The oral history further goes on to say that the present settlement of Okpekpe was occupied by very dangerous thorn bushes, called "Ugba-Okpekpe", meaning "the thorn of Okpekpe". In another account of oral history, the North-Ibie people migrated to their present location as a result of the demands of Oba Ewuare I (The great), when Ukwi killed a lion. Then Oba Ewuare I demanded the skin of the lion and a virgin girl called Azebo. Because the girl was so beautiful and dear to the people of North-Ibie, they decided to run away overnight with the girl to a safe and secure place to form their kingdom. This migration involved five major kindred that formed the North-Ibie Community; namely Otsele (the founding father of Okpekpe), Akebu (the founding father of Imiakebu), Ukwi (the founding Father of Itsukwi), Ugbamhe (the founding Father of Imiugbamhe) and Egba (the founding father of Imiegba). The Imiugbamhe are not existing as a village or town, but are in the midst of other villages and towns. They lived for a very long time without death and burial ceremony. They brought a corpse to burial in their place when the saw other villages and gown celebrating burials. This caused them a massive death on a daily basis and the remaining few had to run to other villages and towns for safety. Every society has its own culture, which is its way of life. Okpekpe people are no exception. There are several groups and associations that are operating within and outside the town of Okpekpe. One of such is the Okpekpe Peoples Association, National Association of Okpekpe Student (NAOS) which is a sociocultural group of indigenes of Okpekpe, both within and outside of Nigeria. The people of Okpekpe speak the "Ivie Language", a homogeneous language generally spoken by the "Ivie" people. Most English words have Ivie variants, where such English words are not readily available, phrases are used to describe them or caricature version is coined e.g. "motor" becomes "umoto" or "bicycle" becomes "ibasiko", and "aeroplane" becomes "anupele" etc.  Minor cases are settled by family elders from both contending parties.