Chief Dore Numa

Dr Ejiro Imuere

Whether you like it or not as an Urhobo man, once the name "Warri" is involved, the ITSEKIRIS have ten times advantage over you. It is not their connections. It is a FOUNDATIONAL thing.

Many do not know how the British colonial foundation has either progressed some people or undermine some people. In Benin KINGDOM, the Obasekis are still reaping it. A strong FOUNDATION for them. Dore Numa was the first Federal minister in 1914, he wined and dined with Lord Lugard.

He was the one few Lucky Africans to be members of the Federal executive council. The King of England then in 1909 was king George. He knew Dore Numa one on one and even gave him the Kings medal in 1909, because he helped the British to conquer both Nana(1894) and Oba Ovonranmwen (1897).

Dore Numa was also the Head of all the chiefs and Kings of Warri ( Delta Province). More like the GOVERNOR today. He was also the Head of the Warri Native court of Appeal. More like the Chief Judge of the State And it was him who took very many land decisions affecting us Today. He 1904 he separated Sapele from Amuokpe , making Sapele an independent town from Amuokpe.

He put the boundary at the former IDH hospital In 1928, he went further to declare all of Sapele as Olu land, and stopped giving Chief Ayomanor the rents. In 1925 he separated Ugbolokposo from EFFURUN, then he was also the British appointed clan head of the Uvwie People, simply because his mother was Uvwie.

In 1922, be played instrumental role in marking the boundary between Okpe and Ovu in Present day Omoise village. We are still struggling to recover from many evil things he did to us.

But we may not recover all, like the Ogbe Ijohs have lost Warri GRA. We will start by first of all REJECT THE NAME WARRI, OVER OUR LANDS. Warri was originally the name of Ode Itsekiri. Between 1891 to 1916, the British gradually brought that name to Urhobo lands of Agbassa and OKERE Urhobo And Urhobos fell in love with the name, and then the Itsekiris used it to Subsume them REJECT the name, there is a Metaphysical reason for it .