Egun Community Writen By Uwagboe Ogieva
EGUN COMMUNITY WRITEN BY UWAGBOE OGIEVA 08/05/2022 Egun was founded about 1584 during Oba Ehengbuda who ruled Great Benin Kingdom between 1580 - 1602. Oba family are lineage that hold Odionwere of Egun village. Egun was once a village with mud houses that grows to a community and later a town with more infrastrutural development, modern houses and investments. There are upto about 100 houses in the community located at Ikpoba Okha LGA of Edo State, Nigeria Egun use to be a great hub for traditional farming, hunting, fishing and trading. There was an economic center were farm products are traded every four market days. On a market day called "Ede Eki" all villages and communities sorrounding Egun and some from far away villages comes to Egun market to trade. Trade by Barter, goods for exchange of products are observed in the market. Egun commercial center or market place was known as "Eki Egun"(Egun market). Among animals found in Egun habitat were antelop (Uzo), g...