Last week, Urhobo people of Ughelli Kingdom, Delta State, hosted the yearly Omaluku Festival.
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Held at Otor -Iwhreko Village, where the river is, the festival attracted a host of high net worth sons and daughters of the land, including the erudite lawyer and rights activist, Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo.

According to the legal luminary, Omirhobo, “at the festival, sacrifices were offered to God almighty, our creator, Osonobruwhe (Oghene) through the god/ deity of the sea called Omalokun.”

He said festival was cadenced by the worship of the Almighty Creator, the Supreme Being, Osonobruwhe, who is called Oritse by the Itsekiris , Osanobua by the Edos, Olorun by the Ilajes and Yorubas predates Colonialism, Christianity and Islam.

He said: “Omaluku Festival is universal. It is practiced world wide by people who believe in the water goddess. The practice is epitomised through Igbe worship, as found in Abraka, Sapele, Eku, Efurun, Isoko throughout Urhobo land, generally. It is also practiced by the Ikas, Aniomas, Benins , Ijaws, Itsekiris, Ogonis, Kalabaris, Yorubas, Caribbeans, Brazilians and Europeans.”
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