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Isoko people

The Isokos are an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria. They are people of southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger delta. They speak the Isoko language – a language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family.

Notable people
Obaro Ikime, Professor of History, University of Ibadan • Stella Omu, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria • Jonathan Akpoborie, Nigerian international footballer • D'Prince, Afropop singer • Victor Ikpeba, Nigerian international footballer and brand ambassador • Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, Senator currently representing Delta South • Zeb Ejiro, Veteran Film Maker • Chico Ejiro, Veteran Film Maker • Eva Alordiah, rap musician • Fred Amata, actor • Jeta Amata, filmmaker • Bovi, comedian • Patience Oghogho Maseli, first female Deputy Director of Upstream Division at the Department of Petroleum ResourcesEvi Edna Ogholi, reggae musician • Orezi, musician • Daddy Showkey, garala singer • Masai Ujiri, President and former GM of the Toronto RaptorsSolid Star, musician • Samuel Oboh, Canadian architect • Cornelius Adam Igbudu (1914-1981), founder of the Anglican Adam Preaching Society • Ogaga Ifowodo, human rights activist, lawyer, and writer • Moses James, Boxer, Olympic medalist 1992, two time world boxing champion. • Paul Ufuoma Omu (July 1940 – 29 April 2025), Nigerian Major General, politician, and former Military Governor of South-Eastern State (1975–1978). • Gen. Alexander Ogomudia, retired Nigerian Army general who served as Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2003 to 2006 and Chief of Army Staff from 2001 to 2003. ==See also==
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