emmysoftyou:
it baffle me d way yu speak ills against the ikwerre,your statement atimes is despicable..
Why re yu always having nightmare against the ikwerre..

If hopeAtHand's comments tormented,pls face him and don't speaks ills against the ikwerre, it s uncalled for..
Cos some re different and yu can't hate all cos of one despicable dude here on nairaland

ikwerres are messed up intellectuality, they are just confused..from elechi amadi to hopeathand

tonychristopher:
IT IS NOT OF PAIN, THE TONE IS ONE OF DISGUST AND IT IS DESPICABLE TO HAVE IKWEEREE ON ANYTHING IGBO, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING ON AN IGBO THREAD, THIS IS NOT IKWERRE MADNESS....


WE DO NOT WANT YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE TO BE IGBO, YOU ARE A DISGRACE, PLEASE BOUNCE AND LEAVE HERE

See baseless rants...I have decided to buy a plot of land in this Owerri thread, i am not going anywhere.Let me see what you will do about it.

I will develop my 'Property' in this thread with intention of luring Owerri girls and enjoying Oringo.Evict me from this thread if u can...foolish boy.

tonychristopher:


ikwerres are messed up intellectuality , they are just confused..from elechi amadi to hopeathand

Is this french??....or maybe Spare parts english??

HopeAtHand:


Is this french??....or maybe Spare parts english??

it is your papa language..ikwerre

ikwerre boy, have you gone for dey gbam meeting lately?

Enough of all this ikwerre stuff let's face imo state

HopeAtHand:


See baseless rants...I have decided to buy a plot of land in this Owerri thread, i am not going anywhere.Let me see what you will do about it.

I will develop my 'Property' in this thread with intention of luring Owerri girls and enjoying Oringo.Evict me from this thread if u can...foolish boy.

hmmm ikwerre boy buying a plot of land in owerri, wonders shall never end


which money, abi na ogogoro money abi na ticket money


oh i forgot you have sold your fathers land mow your a refugee


ikwerre boy abeg go siddon

HopeAtHand:


See baseless rants...I have decided to buy a plot of land in this Owerri thread, i am not going anywhere.Let me see what you will do about it.

I will develop my 'Property' in this thread with intention of luring Owerri girls and enjoying Oringo.Evict me from this thread if u can...foolish boy.

I will ensure that you know that IGBO never loved you and wont love your people, I will ensure that it stays in your thivk skull, look at monket buying land in Owerri


chai chai chai, owerri don see something


lol

tonychristopher:


it is your papa language..ikwerre

ikwerre boy, have you gone for dey gbam meeting lately?

Yea..just returning from dey gbam, dey well, Icelandos and Greenlanders meeting and,our general consensus is that Igbos continue to pay hiked permits and levies and taxes in PH in silence and have also resolved to constantly remind Igbos that for all their contributions in developing PH they shouldn't get carried away but should save some investment for their variois towns incase it gets to the Ikwerres to deport them back to AlaIgbo

HopeAtHand:


Yea..just returning from dey gbam, dey well, Icelandos and Greenlanders meeting and,our general consensus is that Igbos continue to pay hiked permits and levies and taxes in PH in silence and have also resolved to constantly remind Igbos that for all their contributions in developing PH they shouldn't get carried away but should save some investment for their variois towns incase it gets to the Ikwerres to deport them back to AlaIgbo

WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF IKWERRE THAT WILL DEPORT IGBO LAND, FASHOLA EVEN SAID I AM SORRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT NOBODY IKWERRE, NOW AFTER HIKING THE TICKETS, WE WILL CARRY IT OVER TO THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND WE HIKE IT UP AND YOU LAZY BONES WILL STILL PAY


EWU IKWERRE

Charlesdonald:
Enough of all this ikwerre stuff let's face imo state

My Governor Amaechi said it months back that Imo State is an Ordinary state...there is nothing exceptiomal to write hirme about in Imo state except prostitution and hotels.

