Kingdom of Warri
Jean-François Landolphe provided a description of the King's canoes in the early 19th century which he mentions to have mounted 7 blunderbusses arranged in series on a swivel.[13] Warri's military was largely naval as its armed forces seldom fought on land.[14] The Warri Crisis was a series of conflicts in Delta State, Nigeria between 1997 and 2003 between the Itsekiri, the Ijaw ethnic groups.[18][19] The Council headquarters was eventually returned to Ogbe Ijoh, which restored a fragile peace in 2005.[20] Human Rights Watch determined that "although the violence has both ethnic and political dimensions, it is essentially a fight over the oil money.
ItsekiriNigerian traditional statesOde-ItsekiriWarri South LGADelta StateNigeriaOgiame Atuwatse IIIOlu GinuwaPortugueseOlu Erejuwaslave traderspalm oilrubbergroundnutsprovincialJean-François LandolphejavelinsmusketsThorntontackingblunderbussesswivelWarri CrisisconflictWarri South West Local Government Councilconflict over oil in the Niger DeltaHuman Rights WatchMovement for the Emancipation of the Niger DeltaOlu AtorongboyeGinuwaOba of BeninKingdom of BeninIjijen OgbowuruOjoluwaEsigieD. Sebastião AtorongboyeD. Domingos Atuwatse ID. Antonio Domingos Oyenakpagha ObanighenrenD. Matias Ludovico OmoluyiriD. Luigi AbejoyeD. Sebastião II AkenjoyeD. Miguel OmagboyeD. Agostinho Sabastião Octobia AkengboyeD. Manuel Octobia AtogbuwaD.Sebastião Manuel Octobia Erejuwa ID. Eyeolusan João AkengbuwaInterregnumIye IdolorusanGinuwa II Emiko IkengbuwaErejuwa II Wilson Ayoronmitsi Gbesimi EmikoOlu Atuwatse II Godwin Toritseju EmikoIkenwoli I Godfery EmikoOlu Atuwatse IIISmith, Robert SydneyUniv of Wisconsin PressUniversity of Pennsylvania PressThornton, John KellyPsychology PressAdamawaBauchiDamaturuIlorinKontagoraPotiskumSokotoSulejaZazzauPatigiKalabariKumbwadaAkwa AkpaEgba AlakeIdoaniOke IlaWukari