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Ogu people
Egun | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 811,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nigeria, Benin | |
| Languages | |
| Gun, French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Islam, Vodun[citation needed] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pha Phlera, Yoruba, Fon, Ewe , Adja |
The Gun people, also rendered Ogũ, Ogun and Egun, is an ethnic group principally found in Lagos and Ogun State regions of southwestern Nigeria, and Ouémé Department in the southeast of the Republic of Benin, who speak the Gun language. The Ogu account for about 15% of the indigenous population of Lagos State[1] and 6% of the total population of the Republic of Benin, although their parental ethnic group Fon is the majority in Benin Republic.
- ^ Segun Olatunji (27 December 2013). "Egun people blame underdevelopment on minority status". The Punch. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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