Samagidi

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Samagidi or Asamagidi is a town in Kokori sub-clan in Agbon Kingdom in Ethiope East Local Government Council Area of Delta State[1] in Nigeria.

Geography[edit]

Samagidi is bounded by Eku in the West,[2][page needed] Okuidjerhe in the East, Urushue and orogun in the North, and Onumane and Okpara in the South.

Education[edit]

There is a school, Ibruvwe Grammar School, in the village.[3]

Residents[edit]

Prominent indigenes include Chief Godwin Ogbetuo, the late Chief James Edewor, Mason Oghenejobor, Austin Oghenejobor, Sonny Akpoduado, Professor Vincent Otokunefor and Chief Emma Avworo who is the current President-General, Dr. Oghenegueke Chris Ejiro.

Industry[edit]

Samagidi is an oil producing community in the Kokori oil field.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ " Delta communities assure oil firms of safety of facilities". Sweet Crude. December 28th, 2011
  2. ^ Joan Ibuje (1985). Memoirs of a Great Bureaucrat. J. Ibuje.
  3. ^ "Nigeria: Kokori - a Deafening Cry of Neglect By Leaders". All Africa.
  4. ^ Peter Newell; Joanna Wheeler (7 August 2006). Rights, Resources and the Politics of Accountability. Zed Books. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-1-84277-555-4.