My town Ette is a District in Olamaboro Local Government Area. We have both Igalas, Idoma and some Igbo residing in Ette.
Ette is predominately Igalas. And in Ette we have nine Clans, which are:
Ogodo
Emenebe
Ebe
Enodaba
Obida
Ochigide
Aishi
Adope, and
Achanya.
Ette is closer to Enugu State than Kogi State, we share boundary and even inter marry. That make the young generation of Ette youth to think we belong to Eungu state.
Things have gone wrong in so many ways. Our elder statesmen in Ette fought for Ette to be recognised with the Kogi people, last year the ATTA OF IGALA crowned our King in Ette in person of, His Royal Majesty Aaron Akor. Peace came back to Ette , Ette sons and daughters celebrated the joining of their kiths and kins in Kogi. It was indeed a day of Celebration.
But right now the story is different. Some Ette youth have been brain-washed to turn against their people. They are killing and burning properties of Ette sons. This is really sad.
These misguided youth are engineered to do this by some bad eggs in the community . Giving them money and arms to fight their people all because they want to go back to Eungu State. The likes of John Amedu and Emmanuel Alachi and others are the ones hurting Ette .
The Government of Kogi State should do something about this before it turn into something else.
– Unekwuojo O.
