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Title	Nigeria: Information on the Odiios or Odios tribe of Oviri village in Isoko local government council, Delta State; title of traditional ruler of the tribe; succession traditions for chieftaincy positions and rituals practiced
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Nigeria
Publication Date	29 September 2003
Citation / Document Symbol	NGA42042.E
Reference	1
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Information on the Odiios or Odios tribe of Oviri village in Isoko local government council, Delta State; title of traditional ruler of the tribe; succession traditions for chieftaincy positions and rituals practiced, 29 September 2003, NGA42042.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/403dd20810.html [accessed 30 May 2012]
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Nigeria: Information on the Odiios or Odios tribe of Oviri village in Isoko local government council, Delta State; title of traditional ruler of the tribe; succession traditions for chieftaincy positions and rituals practiced

No references to the Odiios or Odios tribe or clan in Delta State could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Dialog

The Encyclopaedia of Religion

IRB Databases

The Commissioner for Information of the Delta State Executive Council and the Members of Parliament for Isoko were unable to provide information within the time constraints of this Response.

Internet sites, including:

Africa Online

AllAfrica.com

BBC Africa

Delta State Government

Ethnologue: Languages of the World

Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Indigenous Knowledge Network

New Nigerian

Newswatch Nigeria

Nigeria Daily

The Pointer Newspaper

Vanguard

World News Connection (WNC)

Search engine:

Google

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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