oyatz:
Excuse me sir,

What exactly is the benefy of claiming a tribe?

For instance what are the merits and demerits of Ikwerres accepting to be Igbo or be different ethnic group?

I know so many ethnic groups in Nigeria (some are even less than 30,000 people) and they are existing without this kind of claim and/denials.

Why are you a Yari.ba?

oyatz:
Afizeres, Anabuta, Angas and Berom are small related tribes in Plateau State and they don't claim each other.

Isoko and Urbobos are indistinguishable in my own views but they always claim to be different tribes.

Efik, Ibibio and Annag look the same to me but one of my former employees from Akwa-Ibom said they are related but there is no universal name that combine them so every tribe decide to be on it's own.

What are the advantages or disadvantages of these?

Awori people owned Eko until Yari.ba arrived. In the long run, I bet you Ndigbo will not suffer the consequences of idiocy displayed in southern Nigeria by certain airheads. I never thought that northern and southwestern Nigerian elites will make the Efik peeps in Bakassi cheaply expendable. Bakassi, as much as Nigeria\Biafra war, defines Nigeria for me.

Oga na lie o you be Ikwerre

oyatz:
Excuse me sir,

What exactly is the benefy of claiming a tribe?

For instance what are the merits and demerits of Ikwerres accepting to be Igbo or be different ethnic group?

I know so many ethnic groups in Nigeria (some are even less than 30,000 people) and they are existing without this kind of claim and/denials.

My brother I don't think there is any gain for Ndigbo if ikwerre identifies as igbo rather it will be ikwerre that will benefit from association with igbos because the one thing that igbos are looking for ikwerre doesn't have it and that is access to sea. Moreover ikwerre doesn't have oil, there economy is not sustainable as they are not a production economy like aba or versatile like onitsha, their economy that is based on hospitality (hotels) is not that good as there are unscrupulous elements(cultists) discouraging clients and they are not as good in that sector as owerri.
Whereas with association with igbos will give them the upper hand against there neighbours like the ijaw, Mark my words the later will soon govern rivers. The association will make their decision have weight in our national sphere because they will be considered part of majority and also the security associated with it. Don't get me wrong, you might be asking which kind of security? Reason, had it been it was the igbos that are being killed in southern kaduna won't everybody be talking about it? Plus the retaliation in the east. That is why before you attack any major ethnic group in naija you'll think twice. Remember the warri crises between ijaw and urhobo? If something like that were to happen in rivers do the math. If ikwerre appear as a distinct ethnic group they won't even be alive to beg ijaws but if they identify with igbos, ijaw won't reason it.
So, my dear friend igbos unlike the ikwerre, Ndigbo have nothing to gain from the association but distrust and disorganization. It's high time ipob respect themselves and ikwerre by recognizing their identity

Bkayyy:

My brother I don't think there is any gain for Ndigbo if ikwerre identifies as igbo rather it will be ikwerre that will benefit from association with igbos because the one thing that igbos are looking for ikwerre doesn't have it and that is access to sea. Moreover ikwerre doesn't have oil, there economy is not sustainable as they are not a production economy like aba or versatile like onitsha, their economy that is based on hospitality (hotels) is not that good as there are unscrupulous elements(cultists) discouraging clients and they are not as good in that sector as owerri.
Whereas with association with igbos will give them the upper hand against there neighbours like the ijaw, Mark my words the later will soon govern rivers. The association will make their decision have weight in our national sphere because they will be considered part of majority and also the security associated with it. Don't get me wrong, you might be asking which kind of security? Reason, had it been it was the igbos that are being killed in southern kaduna won't everybody be talking about it? Plus the retaliation in the east. That is why before you attack any major ethnic group in naija you'll think twice. Remember the warri crises between ijaw and urhobo? If something like that were to happen in rivers do the math. If ikwerre appear as a distinct ethnic group they won't even be alive to beg ijaws but if they identify with igbos, ijaw won't reason it.
So, my dear friend igbos unlike the ikwerre, Ndigbo have nothing to gain from the association but distrust and disorganization. It's high time ipob respect themselves and ikwerre by recognizing their identity

I totally agree

Dedetwo:


Awori people owned Eko until Yari.ba arrived. In the long run, I bet you Ndigbo will not suffer the consequences of idiocy displayed in southern Nigeria by certain airheads. I never thought that northern and southwestern Nigerian elites will make the Efik peeps in Bakassi cheaply expendable. Bakassi, as much as Nigeria\Biafra war, defines Nigeria for me.

You didn't even know who Awori were till Yoruba told you they were the Yoruba clan that own Lagos since then you have been running from pillar to post unsuccessfully to create division for your own selfishness. You are also trying to do the same with Ikwerre in order to claim Port Harcourt.

