Edo people
In Nigeria, egusi is common among the people of the southern part of Nigeria, the Yoruba people, Igbo people, Ibibio people and the Efik people and Bahumono of southern Nigeria, the Hausa of northern Nigeria and the Edo people, Esan people, Etsakọ people, Urhobo people and the Itsekiri people of the south-west of Nigeria. Yoruba people in general and quite notably the people of Ọṣun State – especially the Ijesha people – eat "iyan and egusi", a pounded yam and egusi soup.