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A MESSAGE FROM TOMPOLO: THE SACRED CREED OF EGBESU TO IJAW NATION – THE DOS AND THE DON’TS
Today, the drum peal is mainly to convey the missive of the High Priest of Gbaraun Egbesu, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, aka Dr. Tompolo. Hear him:
“Hear me, sons and daughters of Ijaw Nation, I have come to speak to you through the divine laws of our land as it was unwritten before I was born. I do not add or subtract. These are natural laws. It is abominable to do what is wrong and the consequences therein are huge.
“Egbesu is the supreme deity of the Ijaw Nation. Any contrary habits of these natural laws defile the land and the people. I am TOMPOLO. I hardly speak. But this is sacrosanct to our spiritual growth. Let us not allow borrowed Western traditions to invade our sacred beliefs and values. These norms define the African tradition and her worship institution. Any defilement to these ethics or ethos brings curses, destruction, and impedes our spiritual and physical well-being.
“Take this and be at peace with yourself, God, Egbesu, Amaseikumor Barugu, Agbinibor, Oyain, Ziba-Opuoru, and Ibolomoboere deities. What the gods forbid are man’s natural laws.
“Below are some of the laws and creeds you need to keep to attract the blessings of Woyin, especially Egbesu.
1.You must be holy at all times in mind and body because without holiness, no man shall see Woyin (God). However, I tell you it takes a lot of great courage to seek and see the face of God. You must have a pure and loving heart. Abstain from abominable and unnatural sexual habits and practices. The ultimate objective of Sex is purely for procreation with joy and loving erosion, which in essence means to multiply and fill the earth for the continuity of life. However, ensure that your free will to engage in sexual activity must be restricted to what Woyin permits. You must refrain from homosexual practice among men and lesbianism among women.
2 . A man must not have sexual intercourse with a woman when she is in her monthly flow. This defiles the man and the woman. Of course, you know most religions in the world preach against such practices. For men, do not allow your wives to climb on top of you to perform full sexual intercourse. Do not labour her to do so. You are the head and, therefore, must be on top and not bottom. Surely, our mothers who are traditional birth attendants can attest to the fact that a male child during delivery faces down while a female child faces up.
3. Thou shall not by any means use your tongue to suck the sexual organs of anyone. As a man, you must respect the woman’s sexual organ by not using your tongue because that is where you came from. Apart from that, most people using their tongues have mistakenly sucked women who are seeing their monthly flow. As for the women, do not suck the male organ or drink his sperm. For it is an abomination to Woyin. The breast of a woman is primarily to produce milk to feed babies as a source of food.
4. You must not pay evil for evil but forgive one another so that you can obtain forgiveness from Woyin. Thou shall by no means involve or get yourselves into any form of human blood oath-taking practices with another person, including your loved ones and spouses.
5. Take care of yourself so that you can help take care of others. Love yourself and love others. Don’t hurt yourself and others.
6. Oppression of citizens is man’s inhumanity to man. Always discuss with your wives that you need separate toiletries in bathing. Do this with persuasion and love because some of you have wives from other tribes and races who see nothing wrong in these practices.
7. Human sacrifices and rituals for whatever reason, such as wealth and/or personal security, are an abomination to Woyin. If you need money, work diligently and pray to Woyin through fasting and devotions, including vows, to get your blessings.
8. Thou shall not commit adultery with another man’s wife. It is an offence against man and God.
9. Thou shall not envy the progress of another human being, particularly a fellow Ijaw man.
10. Thou shall not steal.
11. Thou shall not kill except in self-defence and/or during war. Thou shall not betray one another to a stranger, body, or agency irrespective of your grievances.
12. As many of you who are involved in these practices should confess before the Chief Priest and other High Priests for cleansing and forgiveness. If you ignore all these laws and do not observe them diligently, you are attracting curses upon your life and for generations yet unborn. Your town or city shall be cursed during crisis because you are not holy to call upon Woyin.
13. Thou shall not have sexual intercourse with any of the following:
a. your mother as a boy;
b. your father as a girl;
c. your brother or sister.
14. Thou shall not plan evil against your brother through envy and jealousy irrespective of your gender. For it is an abomination against our divinities and your parents.
15. Thou shall not abort any pregnancy, for it is a murder. Your business is prone to collapse by other negative forces manipulating you, and this may cause obscure nights in your life.
16. Remember sexually transmitted diseases are too difficult to cure or something incurable, therefore having sexual discipline at all times is desideratum.
“If you do not hearken to the above laws when you call upon Woyin, Amaseikumor, and Barugu, they shall forsake you to live at your peril. Verily, I tell you, if you keep the laws of Egbesu, Woyin, Amaseikumor, and Barugu—if you keep the laws of Woyin and serve her in love, tolerance and in truth and spirit with a forgiving heart, and kindness—–these blessings shall follow you:
* Blessed shall be your towns and communities.
* Blessed shall be your children’s families and businesses.
* Blessed shall be your portion when you are embarking on your routine journeys.
* Woyin, Barugu, and all our divinities shall smite down your enemies during war and strife when they come against you.
