Okpe

This article is about the LGA. For the language, see Okpe language (disambiguation).
Okpe
LGA and Kingdom
Okpe is located in Nigeria
Okpe
Okpe
Coordinates: 5°26′N 5°57′E / 5.433°N 5.950°E / 5.433; 5.950
CountryNigeria
StateDelta State
HeadquartersOrerokpe
Government
 • Orodje (King)H.R.M (Maj-Gen) Orhue I (rtd)
Demographics
 • EthnicityUrhobo
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
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Okpe is a kingdom in Delta State, Nigeria.[1] Today, it is also the name of a local government area. It is one of the many kingdoms that make up Urhobo nation.[2] Its capital is Orerokpe.[3][4] The kingdom plays host to the Osubi Airport (also known as Warri Airport), which is actually located at Osubi and the Delta State Trade Fair Complex.[5] The Orodje celebrated ten years on ancestral throne.[6] Major General Felix Mujakperuo is the king of Okpe Kingdom. The kingship is usually rotated between the four ruling houses.[7]

  1. ^ "A Royal History of the Okpe-Urhobo of Nigeria by Prince Joseph Asagba". www.waado.org. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  2. ^ "Delta South is made of four indigenous tribes —Urhobos of Warri". Vanguard News. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. ^ Salubi, Adogbeji (1960). "The Origins of Sapele Township". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 2 (1): 115–131. ISSN 0018-2540. JSTOR 41970824.
  4. ^ "Orodje Okpe: Ten years on an ancestral throne". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  5. ^ didy. "Okpe History and towns". Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  6. ^ "Orodje Okpe: Ten years on an ancestral throne". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  7. ^ "Holding married woman's hand is a taboo in my kingdom –Mujakperuo, Orodje of Okpe Kingdom". Punch Newspapers. 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-15.