Imolites should feel good that i have brought my exalted presence to dwell in your ordinary state thread and accord me the respect i deserve..

HopeAtHand:


Yea..just returning from dey gbam, dey well, Icelandos and Greenlanders meeting and,our general consensus is that Igbos continue to pay hiked permits and levies and taxes in PH in silence and have also resolved to constantly remind Igbos that for all their contributions in developing PH they shouldn't get carried away but should save some investment for their variois towns incase it gets to the Ikwerres to deport them back to AlaIgbo

At some point I started believing there is somewhat of a mass ZOMBIEisation of Ikwerres into openly denying their Igbo brothers.


It became clear these non-Igbos were engaged in this huge scam to keep the Ikwerres docile, making it easy for non-Ikwerres and other non-Igbo groups to keep pillaging Ikwerre oil wealth, while demonising other Igbos in the eyes of their own Ikwerre brothers.


LAZY BONES, LAZY IKWERRE MAN, NOW GO AND STAND AT THE PART, LOOK AT YOU DEPORTING, YOU HAVE EVEN DEPORTED YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE SOLD OUT ALL YOUR LANDS, WHERE DO YOU STAY NOW, OH I FORGOT. DIOBU, WATERLINE AND THOSE YOUR SWAMPY ENCLAVE


IKWERRE MAN ..LAZY MAN

tonychristopher:


WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF IKWERRE THAT WILL DEPORT IGBO LAND, FASHOLA EVEN SAID I AM SORRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT NOBODY IKWERRE, NOW AFTER HIKING THE TICKETS, WE WILL CARRY IT OVER TO THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND WE HIKE IT UP AND YOU LAZY BONES WILL STILL PAY


EWU IKWERRE

Do you know majority of prostitutes in brothes in PH come from Imo state?

I personally took time to do a census over the weekend...and not surprisingly, even the ones that had Akwa Ibom accents claimed to come from Imo...this is a testament to the notion that Owerri and Imo gals are loose and not fit as wife materials

millionaireman:


No. But you were overtly promoting sex tourism in Owerri. And I asked you how far if your little sister is found to be part of the tourism.

Okay, all your sisters married - so whose sisters do you expect to be exploited in the sex tourism you promote?

Note: if you continue to be abusive, I shall not reply you next.

AND DOES REPLYING MY TEXT CHANGE THE PRICE OF OGIRI AT EKE UKWU OWERRI


MTCHEWWW

HopeAtHand:


Do you know majority of prostitutes in brothes in PH come from Imo state?

I personally took time to do a census over the weekend...and not surprisingly, even the ones that had Akwa Ibom accents claimed to come from Imo...this is a testament to the notion that Owerri and Imo gals are loose and not fit as wife materials

LOOK AT YOU, A LOW LIFE, THAT IS WHY I SAY THAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE LAZY, YOU ARE SO USELESS THAT YOU CANT FIND A DECENT LADY ALL YOU GO ABOUT IS SLEEPING WITH PROSTI.TUTES COS NO DECENT LADY WILL WANT ANYHING TO DO WITH A KAI KAI OGOGORO LAZY DRINKING DEY GBAM MAN LIKE YOU


YOU HAVE PROVED HOW USELESS YOU HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU TAKE CENSUS OF LOOSE WOMEM


WELL THAT IS A NORM ..MAYBE IT RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY

NOW RUN

Tonychristopher since Ikwerres have sold PH to you, do the needful, rename our towns as you did before, afterall, you now have the right as new owner and please submit your name to Inec to contest gubernatorial and every other available public office...it is your right, failure to do so means you are a shameless coward who has no control over his property.

tonychristopher:


LOOK AT YOU, A LOW LIFE, THAT IS WHY I SAY THAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE LAZY, YOU ARE SO USELESS THAT YOU CANT FIND A DECENT LADY ALL YOU GO ABOUT IS SLEEPING WITH PROSTI.TUTES COS NO DECENT LADY WILL WANT ANYHING TO DO WITH A KAI KAI OGOGORO LAZY DRINKING DEY GBAM MAN LIKE YOU


YOU HAVE PROVED HOW USELESS YOU HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU TAKE CENSUS OF LOOSE WOMEM


WELL THAT IS A NORM ..MAYBE IT RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY

NOW RUN

Are you trying to make a case for the prostitution shamelessly carried out by your sisters?? What are you trying to justify?

