Ekeremor is one of the eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State is a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State. Its capital is Yenagoa. The language spoken here is Ijaw language and dialects of the Ijaw language such as Nembe, Atissa, Akassa, Ogbia, etc. However, like the rest of Nigeria,...

, Nigeria

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. It borders Delta State

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 and has a coastline of approximately 60 km on the Bight of Bonny

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Ekeremor in the northeast of the area.

It has an area of 1,810 km² and a population of 270,257 at the 2006 census.

The postal code

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 of the area is 561.

Demographics

Ekeremor LGA is home to members of the Ekeremor clan

Ekeremor clan

The Ekeremor tribe of the Ijaw people inhabits Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State in southern Nigeria. Important Ekeremor settlements include: Ekeremor, Ojobo , Amabilo, Ndoro. The Ekeremor tribe has close historical and kinship ties with...

 of the Ijaw ethnic group. According the Nigeria 2006 Census, Ekeremor LGA has a population of roughly 270,000 people (53% male, 47% female).

Politics

As of August 2007, Robinson Etolor was chairman of the local government council. However, there has been a long running dispute over the post between Etulor and his predecessor Donald Daunemigha.

Ekeremor LGA sends three representatives to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Peremobowei Ebebi is a native of Aleibiri town in Ekeremor LGA. Before becoming deputy governor, he represented Ekeremor I constituency in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.

Significant events

• December 2007: Pa Simon Ebebi, father of Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Peremobowei Ebebi was kidnapped at his home at Aleibiri. He was later released after an undisclosed ransom was paid.
• October 2007: Farmlands and residential homes in 21 communities in Ekeremor LGA were flooded. The communities affected by the flood were Amalka-Zion, Oboloseria, Aleibiri, Lalagbene, Angalaweigbene (1, 2, and 3).
• 16 July 2007: Two expatriates (Bulgarian, British) working for Peak Petroleum (a contractor working for Chevron/Texaco) were kidnapped and held in the village of Alabeni in Ekeremor LGA. The workers were kidnapped from the vessel Monipo by armed youths traveling in four speed boats. The Authentic Emancipation of the Movement for Peace and Development in the Niger Delta (EMOPEND) claimed responsibility for the abduction.