Ese Odo is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria, populated by the Ijaw people (Izon) Ethnic subgroups of the Western Apoi tribe and the Arogbo tribe. Its headquarters are in the town of Igbekebo and its one of the LGA with crude oil in Ondo State. The biggest towns within this Local Government Area are Kiribo, Arogbo, Ukparama(Akpata, Opuba, Ajapa, Ukpe, Bolowou), Igbobini, Igbotu, and Igbekebo.
Ese-Odo being mainly an Ijaw(Izon) ethnic subgroup in Ondo State, makes it the only local government that are Ijoid in the whole of South-West, as most falls into the South-South geo-political groupings in Nigeria. It has an area of 762 km and a population of 154,978 at the 2006 census and its one of the oil producing LGA in the State.
The postal code of the area is 352. Notable people from Ese Odo LGA includes Come Sola Iji, Agboola Ajayi, Omoyele Sowore, Seun Botu (Engr) among others
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