He is an Ijaw, an ethnic minority in the South-South, one of Nigeria’s six political regions, whereas the country’s governance had historically been dominated by the three largest ethnic groups – the Hausa-Fulani, found mainly in the North-West and North-East, the Igbo in the South-East, and the Yoruba in the South-West.
Pertenece a la minoría étnica ijaw del Sur-Sur, una de las seis regiones políticas de Nigeria, mientras que, históricamente, el país ha estado gobernado por los tres grupos étnicos mayores –los hausa-fulani, pertenecientes principalmente al Noroeste y al Nordeste, los igbos del Sudeste y los yorubas del Sudoeste.