Ekpeye people
Politics. The Ekpeye people originated from Anioma in Delta state , Egbema in Imo state, and Igbanke an Igbo community in Edo state. These group of Igbo people migrated from the Igbo hinterland to present day River state. At the time , The Benin Empire was one of the greatest kingdoms in West Africa . The Benin Kingdom dominated some parts in Southern Nigeria. The Edo people influenced the Ekpeye people and their language. They also forced Ekpeye people to be like Binis and that they originated from the Benin Kingdom . A group of Benin influenced Igbo people migrated from Ekpeye  land to what is now Ogbaland . The Ekpeye and Ogba people adopted a prince from the Benin Kingdom his name was Akalaka. In the late 1900s , the Biafran war began. The Ekpeye people sided with the Igbo in the Biafran war. After the war , The Ekpeye people began to lose their Igbo identity to a Bini Identity. That is why some Ekpeye people say they are from Benin but they are from the Igbo ethnic group Language. The Ekpeye people speak Ekpeye language which is a dialect of the Igbos