Kingdom of Warri

Jean-François Landolphe provided a description of the King's canoes in the early 19th century which he mentions to have mounted 7 blunderbusses arranged in series on a swivel.

[13] Warri's military was largely naval as its armed forces seldom fought on land.

[14] The Warri Crisis was a series of conflicts in Delta State, Nigeria between 1997 and 2003 between the Itsekiri, the Ijaw ethnic groups.

[18][19] The Council headquarters was eventually returned to Ogbe Ijoh, which restored a fragile peace in 2005.

[20] Human Rights Watch determined that "although the violence has both ethnic and political dimensions, it is essentially a fight over the oil money.

Note that written records began with the coronation of Olu Atorongboye Sebastian I in 1570. http://itsekiricanada.com/olu.php