Taking a census doesnt mean i do anything with them..i just enjoy asking the questions with a view to planning an efficient way of collecting taxes from them..they have to pay for standing in PH at night..

PH is not Owerri where things come easy and cheap..they have to pay.

HopeAtHand:
Tonychristopher since Ikwerres have sold PH to you, do the needful, rename our towns as you did before, afterall, you now have the right as new owner and please submit your name to Inec to contest gubernatorial and every other available public office...it is your right, failure to do so means you are a shameless coward who has no control over his property.

stop ranting, rename the town is immaterial, the town already has igbo names so why rename places like dionu, emekuku lane, igbo street to what..dude go to your LovePeddler joint..thats your place

tonychristopher:


stop ranting, rename the town is immaterial, the town already has igbo names so why rename places like dionu, emekuku lane, igbo street to what..dude go to your LovePeddler joint..thats your place

Nothing gives better joy than seeing your sisters do their thing as prostitutes in PH...They must pay their taxes in full and the leftover will be sent to your poor old mother in the village...Thats the oil company she claims to work in PH.

HopeAtHand:


My Governor Amaechi said it months back that Imo State is an Ordinary state...there is nothing exceptiomal to write hirme about in Imo state except prostitution and hotels.

Imolites should feel good that i have brought my exalted presence to dwell in your ordinary state thread and accord me the respect i deserve..

nw what concern me concern this nonsense you wrote here

Postponement of Live Chat With Gov Okorocha on Social Media. I regret to announce that the live Social Media interaction with Gov Rochas Okorocha will no longer hold today. His Excellency is billed to attend a crucial meeting of APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja. We regret any inconveniences this might have caused. A new date will be announced soon.

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You can also order for hook ups or escorts. Make your money full ground sha cuz dis girls are clean and classy. No be dirty dirty yansh o.

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Charlesdonald:
Postponement of Live Chat With Gov Okorocha on Social Media. I regret to announce that the live Social Media interaction with Gov Rochas Okorocha will no longer hold today. His Excellency is billed to attend a crucial meeting of APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja. We regret any inconveniences this might have caused. A new date will be announced soon.

And how does this affect the reduction in the price of fuel..APC cannot defeat PDP...Buhari cannot defeat Jonathan..tell that to Okorocha in that useless meeting.Daalu.

HopeAtHand:


Nothing gives better joy than seeing your sisters do their thing as prostitutes in PH...They must pay their taxes in full and the leftover will be sent to your poor old mother in the village...Thats the oil company she claims to work in PH.

You are not an Ikwerre man my friend. Enough of this derailing from you mr fake Uga man.

Hotsexypussy:
I'm sexyhotpussy and my number is 09092132343. I posted about sugar daddies and sugar babies.

Or email

cindyeniolaa@gmail.com
Bb pin52EB901B

Can you get me girls from Owerri?

Crowded Wetheral road on APC campaign day

Armed forces day with Royal but humble Imo State deputy Governor Prince Madumere.