Firespitter:


I thought I was the only one that watched the video.

One of our yoruba coordinator during my NYSC days was shocked when one ikwerre girl boldly told him she isn't Igbo. The man no ask am where she come from oh. She was called to do a presentation, the next thing was " like me now I am ikwerre not Igbo" since that day I come to believe truly that the idea runs deep into them. I pity Igbo people that regard ikwerre as Igbo.

It's not only Igbo, the ijaw,ogoni, efik,Isoko, Urohbo, even President buhari etc call and regard ikwerre as igbo. I understand and speak igbo language very well, when my friend married to ikwerre lady did his expensive ikwerre traditional marriage, what they spoke was Igbo language through out. I didn't hear Bini language there and the lady's name too is what I seen my acquaintances from imo, anambra, Anioma Enugu bear.This is beyond logic.It has never happened in the history of mankind that a people migrated less 100km wiped off everything about them and embraced new language and culture. South Africa was colonized for over 400yrs and yet they speak their native languages. Britain colonized Nigeria for 100yrs and the ethnic groups still speak their language. Even Yoruba taken to the new world - the americas- Brazil, Cuba etc still speak and keep Yoruba culture after centuries. What's wrong with Nigeria black man thinking faculty?

None of the statements in this post relate to my post or even the topic being discussed.


My question is 'what are the benefits or disadvantages of one tribe claiming a group of people like the Ikwerres'

If they say they are Igbos ,what gain will that be or if they say they aren't Igbos, what are the disadvantages?

Dedetwo:


Awori people owned Eko until Yari.ba arrived. In the long run, I bet you Ndigbo will not suffer the consequences of idiocy displayed in southern Nigeria by certain airheads. I never thought that northern and southwestern Nigerian elites will make the Efik peeps in Bakassi cheaply expendable. Bakassi, as much as Nigeria\Biafra war, defines Nigeria for me.

What's the meaning of Yari.ba?

Dedetwo:


Why are you a Yari.ba?

allcomage:

It's not only Igbo, the ijaw,ogoni, efik,Isoko, Urohbo, even President buhari etc call and regard ikwerre as igbo. I understand and speak igbo language very well, when my friend married to ikwerre lady did his expensive ikwerre traditional marriage, what they spoke was Igbo language through out. I didn't hear Bini language there and the lady's name too is what I seen my acquaintances from imo, anambra, Anioma Enugu bear.This is beyond logic.It has never happened in the history of mankind that a people migrated less 100km wiped off everything about them and embraced new language and culture. South Africa was colonized for over 400yrs and yet they speak their native languages. Britain colonized Nigeria for 100yrs and the ethnic groups still speak their language. Even Yoruba taken to the new world - the americas- Brazil, Cuba etc still speak and keep Yoruba culture after centuries. What's wrong with Nigeria black man thinking faculty?

Ikwerre is from Bini, No Logic can change it

But if they don't, what are you going to do?



We place too much emphasis on irrelevant issues in this country.

Firespitter:


Exactly.

Me I don't care where everyone is coming from.

My own is that those Ikwerre people should hire a bus, head down to bini and relearn Bini language and culture. Time is running out for them.

kingzizzy:


This has nothing to do with love or hate or who was raised on falsehood to hate who. Thats beside the point. The argument here is that that being Igbo cannot be reduced to who wants to be Igbo and who doesn't. If that narrative is allowed to stand then what it means is that the Ezza people of Ebonyi can get up tomorrow and declare that they are no longer Igbos because they choose not to be. The Ngwa man of Abia can get up tomorrow and say he is no longer Igbo because he chooses not to be. The Nsukka people of Enugu, the Oru man of Imo, the Abiriba man of Abia can all decide any time they like that they are no longer Igbos. It doesnt stop there, since we have now reduced Igbo to who chooses to be and does not choose to be, what it means is that the Nupe man of Niger state can get up tomorrow and proclaim to be Igbo because he now chooses to be one. Igbo is all about who chooses to be one, right?

We cannot reduce being Igbo to an auction where anybody chooses what they want and what they dont want. If that is the case, then meaning of being Igbo is lost. The Ikwerre can claim to be "distinct" but if their "come" is "Bia", they are fooling nobody. It doesnt matter who the Ikwerre love or hate, it doesnt matter how Igbophobic they are. The only thing that matters is that Igbos are the group of people, contiguous to Southern Nigeria, who speak a variant of the Niger-Congo branch of language known as Igbo, as their ancestral language, and have a surname or family name derived from that language

This definition is the only thing that makes me Igbo, it is the only thing that makes the Nsukka man, the Oru man, the Abakiliki man, the Ngwa man, the wawa man and of course, the Ikwerre man, to be Igbo.

