Peremabiri

PEREMABIRI KINGDOM IN SOUTHERN IJAW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Peremabiri is in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It is a “host community” to the Shell Petroleum Development Company and a “pipeline community” of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC, part of the Italian ENI Group). According to the 1991 provisional census figures, Peremabiri has a population of about 9,655 people.

Peremabiri has historically been governed by a monarchical system, in which the king, or Tiebo, is chosen from within the ruling house. King Warisini I was the last of the Peremabiri kings to enjoy relative communal harmony during his reign. After the death of Warisini I in the late 1950s, his son D.I. Warsini became ruler. It was during the reign of D.I. Warisini that Shell arrived at Peremabiri in search of oil in 1963. Warisini II entered into “negotiations” with Shell.

The Community was known and well respected for its core values which are hospitality, love and peace and progress. But the multiple cases of dethronement of rulers and kings which at some point took lives and properties worth millions and most importantly the core values of the people was lost as war invaded the community and took the place of peace.

The community was almost inhabitable by the people, and this lingered for years. the operations of the oil company was affected because of the insecurity of the land but with the intervention of the state government, peace was brought back to the land.

Today, it is with a warmly heart we announce to the world that Peremabiri Community has regained its core values (hospitality, love, peace and progress). The land is now open for both foreign and local investors and tourist.