Itsekiri people
The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, Jekri, Itsekri and Ishekiri and historically as Warree and all its variant spellings), are an ethnic group who mainly inhabit the western Niger Delta area in Edo and Delta states. The Itsekiri speak a Yoruboid language and number around 1.1 million people, concentrated mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State as well as the adjoining portions of Edo and Ondo on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria.