My interest for this topic was initially gingered by the stories told me as an infant by my father of blessed memory, Okakuro Charles Onokpachere Agbosa (The original Ewewu) who, by the grace of God was one of the earliest educated Okpe (indeed the first in Oha) long, long before I could imagine I would study Theater Arts in the University of Benin. I know that he would have been happy to see me present this story in my own preferred medium and having the opportunity to for once, proffer the probability of the origin of his people to the Nubian civilization long before the birth and Ministry of Jesus Christ. Incidentally, there is supportive snippet to this origin, though not fully explored by Professor Onigu Otite in his contribution under the heading, DEVELOPMENT OF OKPE AS EXEMPLAR OF URHOBO HISTORY (in the book, “The History of the Urhobo People of Niger Delta”, edited by Peter P. Ekeh). THE ORIGIN AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE URHOBO OKPE by Prince Joseph O. Asagba, Ph.D. as well as many stories and mythologies surrounding the Okpe land, people and kingdom also broached the issue but again in a peripheral manner as if there was an embargo on going in-depth. I also took a foray into the historical records of the Benin Empire to find support information for the final product but I am not surprised that the authors in this respect were more interested in chronicling the activities of Idu and the Ogisos of Igodomigodo rather than a people who once dwelt in their kingdom, although I must praise Naiwu Osahon in his work on The Ogiso Dynasty (Before the Obas of Benin) for a chipping reference to the Urhobo in general. Major-General David Akpode Ejoor (Rtd), one time acting President-General of the Urhobo Progress Union, added his effort in his book, THE ORIGIN OF THE URHOBO NATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA to retrace the steps the Okpe may have taken in their ancient expeditions. Though of invaluable worth, none of these contributions about the travels and travails of the Okpe people was courageous enough to take that decisive relevant step back into time to locate the true soil on which the Okpe seed was planted; not even Onigu Otite after accepting the place of oral traditions in the history of the people thus: “The mental ability of non-literate peoples to retain their history through oral traditions is often highly underestimated. Because of this prejudice we are often tempted to regard their narratives as mere myths or...click on the BUY button