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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mo Egon of Nigeria

The Mo Egon of Nigeria, numbering approximately 309,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Eggon people whose oral tradition traces origin to Ngazargamu in Borno State, joining the Kwararafa kingdom before crossing the Benue at Ibi to settle the Eggon Hills, remaining decentralized until the British set up a centralized chieftaincy in 1919. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Eggon is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mo Egon

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Eggon (ego)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 309,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013760
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eggon
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Eggon Speakers

Media Resources in Eggon:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Eggon:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1974 Bible Society of Nigeria✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Eggon bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mo Egon are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Mo Egon:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mo Egon of Nigeria

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
readActs 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Eggon Across Countries (ROP3 - 102878) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mo EgonPG013760Mo EgonNigeria309,000No Longer UnreachedEggonEthnoreligion

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