Ethnic stock is not by choice, I can deny my father from now to eternity but it wont change the fact that he is my father. We should acknowledge the Ikwerres such as former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Secretary General of Ohanaeze, Uche Okwukwu and actress, Tonto Dike, who have all come out publicly to declare they are Igbos. We should pity the the Ikwerre still denying being Igbo because they are suffering from identity crisis. How they will ever be able to convince anyone in the world when their "come" is "Bia" is beyond me.


By the way, IPOB's agitation is about the former Eastern Region, not about who loves Igbos.

Ethnicity is a thing of choice. Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland all speak dialects of same language but each refused to acknowledge it and form a standardized form of the language. Instead they all elevated their dialects to independent ethnicity.

If Ngwa or any other group choose to stop being Igbo tomorrow, then they should be allowed to stay on their own. No one should force association with anyone.

Uche Okwukwu, Amaechi, Toton, Duncan mighty, etc are all opportunists. They only claim Igbo for personal benefits.
Amaechi wants Igbo strong base for his political ambitions, that's why he is claiming Igbo. Tonto Dike had to rise through an Igbo dominated nollywood, so she claimed Igbo to fit in, she was a typical opportunistic Ikwerre person. Duncan mighty fan base is mostly the East and SS, it took him long to break into the Lagos market, so he claimed Igbo in the day and Ikwerre at night. He was an opportunist, I know them well.

Don't be deceived. Ikwerres are not Igbos, the attachment of some of them to Igbo tag is a parasitic attachment and one we should severe if we know what is good for us.

IPOB is delusional. Former Eastern region is dead and buried. It no longer exists. A wise man lives in the present, only looking at the past to avoid mistakes repetition. A stupid man lives in the past, ignoring the changes that have happened in the present.
IPoB is working with Eastern region, yet they claim Igala, Urhobo, Isoko, Anioma, etc. Parts of Nigeria that were not in Eastern region, as part of their deluded Biafra?

Admit it, IPOB is vision less and spinning out of control to Igbo detriment.

UdechiHD:
Lol! I have also visited the Ikwerre Rant HQ last 2 months when a chap in Proudly Anioma, Proudly Igbo sent a link of how an Ikwerre miscreant was talking bullshit about Igbo history. So I clicked the link to see for myself and lo and behold I saw an illiterate, thuggishly misleading his people astray with lies and fake history. The worst was that he was comparing central Igbo with Ikwerre and trying to prove why both are different, forgetting that some villages in southern Imo speaks exactly like the docile Ikwerre. Yet, nobody in that group took it upon themselves to counter the chap, with all of them declaring their past experience with Ndi Isoma and why they hate Igbos. Only one dude stood up and he was lambasted and threatened with ban if he speaks against the general agreed consensus. I just stood there amazed watching their stupidity and ignorance.

It then occurred to me that a lot of our people still don't know these fake Bini people with borrowed Igbo language. The worst is that these Ikwerre freely join Igbo facebook group and claim good people, but in their homes their worst than snakes. I know of a Facebook Igbo marriage group with lots of Ikwerre, sometimes I would want to call them out but just hold my cool.

If I had my way, I'll make it mandatory in all parts of Igboland, both home and abroad to begin to expel all clownish Ikwerre from Igbo groups. We must begin to double this hate in equal measures until it becomes a norm. Only then will they be respect and probably the Etche and other follow follow groups will begin to reason properly and abandon the Ikwerre before we add them to the list

.

This is the rational action if only we have a reasonable leadership.
Erect a thick wall between us and the Bini Igboids and ensure the hate is very much mutual and reciprocated in brutality.

Amaechi should be sued for impersonating Ndiigbo. He should be disgraced, humiliated and maligned and used to set example for future Ikwerre opportunists trying to attach parastically to Ndiigbo.

The Ikwerres in Ohaneze should be expelled and their expulsion and reason for it published on dailes.
We can't allow our unborn generations inherit this nonsense. We owe them the duty of handling and settling this ambiguity once and for all.

I hate nonsense.

Igboid:


Ethnicity is a thing of choice. Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland all speak dialects of same language but each refused to acknowledge it and form a standardized form of the language. Instead they all elevated their dialects to independent ethnicity.

If Ngwa or any other group choose to stop being Igbo tomorrow, then they should be allowed to stay on their own. No one should force association with anyone.

