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Oruko
Urue-Offong/Oruko is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State created in September 1991. Urue-Offong/Oruko is one of the five Oro language speaking Local Government Area bounded in the North West by Okobo, Akwa Ibom, Oron, Akwa Ibom in the North East, bounded in the East by Udung Uko, and in the South East by Mbo, Akwa Ibom and also bounded by Esit Eket in the South West. History In September 1991, Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area was carved out of Oron, Akwa Ibom Local Government Area. Urue-Offong/Oruko is made up of six out of the nine clans (Afaha) of the Oron people. Oruko was the economic capital of the Oron people it was a home to a huge market (Urue Oruko) in the 1800s where several traders from mainly Hausa people, Ilaje, and Igbo people came to sell their goods, an unfortunate event occur where several people died close to Sixty after a huge ancestral tree fell and people died due to stampede in the late 1890s. Again ...
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Oron People
The Oron people or Örö people are a sub- ethnic group of the larger Ibibio people, that make up the Akpakip Oro or Oron Nation. The Örö are located primarily in southern Nigeria in the riverine area of Akwa Ibom and the Cross River States and in Cameroon. Akpakip Oro are regarded as an ancient warrior people, speaking the Oro language which is in the Cross River language family of the Benue–Congo languages. They are ancestrally related to the Efik people of the Cross River State, the Ibeno and Eastern Obolo in Akwa Ibom, the Andoni people in Rivers State and the Balondo-ba-Konja in the Congo. The geopolitical restructuring of states and local government within Nigeria has seen the egalitarian society of the Oron Nation being fragmented politically in the Niger Delta. They have been divided across two separate Nigerian states, the Cross River State and Akwa Ibom state, and then into five Oron local government areas (LGAs) within the Akwa Ibom state. The Oron Nation is ...
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Anai Okpo
Anai Okpo is an Oron Community in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... Anai Okpo was founded by ''Okpo'' one of the Son of ''Ekete Okpo'' who found primacy at Okpe Oruko after the spread the Ubodung clan. References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyulor
Eyulor is an Oron Community in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Eyo-Ulor as it is popularly called by the Oron people The Oron people or Örö people are a sub- ethnic group of the larger Ibibio people, that make up the Akpakip Oro or Oron Nation. The Örö are located primarily in southern Nigeria in the riverine area of Akwa Ibom and the Cross River States ... was formed by Ullor of one of the son of Ekete Okpo who found primacy at Okpe Oruko after the spread the Ubodung clan. References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Oduonim Isong Inyang
Oduonim Isong Inyang is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Edok
Edok is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyetong
Eyetong is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... Formed by the children of Otong. References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyo Eyekip
Eyo Eyekip is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Formed by the children of Okip from the Ubodung clan of Oron Nation Oron may refer to: "Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible. *Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin. *Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyo Okwong
Eyo Okwong is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Formed by the children of Okwong from the Ubodung clan of Oron Nation Oron may refer to: "Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible. *Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin. *Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyo Ufuo
Eyo Ufuo is an Oron village in Eyulor community of Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... History Eyo Ufuo was formed by Ufuo son of Ullor whose father was Ekete Okpo. References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyo Uwesong
Eyo Uwesong is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Formed by the children of Uwe Isong from the Ubodung clan of Oron Nation Oron may refer to: "Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible. *Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin. *Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Abiak Elibi
Abiak Elibi is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Oron folklore tells of Abiak Elibi (Run and Hide) village was created as an escape spot in Akpakip Oro Oron Nation had existed as a free sovereign and egalitarian society for hundreds of years before it was forcibly incorporated into the amalgamated Nigeria in 1914. Oron people share a strong ancestral lineage with the Efik people in Cross River ... for people to hid when they feel like they are under attack. References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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Eyo Uya
Eyo Uya is an Oron Village in Urue-Offong/Oruko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. Formed by the children of Uya from the Ubodung clan of Oron Nation Oron may refer to: "Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible. *Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin. *Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca .... References Places in Oron Nation Villages in Akwa Ibom {{AkwaIbom-geo-stub ...
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