* Anywhere you go goodness and mercy shall follow you. You will be on top of your peers. Nations upon nations shall recognize you because you have identified and adored our Creator–Woyin, the God of the Ijaws.
* Good health is guaranteed to be your portion. You shall have abundance at all levels and dimensions and respected by nations and not to be persecuted by anyone because Gbaraun Egbesu (Woyin) has all powers– protection, authority and blessings on the planet to give them to the Ijaws and their positive needs and desire as the chosen people on earth.
“However, Woyin and all her manifestations, such as Gbaraun Egbesu and all other Egbesus, Amasekumor, and Barugu, are merciful divinities that can forgive you at any point in time. Hearken to these natural laws to reshape your destiny and the future of your nationality.
“Natural laws are spiritual laws. The true way to the path of the divinities of our land is to obey the above-stated creeds and laws and be at one with your creator.
“Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit says to his people! Stay away from lies!”
And so High Chief (Dr) Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo from the University of Divinity spoke to his people. A stitch in time saves nine!
Asiayei Enaibo
The Talking Drum
SA to Dr. Tompolo on Osobor matters
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OPEN LETTER TO THE DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT RE: FALSEHOOD ABOUT WARRI NORTH AND THE HISTORICAL TRUTH OF EGBEMA IJAW MAJORITY
OPEN LETTER TO THE DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT
RE: FALSEHOOD ABOUT WARRI NORTH AND THE HISTORICAL TRUTH OF EGBEMA IJAW MAJORITY
From: Ijaw Stakeholders of Warri Federal Constituency
Date: [16/8/2025]
Dear Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Governor of Delta State,
We read with outrage the recent misrepresentation by your administration claiming that Warri North Local Government Area is “predominantly inhabited by the Itsekiri.” This is false, misleading, and a reckless distortion of history.
The 1999 Constitution binds every arm of government to truth and equity:
S.14(2)(b): “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”
S.42(1): forbids ethnic discrimination in state action.
S.17(2)(a),(d): demands equality and forbids exploitation of human and natural resources against communities.
Your government’s post violates these provisions by attempting to erase the majority status of the Ijaw people of Egbema Kingdom in Warri North.
2. Historical Truth: Warri North is Dual, Not Exclusive
Warri North is made up of two traditional kingdoms:
1. Egbema Kingdom (Ijaw)
2. Itsekiri Kingdom
It is therefore a constitutional and historical fraud to present the LGA as if it belongs exclusively to the Itsekiri.
British Intelligence Reports (1936, 1951) confirm that Egbema Ijaws constitute the majority population in Warri North.
Early European accounts such as Pacheco Pereira (1505) describe Egbema and other Ijaw groups as dominant along the Benin and Escravos Rivers.
Even colonial census records (1921, 1931, 1952, 1963) confirm Ijaw numerical dominance across Warri territories.
3. Geography and Settlement Facts
The physical landmass of Warri North betrays this false narrative:
Egbema Ijaw communities (e.g., Opuama, Polobubo, Tsekelewu and others) occupy vast swamp and riverine territories of the LGA.
The Itsekiri communities, though significant, do not outnumber the Egbema Ijaws.
Court records and colonial leases show Ijaw communities consistently recognized as landowners, while others were settlers or tenants.
4. The Fraud of Manufactured Itsekiri Majority
For decades, colonial distortions and post-independence manipulation inflated Itsekiri status. The fraudulent “6–4” ward allocation (six wards to Itsekiri, four to Ijaw) exemplifies this injustice.
The Supreme Court in Timinimi v. INEC (SC/CV/1033/2023) has already pronounced this structure unconstitutional, unjust, and illegal. INEC has verified through fieldwork in the creeks and communities. The only step left is publication.
5. Our Warning to the State Government
Governor Oborevwori, government cannot function on falsehood. To continue to project Itsekiri exclusivity in Warri North is to deliberately incite tension between communities and to disregard constitutional order.
As Justice Nnamani once ruled: “Equity will not allow the law to be used as an instrument of fraud.” By pushing a false narrative, your administration risks being complicit in the very fraud equity forbids.
6. Our Demand: Tell the Truth and Obey the Law
1. Delta State Government: Retract and correct your false claim. Acknowledge the dual reality of Warri North, Egbema Ijaw and Itsekiri.
2. Federal Government: Direct INEC to publish the Supreme Court–ordered delineation result without further delay.
3. Public and International Community: Reject state-sponsored propaganda that erases the Ijaw majority and sustains political fraud.
7. Conclusion: Truth vs Falsehood
Ijaw (Egbema): Majority, ancestral landowners of Warri North.
Itsekiri: Minority, co-inhabitants but not exclusive claimants.
The Supreme Court has spoken. INEC has verified. Only publication remains.
As Thomas Paine warned: “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” INEC’s silence and your government’s propaganda will not bury the truth.
Signed
Chief Tiemopere Joshua
(President)
Chief Ebikeke T. Goodstime
(Secretary)
Ijaw Stakeholders of Warri Federal Constituency
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The Presidency
The National Assembly
The National Security Adviser
United Nations, AU, EU
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Ijaw Youth Council Alleges Ethnic Discrimination, Gross Inefficiency, Wants President Tinubu to Fire Executive Secretary of the NCDMB.
