iLegendd:


See, we love Igbos, but there is something that upsets we Rivers people. The Igbos adamantly say we're Igbos and when we can't win the argument, we agree, and boom, they turn and say we're fake Igbos. They begin to act like our master and trust me, we hate it, hence we vehemently deny any association with Igbos.

But, when we see Igbos and others in a fight, we secretly side the Igbos. In my case, I love being neutral.

If I see an Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba in a fight or argument, I tend to listen to everyone and make judgements based on who is right, but deep down, I want the Igbo to win and at the same time, I want the truth to prevail, hence I tend to be neutral.

I support one Nigeria and at the same time, I support disintegration. Whichever comes, I'm cool with it as long as I don't pay light bill till the day I die.

As I said, I love all tribes, except Fulani men and I don't hide it.

I don't want to say I support your last sentence but I understand they're the only non indigenous tribe in this country. Ever since their invasion, it's been different troubles and they're the only ones that won't want to work or hustle.

I've not encountered this fake igbo issues and we don't sit down thinking or discussing about other people on our own except on posts like this. But the fact is we're flabbergasted if it's our first time of encountering another Igbo speaking person then you're like "hey I'm not igbo." So now We're genuinely interested in what tribe you come from that also speaks like us but you don't give us any answer just saying I'm Rivers, I'm Delta, I'm Niger Delta. Since we, the Igbo already know about Ijaw, Bini, Kalabari and Urhobo, we will naively concerned to know what is your own tribe from those states since it's not Igbo but when you continue, we may think you're playing with us and just dismiss you for mocking us or yourself. Otherwise, any insults are political motivated.

Yes, the igbo man will first support someone from Bayelsa, Calabar, Rivers before a Northerner but unlike what anyone thinks, they have no unlearned hatred for Yoruba, Northerner or other tribes.

As for everything else about igbo, I could have said a lot only if there was a voice note option.
Igbo ethnic group is not one people or offspring of one man.
Like superonyi was saying, Igbo speaking tribes, clans, families have different roots. Some related more to Igala, others to Efik, Benin etc..
Whether you shoot me or not, there's absolutely nothing else to describe you as hence I wish this country was sensible enough to a form of disintegration or better still decentralisation. A lot of boundaries need to be changed.. For example, South South is the only zone and name (except maybe middle belt a.k.a north central) that doesn't make cultural or geographical sense. I mean what has Edo, Bayelsa, Akwa/Cross got to do with each other? What are the indigenes getting from the federal government? Apart from Ohaji/Egbema/Ndoni/Ọgba and Bonny L.G.As, most other parts of the Niger Delta or South South are in darkness, no access roads, oil spillage, lack of drinkable water or hygienic environment etc.. FG taking everything to the North.

They tried and succeeded in using oil and tribalism to divide the eastern region. Many unwise individuals including some Igbo (who may behave like the ones you mentioned) think Biafra was an Igbo struggle. It started from the plights of native people in Ogoni and other places when the oil cartel struck. Their propaganda made the Asaba side think they were any less Igbos just because they weren't across the River Niger yet they sent soldiers there multiple times to massacre them.
THEY CREATED hurriedly created Rivers state just to make you think Oil is what the other Igbos were after but now as we can see, Nigeria has multiple oil producing spots including Lagos and even the north will join.

Nigeria should be in regions instead of this fake geopolitical zones. Delta, Cross River and Rivers states(English names) are the most confusing creations of these cabals(they tried to rectify it for the Ijaw people with Bayelsa).
The people are neglected so much in relation to what they deserve or the output of their lands. And they planted cultism, drug and arms trafficking businesses there to forestall the people having a positive realisation of events. Some parts of Rivers and Delta states deserve to be carved out to form one state (or two) and stay on their own. In fact those 3 states(just like many others) deserve to be dissolved and reformed to suit the people's representations. I mean Bayelsa with only 8 LGAs was formed for the Ijaw people.

