Mein tribe

The Mein tribe[1] of the Ijaw people lives along the Forcados River in Delta State,[2] Nigeria.[3] The Mein trace their origins to Benin City,[4] via parts of the central Niger Delta.[5] Important Mein settlements include Ogobiri and Kiagbodo.[6]

Most of the Mein live along the Forcados River in Burutu and Bomadi Local Government Areas[7] of Delta state, with Kiagbodo as the most conspicuous[8] settlement. As indicated[9] by Mein customs, the eponymous progenitor, Mein lived at Benin and moved to Aboh to keep away from wars. He then left Aboh because of contentions,[10] and settled at Ogobiri in the Sagbama – Igbedi brook (present-day Bayelsa state[11]). It was from here that further developments happened for the most part because of questions and over-populace, prompting displacements toward the western Delta.[12][13]

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