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The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of western Nigeria, a majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State, that is Ogun Central Senatorial District.
Ogun Central Senatorial District comprises six local government areas: Abeokuta North, Abeokuta South, Ewekoro, Ifo, Obafemi Owode and Odeda local governments.[1][2] Other Egba are located in Lagos West, Lagos East, Oyo North, and Oyo South senatorial zones.
Before the creation of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate, Egba territory and people is bordered by the Ketu (Benin) in the West, the Lagos Colony in south, Ijebu in the east, and Oyo, Ibadan and Isoya near Ile Ife in the north. The people are directly connected to the Ogun River, but detached from the swampy coast of Lagos. Through the Egba land, there are direct routes to other Yoruba towns, including Lagos, Ibadan, Ijebu-Ode, Ketu (Benin), and Porto Novo (Àjàṣẹ́) in the Benin Republic.[3][4]
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- ^ Fenske, James (1830). Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery. The Economic History Review. p. 65. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ Ogunhemi, Gabriel Ogundeji (1982). Counting the Camels: The Economics of Transportation in PreIndustrial Nigeria. Nok Publishers. p. 64. Retrieved July 31, 2024.