Uche Okwukwu, Amaechi, Toton, Duncan mighty, etc are all opportunists. They only claim Igbo for personal benefits.
Amaechi wants Igbo strong base for his political ambitions, that's why he is claiming Igbo. Tonto Dike had to rise through an Igbo dominated nollywood, so she claimed Igbo to fit in, she was a typical opportunistic Ikwerre person. Duncan mighty fan base is mostly the East and SS, it took him long to break into the Lagos market, so he claimed Igbo in the day and Ikwerre at night. He was an opportunist, I know them well.

Don't be deceived. Ikwerres are not Igbos, the attachment of some of them to Igbo tag is a parasitic attachment and one we should severe if we know what is good for us.

IPOB is delusional. Former Eastern region is dead and buried. It no longer exists. A wise man lives in the present, only looking at the past to avoid mistakes repetition. A stupid man lives in the past, ignoring the changes that have happened in the present.
IPoB is working with Eastern region, yet they claim Igala, Urhobo, Isoko, Anioma, etc. Parts of Nigeria that were not in Eastern region, as part of their deluded Biafra?

Admit it, IPOB is vision less and spinning out of control to Igbo detriment.

These ipob boys sound deluded sometimes, they always bring shame. Didn't Goodluck Jonathan confuse them with Azikiwe and Ebele that they claimed he is igbo

IspitonCowards:
Ikwerre is from Bini, No Logic can change it

Thanks bro. We don’t do logic here.

Bkayyy:

These ipob boys sound deluded sometimes, they always bring shame. Didn't Goodluck Jonathan confuse them with Azikiwe and Ebele that they claimed he is igbo

IPob is the breeding ground for sentiments and illogical reasoning, they can't be reasoned with at all

Christistruth00:



You didn't even know who Awori were till Yoruba told you they were the Yoruba clan that own Lagos since then you have been running from pillar to post unsuccessfully to create division for your own selfishness. You are also trying to do the same with Ikwerre in order to claim Port Harcourt.

Yari.ba peeps cannot tell me anything about Eko and Awori when you did not know that Oyo Ile, the seat of the so-called Oyo Empire. was 30 miles north of Ilorin.

IspitonCowards:
IPob is the breeding ground for sentiments and illogical reasoning, they can't be reasoned with at all

I don't know about your side but right now if they call you ipob in anambra it's a serious insult

Dedetwo:


Yari.ba peeps cannot tell me anything about Eko and Awori when you did not know that Oyo Ile, the seat of the so-called Oyo Empire. was 30 miles north of Ilorin.

We know our History including Yoruba Awori from Ile Ife to Prince Olofins migration and settling in Lagos we can even tell you their towns in Ogun and Lagos and when they were founded tell us Your own History..


Kindly tell us which of Your Towns were founded in the 13th Century what were the names of the founders, their Wives and their Children? Which route did they take during their migration , how long did it take and what were the names of their followers and sister towns that can confirm their History as authentic facts and not fabricated lies what ancient Landmarks do they have as evidence?

The People of the Historically important Yoruba town of Otun Ekiti in Ekiti state migrated from Lagos in the 15th Century and share the same ancestry with the Awori of Lagos are you also aware of this History or are you just making up lies as you go along?

kingzizzy:
The funny thing is that some people will run here to say he is Ikwerre, which he does not deny. Even when an Ikwerre man like Amaechi says he Igbo, some fools will come to tell him he is not

Not all of them agree to that fact. Everybody is entitled to self-determination. It's is not within ur hand to tell them where they come from

Christistruth00:

We know our History including Yoruba Awori from Ile Ife to Prince Olofins migration and settling in Lagos we can even tell you their towns in Ogun and Lagos and when they were founded tell us Your own History..


Kindly tell us which of Your Towns were founded in the 13th Century what were the names of the founders, their Wives and their Children? Which route did they take during their migration , how long did it take and what were the names of their followers and sister towns that can confirm their History as authentic facts and not fabricated lies what ancient Landmarks do they have as evidence?

The People of Otun Ekiti in Ekiti state migrated from Lagos in the 15th Century and share the same ancestry with the Awori of Lagos are you also aware of this History or are you just making up lies as you go along?

The above crap remains a glorified junk without mention of Burkina Faso.

Dedetwo:


The above crap remains a glorified junk without mention of Burkina Faso.

No wonder you are still crying over the disaster that befell you decades ago you have no respect for your people or your History .

allcomage:

It's not only Igbo, the ijaw,ogoni, efik,Isoko, Urohbo, even President buhari etc call and regard ikwerre as igbo. I understand and speak igbo language very well, when my friend married to ikwerre lady did his expensive ikwerre traditional marriage, what they spoke was Igbo language through out. I didn't hear Bini language there and the lady's name too is what I seen my acquaintances from imo, anambra, Anioma Enugu bear.This is beyond logic.It has never happened in the history of mankind that a people migrated less 100km wiped off everything about them and embraced new language and culture. South Africa was colonized for over 400yrs and yet they speak their native languages. Britain colonized Nigeria for 100yrs and the ethnic groups still speak their language. Even Yoruba taken to the new world - the americas- Brazil, Cuba etc still speak and keep Yoruba culture after centuries. What's wrong with Nigeria black man thinking faculty?

