 While popular folklore has it that the Igbide people originated from Mgbidi in the Eastern (Igbo) part of Nigeria, some more recent writers attribute their origins to Awka in present day Anambra state with a blend of later immigrants from Uvwie (Effurun) in Delta State .This affiliation to the Igbos can be observed in the dress and costume codes of the Igbides in festivals like ABAME., and the salutation sequence and chants as well as the mercantile nature of a typical Igbide man.The Igbide people took early to Christianity.