Divine Power and its Influence on the Ijaw Struggle
The Ijaws are believed to be descendants of Biblical Noah. A nation of abundant resources and great potentials, their war deity “Egbesu” derived its powers from the Ark of the Covenant, which was divinely given to the Israelites by Almighty God. Egbesu is a divine power given only to the Ijaw to defend them against injustice. The modern Ijaw covenant anchored on resource control and self-determination, as it has been from our ancestors since colonial times to date, is being propelled by a divine force in the land that the God of Israel has given them for an inheritance, a land that is flowing with oil and great cities in the Niger Delta.
