No mention of an Ughoton people could be found among the sources consulted.

In a 20 October 1999 telephone interview the secretary-general of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People in the United Kingdom (MOSOP-UK) stated that if such a group exists, it is not well-known and is probably connected to the Edo rather than the Ijaw tribe.

According to The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Edo peoples live in villages to the south and east of Benin City (1989, Vol. 13, 166). The same source indicates that the town of Ughoton is located to the southwest of Benin City (ibid.).

Additional or corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 13. Edited by Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People in the United Kingdom (MOSOP-UK), London. 20 October 1999. Telephone interview with Secretary-General.

Amnesty International country file. 1998

Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 1996. 13th ed.

Human Rights Watch/Africa [New York]. 1998

Times Atlas of the World. 1990, 1994.

World Directory of Minorities. 1990, 1997

Two oral sources contacted.

Electronic sources: IRB databases; LEXIS/NEXIS; WNC; Internet sites, including:

AfricaNews [Durham, NC]. 1999

Amnesty International. 1996-1999

BBC Africa. 1999

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1999

The Guardian [Lagos]. 1999

Human Rights Watch.

Nigeria: Crackdown in the Niger Delta. (May 1999)

Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria's Oil Producing Communities. (January 1999)

Minorities at Risk.

Motherland Nigeria.

Nigeria: A Country Study. (Area Handbook series).

Nigeria: Country Assessment. March 1999 (UK Home Office)

NigeriaNews. 1998-1999

Panafrican News Agency (PANA). 1997-1999

Post Express [Lagos]. 1997-1999

UNESCO Ethno-Net Africa Database.

Vanguard [Lagos]. 1999