Okpe

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Okpe
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Okpe
Coordinates: 5°26′N5°57′E / 5.433°N 5.950°E / 5.433; 5.950
Country Nigeria
State Delta State
Headquarters Orerokpe
Government
 • Orodje (King)H.R.M (Maj-Gen) Orhue I (rtd)
Demographics
 • Ethnicity Okpe
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Okpe

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]

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History

The Okpe kingdom was established as early as the 17th century. It has a traditional ruler with the title Orodje of Okpe. [8] The Okpe people are known to have migrated to found the present day Sapele and the Orodje of Okpe still exercises authority over the land of Sapele. [9]

The first king produced by this system was H.R.M. Esezi I, Orodje of Okpe whose sovereignty was around the period of 1770-1779. [10]

H.R.M. Esezi II, became the second Orodje of Okpe. As a pioneer advocate of democracy in the land of okpe, he also was pivotal to Nigeria. He was among the delegated kings that attended the 1957 Lyttelton Conference held in London in order to seek the Nigerian independence from the indirect government of the colonial master. He ruled the kingdom around the period of 1945-1966. [11]

H.R.M Orhoro I, the third Orodje of Okpe ruled the kingdom from around the period of 1972-2004. He was educated at a catholic school and also served in the Nigeria police force. He later earned a Business Administration Diploma in the United Kingdom. His early life experience served him well as a springboard for establishing and becoming a director of a company, the New Africa Industries Limited. [5]

H.R.M Orhue I Orodje of Okpe, is the fourth and current king of Okpe. He served as a high-ranking major general in the Nigerian Army. [12] He was officially crowned on 29 July 2006. [7]

Climate

The climate in Okpe is classified as tropical monsoon (Am). The city's average annual temperature is -0.82% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.64°C (83.55°F). Okpe generally has 296.16 wet days (81.14% of the time) and receives about 241.52 millimetres (9.51 inches) of precipitation annually. [13]

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