Ese Odo

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Ese Odo is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria, populated by the Ijaw (Izon) ethnic sub groups of the Western Apoi tribe and the Arogbo tribe. Its headquarters are in the town of Igbekebo, and it is one of the LGAs with crude oil in Ondo State. The biggest towns within the area are Kiribo, Arogbo, Ukparama (Akpata, Opuba, Ajapa, Ukpe, Bolowou), Igbobini, Igbotu, and Igbekebo. Being mainly an Ijaw (Izon) ethnic subgroup area in Ondo State, Ese Odo is described as the only local government in the South-West that is Ijoid, as most such areas fall into the South-South geo-political grouping in Nigeria. The area has a total size of 762 square kilometres and a population of 154,978 at the 2006 census, and it is one of the oil-producing LGAs in the state.