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'''Okpella'''{{efn|Okpella has been administered as one entity}} is a clan situated along [[Benin]]-[[Abuja]] federal high way.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hao |first=Yaguang |title=Political Relations and Role of the Village Chief in Grassroots Village (Sub-District) Governance |date=2023 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9829-4_9 |work=Grassroots Governance in Taiwan |pages=165–194 |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer Nature Singapore |isbn=978-981-19-9828-7 |access-date=2023-01-31}}</ref> Going by the last National Census figures, it has the population of 500,000, and is one of the three main towns that make up [[Etsako East]] Local Government Area of [[Edo State]]. Okpella is known for its natural [[sedimentary rock]] based mineral resources, which include [[limestone]], [[calcium]], and [[granite]], [[feldspar]], [[talc]], [[clay]], [[marble]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Owogram|date=2021-07-04|title=Edo State In Nigeria - Interesting Facts to Know|url=https://www.owogram.com/edo-state/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Owogram|language=en-GB}}</ref>▼
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▲'''Okpella'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Borgatti |first=Jean M. |date=1976 |title=Okpella Masking Traditions |url=https://www.academia.edu/25513128/Okpella_Masking_Traditions |journal=African Arts |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=24 |issn=0001-9933}}</ref>{{efn|Okpella has been administered as one entity}} is a clan situated along [[Benin]]-[[Abuja]] federal high way.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hao |first=Yaguang |title=Political Relations and Role of the Village Chief in Grassroots Village (Sub-District) Governance |date=2023 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9829-4_9 |work=Grassroots Governance in Taiwan |pages=165–194 |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer Nature Singapore |doi=10.1007/978-981-19-9829-4_9 |isbn=978-981-19-9828-7 |access-date=2023-01-31}}</ref> Going by the last National Census figures, it has the population of
The people of Okpella are predominantly farmers, and are known to grow in large numbers, yams,<ref>{{Citation |title=How 'systemic' is a large corpus of English? |date=2008-01-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401205474_008 |work=Language, People, Numbers |pages=43–60
==History==
The origin of Okpella people was not documented, it was preserved in oral traditions like African people.
The sub-clans in Okeplla were created as a result of clashes between HRH. [[Abdulmalik Asekomhe Afegbua|Abdulmalik Asekhomhe Afegbua]] and Chief Sado Ikor in 1935. Afegbua, who had assumed the position of Clan Head in 1916 later became the district head of the [[Kukuruku Division]] in 1920,<ref name=":0" /> leaving the Clan Head position vacant for Sado to become the Clan Head. In 1929, the district system in Nigeria was abolished,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Etebom |first=J.M |date=October 2023 |title=The Historical Development of Local Government Administration and Its Contemporary Realities in Nigeria |url=http://thejournalish.com/ojs/index.php/thejournalish/index |journal=The Journalish |issn=2722-5402 |volume=3 |pages=12}}</ref> Afegbua returned to Okpella to contend for the position of Clan Head, which led to communal clash that ended up to an election conducted for both Afegbua and king SADO. King SADO was the reigning Eramhe (father of the clan) and won the ballot and continued as the sole clan head till his demise in 1952. Chief Afegbua thereafter returned to ascend the clan head of Okpella again.
The Late Clan Head, HRH. Andrew Yesufu Eshioramhe Dirisu who reigned for 48 years came from Ogute Sub-Clan.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cole, Simon, (born 20 Feb. 1958), Chief Executive Officer, 7digital Group plc (formerly Unique Broadcasting Company, then UBC Media Group plc), since 1989 |date=2017-12-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u287206 |work=Who's Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=2023-02-01}}</ref>
▲The people are predominantly farmers, and are known to grow in large numbers, yams,<ref>{{Citation |title=How 'systemic' is a large corpus of English? |date=2008-01-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401205474_008 |work=Language, People, Numbers |pages=43–60 |publisher=BRILL |access-date=2023-01-31}}</ref> [[cassava]], [[tomato]]es and [[Irvingia gabonensis|ogbono]]. Its Ewo market, located at Okugbe in Oteku sub-clan and on the busy Benin-Abuja Road and congregates every fourth day. Okpella is a natural town with polite and happy citizens who share a communal bond prevalent in most African societies, the town also consists of [[Muslims]] and [[Christians]] who live peacefully among themselves despite their religion backgrounds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Borgatti|first=Jean M.|date=1976|title=Okpella Masking Traditions|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3335050|journal=African Arts|volume=9|issue=4|pages=24–91|doi=10.2307/3335050|issn=0001-9933}}</ref>
==Tradition==
== Villages ==
*Afokpella, Awuyemi, Iddo, Imiegele, Imekuri, Ogute-Oke, Okugbe, Oku<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Afegbua|first=Isa S.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173261409|title=Okpella : origins, communities, and neighbours, 1400-2000|date=2003|publisher=Centre for Development & Documentation|isbn=978-062-073-7|location=Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria|oclc=173261409}}</ref> Ogriga
== See also ==
{{Cite book |first=Jean |last=Borgatti |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/645789117 |title=The festival as art event : form and iconography : Olimi festival in Okpella clan, Etsako Division, Midwest State, Nigeria |date=1980 |publisher=University Microfilms International |oclc=645789117}}
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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