•The most likely early inhabitants of the Niger Delta would have been
the Cross River speaking peoples, today represented by;
•
•a) the Central Delta peoples (Abuan, Odual and a number of very small
groups such as the Bukuma stretching in a zone across the centre of the Delta from West
to East
•b) the Ogoni peoples (Kana, Eleme, Baan) found in the Eastern
Delta
•c) the Lower Cross
peoples (Obolo)
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