OGU NATION FOUND IN 12 AFRICAN NATIONS
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU [WORLD EXCLUSIVE]
COTONOU IS THE HEARTLAND OF OGU NATION GLOBALLY
The people of Ogu Nation fondly called Egun in South Western geo-political zone in Nigeria can actually be found in at least 12 African nations .
In a world exclusive chat with The News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos,Nigeria ,an impeccable source had said that the arrival of the imperialists and the eventual acts of colonization has not affected their collective history as many will have thought as this was still very much intact and was never lost.
The source listed such nations like Benin,Togo,Ghana,The Ivory Coast,Burkina Faso,Cameroun,Central African Republic among others.
The source said that in what was the nation's land mass in the time before the colonialists came to Nigeria, The Benin Kingdom, the old oyo kingdom and the Dahomey kingdom were the biggest south of the River Niger..
He pointed out that the Eguns were so big in terms of geographical spread that some of their kinsmen can also be found in Kogi state.
He lamented that the stealing of ethnic homelands of the Ogu Nation by successive governments in Lagos state of Nigeria ,saying in Torogbame alone not less than N3Billion worth of landed property belonging to his ancestors was now in the custody of people with questionabale character with at least 30 of their kinsmen killed during a raid on their land on the orders of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
He disclosed to this reporter of how a drainage canal was being constructed from one of the stolen landed assets to Orange Island.
He affirmed that there were documentations in evidence to back up all the claims that he has made to this reporter regarding the real size of their stolen ancestral lands and properties globally.
He noted that the Aja community in Cotonou ,Benin Republic is the ancestral home of his people with a king who is highly revered seating on the exalted throne of their forefathers.
According to him the king only comes out three times in year when has to play a very critical role in the socio-cultural life of the Ogu Nation.
He went down memory lane to recall how a Dahomey Kingdom's monarch was betrayed by his own sibling because of the lure of money as the former refused to sign an agreement with the whites to cede their home lands and upon death after seven days the white man tried to fraudulently use the thumb of the dead king to stamp his documents but mysteriously despite all his efforts at the fraud the crafty little plan failed .
He frown at those in the General public that call them Egun saying that they were actually called Ogu but that it was the Yoruba nation that was fond of calling them Egun due to a perennial problem with pronunciation of their names.
He added that areas like Falomo in Ikoyi area of Lagos,Nigeria and a street called Mekunwen on the Island were all Ogu words and not Yoruba.
The Ogu people, sometimes called Egun people, are an ethnic group located majorly in Lagos and Ogun State in the South-Western part of Nigeria. The Ogu people have varieties of dialects including Thevi, Xwela, Seto and Toli and they also account for about 15% of the indigenous population of Lagos State.[1]
Origin
The Ogu people were settlers in the old Dahomey presently known as Republic of Benin. Oral history has it that the Ogu people are a descendant of those who migrated from Whydah, Allada and Weme which are now part of the Republic of Benin as a result of the Dahomean War that occurred during the 18th century. According to Mesawaku, a historian; the Ogu people migrated to Badagry as early as the 15th century due to the need for security.[2]
Geography and people
The Ogu people are majorly found in Badagry and in the Yewa region of Ogun State. They are also located in some parts of the Republic of Benin. Since their environment is surrounded by water, majority of Ogu people are into fishing, coconut processing and salt production while some are involved in trading and farming.[3] Among the Ogu people, the use of condoms as a method of birth control is perceived to be a taboo due to their long held traditional belief in the old practice of coitus interruptus.[4]
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU [WORLD EXCLUSIVE]
COTONOU IS THE HEARTLAND OF OGU NATION GLOBALLY
The people of Ogu Nation fondly called Egun in South Western geo-political zone in Nigeria can actually be found in at least 12 African nations .
In a world exclusive chat with The News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos,Nigeria ,an impeccable source had said that the arrival of the imperialists and the eventual acts of colonization has not affected their collective history as many will have thought as this was still very much intact and was never lost.
The source listed such nations like Benin,Togo,Ghana,The Ivory Coast,Burkina Faso,Cameroun,Central African Republic among others.
The source said that in what was the nation's land mass in the time before the colonialists came to Nigeria, The Benin Kingdom, the old oyo kingdom and the Dahomey kingdom were the biggest south of the River Niger..
He pointed out that the Eguns were so big in terms of geographical spread that some of their kinsmen can also be found in Kogi state.
He lamented that the stealing of ethnic homelands of the Ogu Nation by successive governments in Lagos state of Nigeria ,saying in Torogbame alone not less than N3Billion worth of landed property belonging to his ancestors was now in the custody of people with questionabale character with at least 30 of their kinsmen killed during a raid on their land on the orders of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
He disclosed to this reporter of how a drainage canal was being constructed from one of the stolen landed assets to Orange Island.
He affirmed that there were documentations in evidence to back up all the claims that he has made to this reporter regarding the real size of their stolen ancestral lands and properties globally.
He noted that the Aja community in Cotonou ,Benin Republic is the ancestral home of his people with a king who is highly revered seating on the exalted throne of their forefathers.
According to him the king only comes out three times in year when has to play a very critical role in the socio-cultural life of the Ogu Nation.
He went down memory lane to recall how a Dahomey Kingdom's monarch was betrayed by his own sibling because of the lure of money as the former refused to sign an agreement with the whites to cede their home lands and upon death after seven days the white man tried to fraudulently use the thumb of the dead king to stamp his documents but mysteriously despite all his efforts at the fraud the crafty little plan failed .
He frown at those in the General public that call them Egun saying that they were actually called Ogu but that it was the Yoruba nation that was fond of calling them Egun due to a perennial problem with pronunciation of their names.
He added that areas like Falomo in Ikoyi area of Lagos,Nigeria and a street called Mekunwen on the Island were all Ogu words and not Yoruba.
The Ogu people, sometimes called Egun people, are an ethnic group located majorly in Lagos and Ogun State in the South-Western part of Nigeria. The Ogu people have varieties of dialects including Thevi, Xwela, Seto and Toli and they also account for about 15% of the indigenous population of Lagos State.[1]
Origin
The Ogu people were settlers in the old Dahomey presently known as Republic of Benin. Oral history has it that the Ogu people are a descendant of those who migrated from Whydah, Allada and Weme which are now part of the Republic of Benin as a result of the Dahomean War that occurred during the 18th century. According to Mesawaku, a historian; the Ogu people migrated to Badagry as early as the 15th century due to the need for security.[2]
Geography and people
The Ogu people are majorly found in Badagry and in the Yewa region of Ogun State. They are also located in some parts of the Republic of Benin. Since their environment is surrounded by water, majority of Ogu people are into fishing, coconut processing and salt production while some are involved in trading and farming.[3] Among the Ogu people, the use of condoms as a method of birth control is perceived to be a taboo due to their long held traditional belief in the old practice of coitus interruptus.[4]
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