That is the problem. But If someone says he is Bini, he/should be allowed to be so. We should learn to differentiate politics and culture.

oyatz:
But if they don't, what are you going to do?



We place too much emphasis on irrelevant issues in this country.

Are you Ikwerre? You better run to Oba Palace now before it will be too late. Go and relearn your Bini language and culture.


How can you tag impersonation and confusion irrelevant?

If a criminal is walking around with police ID card and uniform, you don't know how dangerous it is to the society?

I thought you are reasonable.

This is the most laughable comment I have read this week

Firespitter:


Are you Ikwerre? You better run to Oba Palace now before it will be too late. Go and relearn your Bini language and culture.


How can you tag impersonation and confusion irrelevant?

If a criminal is walking around with police ID card and uniform, you don't know how dangerous it is to the society?

I thought you are reasonable.

oyatz:
This is the most laughable comment I have read this week

Na u sabi

kingzizzy:


Its not just Amaechi. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze is an Ikwerre man called Barrister Uche Okwukwu. Famous Ikwerres in the entertainment industry like Tonto Dike, Monalisa Chinda and Duncan Okechukwu(Duncan Mighty) have all said they are Igbos

See the people you mentioned...public people that want to sell their markets.

Igboid:


Stop the delusion already.

Ogini di! Ana agwo gi bu onye ibi ibi gi, ina eto afor!

Ikwerre is not Igbo. 90% of Ikwerre people will hate you the moment they realize you are Igbo.
These lots were raised from childhood by their parents with distorted falsehoods of how Igbos took over their lands before the war and tried to annihilate them during the war and how Gowon and Nigerian Army saved them from Igbos.
They were also told that Igbos are trying to take their land annihilate and replace them with Igbos in their land, if given an opportunity.

This is how every single Ikwerre man was raised. They were raised in deep Igbophobia rooted in falsehoods where Ndiigbo were projected in the image of the mythical big black wolf.

Stop being ridiculous, emotional , lazy and stupid trying to pretend there can ever be any level of genuine brotherhood between Ndiigbo and these people.

These people are very dangerous to Ndiigbo overall well being, and I blame our parents for not telling us the truth about these people. Because most of us had to experience this toxic hate first hand, and I tell you. Its a very traumatic experience you will never recover from as an Igbo.

It's worst when IPOB plays the ostrich and keep misseducating our people about these Ikwerres when most of IPOB leaders know the truth on ground.
I know Ipob and NK know the truth, because when Nnamdi Kanu claimed to have visited PH, he cunningly stuck to Obiigbo where the Ndoki and Asa indigenous are proud Igbos and not Igbophobic, while he stylishly avoided Obio Akpor LGA and all the Ikwerre Rumu villages there.
Nnamdi Kanu is a con artist for this shameless miss education of our people and exposing gullible ones to this Ikwerre hate.
He knew those Igbophobic Bini Ikwerre boys would have disgraced and stoned him to death had he attempted to cross into Ikwerre land, so he stuck to Oyiigbo. Very insincere human being. His cup will soon full.

Nnamdi kanu came to D-line to IYC head office. He however did not hold a rally and I do believe he visited Ankioo Briggs as well.

Cyberterror:
Ikwerres are proud descendants of Binis. Ranting here because you don't like it won't change the situation on ground. Go to Obio akpor and say Ikwerre are Igbo and see if they will not disfigure you with acid

Same obio akpor wey Igbo people full scatter.

Dedetwo:


The above crap remains a glorified junk without mention of Burkina Faso.

So that is where your ancestors came from? At least you know some of our own History.

IPOB are making people from Igbo ethnic group look stupid, uneducated and a complete illiterate...



From the west of Edo State, you have yuroba Edo mix-up in cultural and traditional settings...
Their are traditional title in Edo State with title oba, I am not talking about the oba of Benin



From the east of Edo State, you have Igbo Edo mix-up in cultural and traditional settings...
Their are traditional monarch in Edo with the title igwe


Bounce round:



The word Ado-ekiti mean people from Edo or royalty's from Edo. Now are the Ado-ekiti people Yoruba or Edo? Please answer this question for me

Rotimi is just playing politics, he is not Igbo.