what belongs to them.

I stopped reading this trash when he said "land was acquired from Ijaw people "
Ijaws have no land in Delta, Rivers, Edo, Cross Rivers, only in Beyelsa do they have rigjts to land.

Efewestern:


The ijaws are still threatening to blow up oil installation in Urhobo land if the government dont give to their demand.

Aladja people are not asking much, don't just take what belongs to them.

Na wa o. What intimidation! And what is their demand pls?

Efewestern:


Hmmm, strange, Ogbe is an Edoid word, I can bet it has no Yoruboid root if that's where you are driving to.



Before they head to the supreme court the Government should try to pacify the warring parties. We can't be in court while some people are still killing themselves.

I'm nt driving at any point that's why i said i am watching from the sidelines..


if this administration pacify i can bet u that same issue will come up and d next administration will also pacify and it becomes an endless circle..


so since both parties claim ownership of the said land.... they shud go and convince the jury

Ogbe is a common word in Urhobo which means Street.