FOR posterity, this work is meant to consolidate the many scattered historical writings connected with Edo Chieftaincy titles. What remains is to link them up with their origin as well as trace them to where they were exported as a result of Edo migration from their metropolitan Benin City which was the nucleus of the old empire. A close study of the titles of the various areas in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria shows that these titles derived their origin from the historical links which the components of these States have with Benin which is the pivot of the old Benin Empire. It is not possible to list all the titles in the various areas of these two States but a few examples will suffice to illustrate how much of these titles have been exported to the components of the States. The list below highlights the common titles (the spellings have slight variations due to ethnic or dialectal differences) which were exported to other areas of the old empire:

EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS TITLES OF BENIN TRADITION IN DIASPORA

Ethnic Areas	Some Titles in Common Use
Benin Metropolitan	Oliha	Edohen	Ezomo	Iyase	Esogban	Ero	Uwangue	Edogun	Ine
Western Ibo (Delta state)	Oliha		Ozoma	Iyase/ Iyasele	Isagba		Iwogwe	Odogwu	Inei
Ika (Area) (Delta state)	Oliha		Ozomor or Ezomo	Iyase	Isagba or Isogban	Ero	Uwangue	Odogwu	Inneh
Esan Ishan	Oliha	Edohen	Ezomo	Iyasere	Esogban	Ero	Uwangue	Idogun	Ineh
Urhobo Land (Delta state)			Izomor	Iyase or Iyasere					Eni
Isoko					Asagba
Etsako
Itsekiri (Delta state)				Iyasere		Ero	Uwangue
Akoko-Edo
Ijaw (Delta state)			Ajuma	Iyasere
Kwale (Delta state)			Ozoma	Iyasele	Isagba
Owan