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THE HISTORY OF OYEDE TOWN BY UMUKORO OREVAOGHENE CONFIDENCE

Oyede is a town in the Isoko North Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria.Oyede has some sub-divisions of other notable villages like Bethel and Okrama. The most interesting aspect of Oyede is the way she accept strangers,infact uptil date,it is still recorded that strange who come to the town to either live or as refugees are welcomed and threated as though they were indigens.Her hspitality and love for strangers grows tremendously each day and that has contributed to the growth and development of the Oyede people and indeed the Town itself.

OYEDE is divided into three major quaters namely; Ubieni,Ofagbe and Enuto. At the Ubieni quarter,the town shares common with other neighbouring communities like IRRI(at the ofagbe quarter),IDHEZE(at enuto quater) and BETHEL(at ubieni quarter),

Oyede is blessed with vast land and lakes. She has five major lakes which are; Owoze as the biggest,others includes Oniovie ,Arawa, Omovie and lastly Awaimu which the mass population of the town goes to for fishing during their fishing festival,the fishing festival is a yearly festival where people from neighbouring communities also join the indegens for fishing.

OYEDE is known for its productivity as well as the vital role she plays in agriculture,the main occupation of its inhabitants are farming,fishing and petty trading, The main agricultural produce is cassava which is proccessed into Garri and it happens to be the best in garri production in the entirety of the Isoko land. The oldest man in the community is the king and He is called the odio-logbo of Oyede kingdom.

There are three major schools in oyede namely; Oyede Primary School (OPS) an all boys school situated at Ubieni quarters,Egbeniame Girls Primary School(EGPS) situated at Ofagbe quarters and Oyede Comprehensive High School(OCHS) situated at Ubieni quarters as well. In the year 2000,an all boys Catholic secondary Boarding School was opened in Oyede land and it is situated at the Enuto quarters.