FURUPAGHA IBE

FURUPAGHA IBE: The Furupagha are in present day Bayelsa State. The founding ancestors of the Furupagha came from the central delta Ibe of Basan. The town called Furupa in that area was the mother settlement. The ancestors first settlement in the western delta was  Ologbo. from Ologbo they moved to Ofiniama, the mother settlement of the Egbema, then to Ukomu of the western Apoi. Led by one Dauyoumo they finally settled and founded Zide. Because of the activities of slave raiders from Benin and southern portion of western Izon, their descendants had to spread out to become the present Furupagha Ibe. The arrival of the ancestors of the Furupagha in that area was a bit later than the Olodiama, Arogbo and Apoi, so it was post-14th century.