Ƙabilar Western Support

Ƙabilar Western Apoi suna zaune a Jihar Ondo, Najeriya. Ana kuma kiran kabilar Western Apoi ko Ijo-Apoi . Sun ƙunshi ƙauyuka tara wato Igbekebo, Igbotu, Igbobini, Inikorogha, Ipoke, Kiribo, Oboro, Ojuala da Shabomi. Apois suna zaune a ƙasa mafi girma fiye da yawancin sauran kabilun Ijaw. Suna magana da yaren Yoruba da ake kira Apoi wanda yayi kama da yaren Ikale da Ilaje. Apois sun sami canjin harshe ƙarni da yawa da suka gabata daga yaren Ijo zuwa Yoruba saboda aure da warewa daga yankin delta mafi girma. Suna da iyaka a arewa da gabas da Ikale da yamma da kuma wani ɓangare a kudu da Ilaje. Kungiyar ta raba wani sashi na iyakarsu ta kudu tare da Arogbo . Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (2005). A History of the Niger Delta, Port Harcourt: Onyoma Research Publications. 

 Al'umma da al'adu 
Asalinsa, Apoi suna zaune a gefen koguna masu zurfi inda suke yin kamun kifi, gina jirgin ruwa da jigilar kayayyaki da kayan gandun daji kamar katako ta ruwa tsakanin ƙauyukansu da sauran garuruwa. Suna kuma shiga aikin gona. 

 Bangaskiyar gargajiya 
Babban allahn da ke cikin Apoi shine Oborowe wanda babban wurinsa yake a Igbobini tsakanin Okitipupa da Irele. Alloli na ruwa da ake kira kesimotie sanannun ne a cikin Inikorogha, yayin da babban allahn da bikin a cikin Igbekebo shine Boabo (ko Boabu), allahn itace, da kuma wani nau'i na duba da ake kira patagha .

Esidale, allahn Duniya a Ife, sananne ne, kuma ana yin bikin Oro kuma an amince da shi tsakanin Apois.

 Asalin da ƙaura 
Mutanen Apoi sun samo asali ne daga ƙaura daga Tsakiyar Nijar Delta a Jihar Bayelsa ta yanzu kuma sun ci gaba da ƙaura daga Ile-Ife. Kafin su isa wurin da suke yanzu, al'adun kabilanci suna tunawa da dogon lokaci na zama a Ukomu a cikin abin da ke yanzu yankin Furupagha.

Apoi sun dauki sunansu daga Apoi (Opoi) ɗan Kala-Okun, wanda ya bi kakansa Ujo a kan hanyarsu ta komawa Otu-Ife ko Ile-Ife. A cikin rukuni na tara, sun ɓace yayin ƙoƙarin gano hanyar ba tare da taimakon mai ba da hanya ba. Don haka, sun yanke shawarar zama a kusa da Kogin Nun (Apoi creek), inda ƙauyen Apoi na yanzu yake. Ujo wanda ya ɗauki taken Kalasuwe (KALA-SUWE ko KALUSUWE watau, ƙaramin allah,), ya mutu a nan kuma jikansa ya gaji taken.

Daga baya, Kalasuwe ya zama lakabin sarauta wanda ya wuce ta hanyar dangin Apoi. Halitta tara da aka kafa daga ƙungiyar ƙaura sun kafa kashi tara (Idumu), wanda kawai ake tunawa da biyar, waɗannan sun haɗa da, Ogboinbou, Apoi, Okoto-aza ko Okoto-aja (gidan asali na Kalasuwe ko Ujo da kansa da kuma shafin ɗayan wuraren ibada na kakanninsa da ake kira Oborowi), Umgbuluama, da Inikorogha. Wasu zuriyar Gbaran sun yi ƙaura daga ƙauyen Gbaran a cikin wannan yanki, kuma tare da Apoi sun kafa ƙauyukan Keme-Ebiama, Ajama ko Azama, Kassama, da Ogboinbiri, Kolokologbene, da Sampou. Tare da garin Gbaran, waɗannan sun zama sanannun Apoi Ibe .

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