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| Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 2:15pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Ijaw people were separated from the Igbo in the old Rivers State by Sani Abacha who, in 1996, gave all Ijaw a homeland and called it Bayelsa State. Not a single territory in the present day Rivers State is Ijawland because they are squatters. Historical facts were used to determine the boundary between the Ijaw and the Igbo. This was necessary to ease the tension in Port Harcourt (Igweocha) that led to the assassination and dismembering of Dr. Obi Wali by the Ijaw in 1993 for his struggle to liberate the Igbo from Ijaw strangulation. Now, what is left of Rivers is for the Igbo people and the Ogoni. Below is for the records. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 2:15pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Excerpt from memoirs of Hugh Crow (1765 – 1829), an English sea captain. "The inhabitants of Bonny, when our author last visited that port, amounted to about 3,000. They are chiefly a mixture of the Eboe, or Heebo, and the Brass tribes; the latter deriving their name from the importation into their country, which lies to the northward and westward of Bonny, of a kind of European-made brass pans, . . . It is probable (and this opinion entertained by Captain Adams and others) that Bonny, and the towns on the low line of the coast on either side of it were [size=16pt]originally peopled from the Eboe country[/size], and that before the commencement of the slave trade, if it then existed, the habitants employed themselves in the making of salt, . . . [size=16pt]The King of New Calabar (Kalabari) in the neighbourhood, and Pepple, king of Bonny, were both of Eboe descent, of which also are the mass of the native."[/size] 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by honeygirl17: 2:16pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Una nor dey tire? |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 2:18pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
For the record, during the rein of the Ijaw in old Rivers State, they tried to forcefully turn Igbo people to Ijaw. Read below. |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 2:18pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
From Nigeria LNGSix Project Environmental Study of the Sterile Zone, Nov 2003 "Also due to the negative influence of Ubani Igbo, on the use of Ibani language by Bonny people (Ubani Igbo is some form of Igbo dialect introduced partly as a result of trade relations in the hinterland with Igbos and also the influence of Igbo slaves in Bonny), NLNG has set out to save Ibani language from extinction. Key informants stated that with the influx of strangers on the Island, the Ubani Igbo and Pidgin English have relegated Ibani to the background. [size=16pt]Therefore, NLNG in April 2002, started a pilot renaissance programme to teach a group of 100 children aged 4 – 12 years Ibani language.[/size] Incidentally, at the take off of the course, interested persons had more than doubled. However, at the time of this survey, information obtained from the NLNG community relations shows that attendance was gradually declining." Chief A. T. Allison, secretary Bonny Chiefs Council is also highly disappointed at the general response to the study of the Ibani Dialect in Bonny. [size=16pt]He agreed that introduction of the dialect into schools as a compulsory subject would help but regretted that the children would not get any encouragement from their parents at home.[/size] (Reason: They are not Ibani but Igbo) He said, [size=16pt]“The home of the children is where the crux of the problem lies, otherwise would have suggested that the adults be ignored a bit and greater emphasis laid on the children in the interest of future generations. Therefore, whatever advantage or encouragement is given to the children in the study of IBANI, should be redoubled and given to their parents if not, all efforts would prove fruitless”.[/size] The Ibo he said is now what he calls the Commercial Language of the Bonny man. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Pavore9: 2:19pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
OP, so when do you intend to give the Ijaws in Rivers State quit notice as Landlord concern? |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Abagworo(m): 2:30pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Obiagu1: What the European wrote is true and verifiable with DNA test but today's reality negates whatever the motive for the post. The Europeans agreed they were mix of Igbos and Ijaws and a mixed person choses a favorable side. 2 Likes |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 2:43pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Pavore9: This is for the records when the time comes, we know what to do. Igboland dipped into the ocean. 3 Likes |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Pavore9: 2:49pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Obiagu1: You are entitled to dream on! 1 Like |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 4:43pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
cont'd. An attempt by NLNG to Ibanise Bonny people in 2002 failed simply because their language is/was never Ibani (spoken simply by a very few) but Ubani Igbo (not just any Igbo dialect) which goes with the fact that the actual name of Bonny is Ubani. When asked why they don’t speak Ibani, their reply is always “Nnem ezim, Nnam ezim”, meaning my mother did not teach me, my father did not teach me. The truth is that their parents never spoke Ibani, so how could they teach their kids what their great great grand fathers never spoke? 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Phame: 6:17pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Where is tonyebarcanista to deal with this op? 1 Like |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Obiagu1(m): 6:32pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Phame: He has nothing to offer just hearsays. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Eastlink(m): 7:11pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Where is Barcanista to dispute this. |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Ikengawo: 7:26pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Please bonny is not igbo. Bonny is a Crebgo because we are a south south creek rivirine. Igbo is a soiline and inlandine. My fathers favorite prostitute told me this, she is a Deligbo from delta state  |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Ikengawo: 7:27pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Her name is RNgozi. Shes a registered nurse as well |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Whynotthetruth(m): 9:43pm On Nov 16, 2015 |
Ikengawo:  |
| Re: Ijaws Are Non-natives Of Rivers State. by Ariani: 5:07pm On May 17, 2016 |
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