Most of the Mein live along the Forcados River in
Burutu and
BomadiLocal Government Areas[7] of Delta state, with Kiagbodo as the most
conspicuous settlement. As indicated[8] by Mein customs, the
eponymousprogenitor, Mein lived at
Benin and moved to
Aboh to keep away from wars. He then left Aboh because of contentions, and settled at Ogobiri in the
Sagbama – Igbedi
brook (present-day
Bayelsa state[9]). It was from here that further developments happened for the most part because of questions and over-populace, prompting displacements toward the western Delta.[10][11]
^Alagoa, E.J (1999). "Traditions of Origin" in E.J. Alagoa (Ed) The Land and People of Bayelsa: Central Niger Delta, Port Harcourt. Onyoma Research Publications: Alagoa E.J. p. 4.