[4] The city of Agenebode is known today to be a non-Nupe town inhabited by and belonging to the Uwanno people who speak the Etsako language.

The works of scholars like Professor Alan Ryder and the journal records of the earliest Europeans like Captain Hugh Clapperton shows that today’s Edo state was part and parcel of Nupeland in former times.

Presently (Dr) George Oshiapi Egabor, JP, PhD, OON a chartered accountant and industrialist from the Iviokpisa kinship group, is the current Okumagbe of the Weppa Wanno; his title is OMOAZE 1.

Interesting sites in Agenebode are the post office, built in 1930, the Colonial Court on Mission Road,[10] the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Local Council office, the Army Barracks,[11] General Hospital, Niger Valley Farms, the River Niger banks, the Notre Dam Hospital, and the Convent.

Local agriculture produces maize, nuts, groundnuts, sorghum, rice, vegetables, potatoes, Cassava, Yam, fruits etc.