The Ika people are a subgroup of the Igbo people

Igbo people

Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo, Ebo, Eboans or Heebo are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism...

 commonly called the Western Igbo. The Ika people number around 240,000.The Ika people are found in north west Delta State

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. They share borders linguistically in the west with the Edo

Bini

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 speakers, in the north with the Ishan

Ishan

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 speakers, in the East with the Anioma language speakers and in the south with the Ukwuani

Ukwuani

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 speakers.

History

12 clans and a metropolis

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make up the Ika community

1. Agbor clan,
2. Owa clan,
3. Abavo clan,
4. Ute-Okpu clan,
5. Ute-Ogbeje clan
6. Umunede clan,
7. Akumazi clan,
8. Igbodo clan,
9. Otolokpo clan,
10. Mbiri clan,
11. Idumuesah clan
12. Orogodo/Boji-Boji