THE WORSHIP OF OBENARI DEITY OF OLOGI COMMUNITY, OGBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BAYELSA STATE.

The paper has investigated and discussed the worship of Obenari deity of the Ologi people in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Study used the Phenomenological and historical approaches to guide the work. The study is embarked upon in other to generate materials on the worship of Obenari deity because no research has been done on that, and so by implication the literature that the work will generate will add something new to the body of knowledge. From the findings of the study, Obenari deity is of paramount importance to the Ologi people. The deity is believed to have protected the Ologi people from harm, enabled them to be victorious in the wars that they fought in time past, enabled them to have large harvest of crops and also enabled them to be successful fishermen. The god is also a god that have made the farmers among them to be successful in their farming activities and also a god of fertility to the indigenes of the community, and by implication, it makes the women and men of Ologi community to be very fertile and good at procreation. Meanwhile, in the course of the study the researcher also mentioned briefly the activities of other principal deities of Ologi community. From what we have discovered, it is not out of place to submit that the deity to the Ologi people is a good god. As such the youths of Ologi community should identify and activate the activities of the worship of the deity in other to enhance its continuity. The continued worship of the deity will be of benefit to the Ologi people and so its existence in the scheme of things of the Ologi people would continue to thrive for the betterment of the life of the people