▁they ▁are ▁not ▁Y or uba . ▁This ▁opinion , ▁however , ▁cannot ▁be ▁correct ▁since ▁the ▁Ok un ▁people ▁speak ▁obvious ▁Y or uba ▁dialect s , ▁can ▁still ▁trace ▁their ▁roots ▁to ▁I le - I fe ▁by ▁or al ▁trad itions , ▁and ▁share ▁similar ▁cultural ▁tra its ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁Y or uba ▁groups . ▁These ▁reasons ▁and ▁more ▁have ▁made ▁histor ians ▁like ▁Ann ▁O ' ▁H ear ▁call ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁further ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁Ok un ▁people ▁and ▁their ▁history . ▁ ▁Ge ographical ▁location ▁and ▁settlement s ▁Ok un ▁land ▁is ▁located ▁within ▁longitude ▁ 5 ° ▁ 3 0 ' ▁to ▁ 7 ° 1 5 ' ▁East ▁and ▁latitude ▁ 7 ° 1 5 ' ▁to ▁ 3 ° 4 5 '. ▁They ▁occup y ▁the ▁Niger - Ben ue ▁confl u ence ▁area ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Southern ▁Nu pe , ▁K ak anda , ▁Eb ira ▁( P anda ▁and ▁K oto ), ▁G b agy i ▁and ▁Ig ala . ▁To ▁the ▁west ▁of ▁Ok un ▁land ▁are ▁the ▁Ig b om ina ▁and ▁Ek iti ▁Y or uba ▁sub groups . ▁ ▁Histor ically , ▁Ok un ▁people ▁lived ▁in ▁small ▁social - polit ical ▁units ▁with ▁un fixed ▁political ▁boundaries ▁that ▁allowed ▁social , ▁cultural ▁and ▁commercial ▁interaction . ▁Till ▁date , ▁villages ▁of ▁hundreds ▁or ▁a ▁few ▁thousand ▁people ▁are ▁scattered ▁all ▁over ▁Ok un ▁land . ▁Ok un ▁people ▁are ▁spread ▁across ▁six ▁local ▁government