By: Favour Bibaikefie
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western Zone has demanded the immediate sack of Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe from his current role as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), alleging inefficiency, ethnic bias, and negligence towards critical youth engagement in the Niger Delta, while calling on President order an immediate probe into his activities.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by
Comrade Nicholas Igarama – Chairman, Ebi Joshua Olowolayemo – Secretary, and Comrade Tare Magbei – Information Officer, and dated August 14, 2025, which reads in full:
“NCDMB: IYC Demands Sack of Unproductive Ogbe as Executive Secretary
“Leadership in its most rudimentary form defines the essence of absolute responsibility on assigned tasks as bestowed by higher authorities.
“This very phenomenon has been found to be lacking in the leadership of Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) headed by Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe.
“As Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Ogbe has consistently failed to input his supposed industry track record in the advancement of the mandate upon which the agency was founded.
“He has continually had a sectional engagement with his fellow Itsekiri Kits and Kin, thereby shutting all other ethnic nationalites in the Niger Delta region out.
“Repeatedly has he avoided critical youth engagement in the region while sponsoring that of his Itsekiri ethnicity through different human capacity development initiatives, while other ethnic nationalites are left unattended.
“As Ijaws, mostly from the western flank where Engr. Ogbe also hails from, we will not sit and watch others benefit from the resources that we produce without our practical involvement to better the lives of our people as well.
“It is on record that the leadership of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western Zone has tried to establish communication with Engr. Ogbe, for the last ten months, but every medium of communication to get his attention has fundamentally proven to be abortive.
“As youths, we can no longer have leaders in office who have now equated themes to demi-god and have refused to attend to most significantly youthful issues in the Niger Delta Region.
“To this end, we therefore call on President Bola Ahmed Tinibu to immediately sack Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, who has consistently displayed disregard for critical actors in the Niger Delta and has also exhibited the highest level of gross inefficiency by not keeping up to the fundamental mandate upon which NCDMB was founded.
“Hence, this call is made for the presidency to probe into Engr. Ogbe’s activities at the NCDMB relieve him of his duties as Executive Secretary of the Board.”
By Divine Perezide
His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, the Executive Governor of Delta State, has condoled with the Agediga family over the passing away of the mother of Amb. Dr. Shedrack Agediga, Chairman, Delta State Bursary & Scholarship board. The Governor said Mama Agediga’s death has created a big vacuum and described her death as a huge loss, saying that mama lived an impactful life and her legacy would remain fresh in the memories of the living.
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori who was represented by Rt. Hon. Solomon Funkekeme (Senior Policy Adviser) advised everybody to emulate the lifestyle of late Mama Binkayai Uyabrade Enerekpemi Agedigha as she had touched humanity as a virtuous and community woman leader by contributing meaningfully to the development of the society.
The governor disclosed during the burial ceremony of Mama Binkayai Uyabrade Enerekpemi Agedigha and charged everybody, especially mothers to emulate her lifestyle to make their little contributions to develop the society.
“Mama has gone after leading an impactful life and her legacies as a very strong woman and virtuous community leader must be sustained” The governor admonished.
Also, speaking, Barr. Dcn. Kingsley Otuaro, immediate past Deputy Governor of Delta State , Rt. Hon. Julius Pondi, member representing Burutu Federal Constituency, House of Reps. Rt. Hon. Godknows Angele, Commissioner for Housing, Chief (Barr) Funyei Manager, Commissioner for Special Projects and Chief Favour Izoukumor, Executive Director – Social Services, DESOPADEC both extolled the late mama’s contribution to the society and expressed sadness for losing the Nonegerien.the
They acknowledged that she led a fulfilled life and urged society, especially women to emulate the lifestyle late of mama.
Mama Agediga died at the prime age of 104 and survived with 3 Children, 22 Grand Children, 24 Great Grand Children and 2 Great Great Grand Children.
The burial ceremony was attended by the creme de’ la creme of the society, including the Governor of Delta State Chief Sheriff Oborevwori who was represented by Rt. Hon. Solomon Funkekeme (Senior Policy Adviser) Hon. Spencer Okpoye, Commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, DESOPADEC.
Rt. Hon. Solomon Funkekeme (Senior Policy Adviser), Barr. Dcn. Kingsley Otuaro, immediate past Deputy Governor of Delta State , Rt. Hon. Julius Pondi, member representing Burutu Federal Constituency, House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Godknows Angele, Commissioner for Housing.
Others are Chief (Barr) Funyei Manager, Commissioner for Special Projects, Chief Favour Izoukumor, Executive Director – Social Services, DESOPADEC, Hon. Spencer Okpoye, Commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, DESOPADEC, Hon. Chief Dan Yingi former lawmaker Delta House of Assembly, Hon. Emma Amgbaduba former Commissioner Delta state, Chief Vero Tangbeowei, Delta state former PDP women leader, Hon. Godwin Edumogiren, Hon. Paul Kurugbe, Olorogun Vincent Oyibode JP, Chairman Udu Council and others.