The entire North isn't owned by Hausa or Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo doesn't start and end in Southeast or Southwest. Many tribe's identity are being lost at the national level. There's just a lot of things wrong with the formation of this country and one of the major reasons Nigeria isn't really working as it should.

EreluRoz:
Igbos in Rivers state are visitors turned citizens, they are originally from Imo state. No Igbo is from Rivers, Rivers is strictly an Ijaw state but somehow due to carelessness the Igbo visitors from Ikwere are ruling the state. I love history and have read about this here on nairaland in culture section

Some of your comments are just so weird, who created Rivers state? The people known as Ikwerre (whose relatives are in Rivers and Imo) have existed way before Nigeria or even Rivers state existed. You Nigerians must stop defining people's border with this artificial borders created by Nigeria and Europeans.

How's Rivers an Ijaw state when the Ijaw people are older than the state and even Nigeria?

iLegendd:
The offer lasted for only an hour. If you had replied yesterday.

Boss, truely i missed this one, but better luck next time. Have a nice day, am still ur loyal follower not because of fame but because of your lurid idealogy, cheers.

SuperOnyi:





Some of your comments are just so weird, who created Rivers state? The people known as Ikwerre (whose relatives are in Rivers and Imo) have existed way before Nigeria or even Rivers state existed. You Nigerians must stop defining people's border with this artificial borders created by Nigeria and Europeans.

How's Rivers an Ijaw state when the Ijaw people are older than the state and even Nigeria?

Thank God you mentioned Imo state which means you are just fighting hard to accept the truth. No igbo is originally from River State, they were just visitors that settled on an Ijaw land

SuperOnyi:





Some of your comments are just so weird, who created Rivers state? The people known as Ikwerre (whose relatives are in Rivers and Imo) have existed way before Nigeria or even Rivers state existed. You Nigerians must stop defining people's border with this artificial borders created by Nigeria and Europeans.

How's Rivers an Ijaw state when the Ijaw people are older than the state and even Nigeria?

bro polish this a little do more research then turn it into a kdp book if you can. Nairaland is full of misinformed lot

Omoku or Bonny which one?

iLegendd:
I Just Discovered Something

I want to brag and I don't care who gets offended.

I just realized I was born in the greatest local govt. in Nigeria. No other local govt. can compare.

1. Free light
2. Free water
3. Free rivers and pond for fishing = free fish
4. Free primary and secondary education (no school fees)
5. Free scholarship home and abroad (if you're smart)
6. Free farm land to go into agriculture if you're an indigenous person
7. Free land for house — if you're an indigenous person
8. Free palm fruit if you want to go into red oil production
9. And more

After watching videos of how Nigerians are suffering under APC to fuel their gen just to charge their phones, I felt privileged.

In fact, you need connection to get even 10 liters. I just realized how lucky people from my LGA are, yet most of the guys here are rugged and into cultism, fraud, and dru.gs. Some of them live in the bush.

Your place get constant power supply for free for close to 2 decades, yet you live inside bush. 80 percentage of the shops and businesses are owned by Igbo people.

What is wrong with my people?

If you're from this LGA, in Rivers state, and you're poor, you're just lazy. You can't come from a blessed place like this and still be poor.

If you have electric vehicle here, you'll never remember fuel exists.

Even me, once in a while, I get lazy and forget how blessed we are here.

You'll never know what you have until you lose it.

My married cousin called me that he wants to visit me and spend 2 days with a girl that has been disturbing him.

He told her he's married, but she said she doesn't care. She told him to make her a second wife. It's more than 2 days now, but she has refused to go.

Why? Free constant light, free food, free dick, and more.

I never knew having free light is a thing of pride and I dey here dey am less less.

I need to start being proud like my brother Burna Boy. I'm too humble for my liking.

Sex no dey even hungry me else I for tell am make him bring the girl come room make I use d*ck scatter her leg since she no wan go.