OTHER IJO RELATED PEOPLES

OTHER IJO RELATED PEOPLES: Other people who were of Ijo origin or related ancestrally are the Aboh (i.e. mixed Ibo and Ijo), the Ndoki (i.e. mixed Ibo and Ijo), Nkoro or small Okrika, Zarama, Egbema of Imo area (i.e. mixed Ibo and Ijo) and Oruma. Engenni, Abua and related groups (through intermarriage with Efa (Edo) Bantu and Semi-Bantu ancestors):

“…The people of Epie, Atissa and Egene (Engeni) are all children of Ijo. At the dispersal of the children of Ijo from their father’s settlement, these people migrated up the Niger and veering to Oguta creek passed through various foreign settlements before they got to their present settlement. Their contact with the Aboh and other Ibo speaking peoples affected their language and customs so much so that they appear to be people of other tribes. Their long severanc from other Ijos makes a statement of their genealogical connections with other Ijos rather impossible. What is true of the Epies, Atissas and Egenes is also true of the Okodians, Busenies, Zaramas, Sakas, Andonis and other groups of Ijos who are very difficult to be identified. However, from the ancestral titular calling of “Aluku Dogo Dogo” in drummings common to Kolokuma and Buseni, it can be said with some certainty that Buseni with her offspring towns and clan hailed from Kolokuma…”

Some Urhobo groups (i.e. mixed Edo, Ibo and Ijo) and the Ojos in the Badagiri creek region of Lagos (i.e. Ijo who have adopted Yoruba language fairly recently around the early 20th century. In the Awori-Lagos traditions, the original Proto-Ijo founders of settlements in Lagos are referred to as the “AROMIRE’S” i.e. “LOVERS OF WATER”). Opobo was founded by Jaja who was of the house of Opubo (Opubo Wari) at Bonny (Ibani). Oruma's other name was Tugbene, the ancestor Tu hailing from Oboloma. The Epie-Attisa resulted from migrants from both Izon and Edo speaking people. The Ijo element coming from Ekpetiama or Seimbiri mother settlements.