HopeAtHand:


Nothing gives better joy than seeing your sisters do their thing as prostitutes in PH...They must pay their taxes in full and the leftover will be sent to your poor old mother in the village...Thats the oil company she claims to work in PH.

your stupidity has no bounds i must confess, i was thinking that you were lazy i never knew stupidity is another angle to your mumuism, you say prosti.tues, paying taxes, i laugh in etche....

okay lets say the girls makes 30k monthly on your land and pay paltry 3k monthly under progressive taxing system(I doubt if you will understand that term) due to kia kai brian of your, now they pocket 27k , now who is smart here, that is if the smart igbo girl truly declare that they made 30k not 45k

so anyhow you look at it, IKWERE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE STUPID AND LAZY

HopeAtHand:



Can you get me girls from Owerri?

it seems your perverted, why are you so perverted, ok, i forgot no decent girl will go for you


LAZY IKWERRE MAN

Hotsexypussy:
If ure a sugar daddy looking for hot sexy beautiful women. And if you're a young beautiful lady looking for a generous lover. Please contact me immediately. You can also view my profile hotsexypussy on Nairaland.

You can also order for hook ups or escorts. Make your money full ground sha cuz dis girls are clean and classy. No be dirty dirty yansh o.

SERIOUSLY, YOUR TOTO NO FINE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LOL

HOPEATHAND DEY SUCK THIS TYPE

guardian of Monday the 19th of June published an article titled the "Ikwerre in national politics" by one Okachukwu Dibia. The writer did indeed attempt to analyse the major problems confronting the Ikwerre both politically and economically, but neglected or ignored the most important factor that has stunted the growth of the Ikwerre politically and economically in contemporary Nigeria. As an Ikwerre myself, specifically from Emohua in Rivers State I believe I am most qualified to render my observations on the problems and way forward for the Ikwerre.




Without any doubt the greatest problem confronting the Ikwerre, is the self imposed or politically induced identity crisis that has earned them the distrust of other Nigerians, and hatred of the larger Igbo nation. In order to avoid the confusion that has been unleashed by the identity crisis plaguing the Ikwerre, I took time out to do an extensive research on who the Ikwerre's are, and my findings I believe are common knowledge. During the colonial period the British clearly Identified the Ikwerre's as Igbo. The 1958 Henry Willinks commission report in a less political age also clearly identified the Ikwerre's as Igbo.

Every ethnologue report I consulted compiled by international ethnologue's free from local politics classified the Ikwerre's as Igbo. Inspite of the overwhelming evidence on the true identity of the Ikwerre, the Ikwerre leadership has continued to employ "the great lie strategy"; which says If you repeat a lie so often, it becomes the truth. However I am of the view, that the truth is constant and cannot be changed.

In considering the question of identity, there is a spiritual aspect which a lot of people tend to ignore. We all were created by God, and none of us had the luxury of choosing our race or tribe before we were born. Whatever race or tribe we are born into is the wish of the all knowing supreme God. To deny our God given identity because of some earthly politics is at best an insult to God who created us and made us who we are in the first place. How funny or Stupid would it be to see a Blackman claiming not to be black? What we the Ikwerre's have been doing is no different from such a scenario. In language, culture (new yam festival) or even as our names readily testifies the Ikwerre's could be no other people but Igbo. If the British colonialists had decided to carve out of what we now know as Nigeria, ethnically homogenous nations as is the pattern in Europe, no doubt the Ikwerre would have been part of the Igbo country.

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I believe the time has come for a new thinking among the Ikwerre leadership concerning our identity. It is obvious that whatever the leadership sought to achieve by the needless, shameful and undignified identity sham, the reverse has clearly been the case. Right from the creation of the old Rivers state, the Ikwerre's having sold their birthright for a pot of porridge became marginalized by the Ijaw. That marginalization led the Ikwerre to begin campaigning for the creation of a Port-Harcourt state. In 1996 Bayelsa state was created which automatically made the Ikwerre's the single largest majority in Rivers state, but ironically the Marginalization of the Ikwerre has continued. It is instructive to note that even though the Ikwerre's constitute the largest majority in Rivers state, they were not able to produce the Governor, largely because of the distrust they have earned from other indigenous nationalities, and even non indigenes resident in Rivers state. (Who would trust a man who denies his God given identity?).

The Ikwerre's have continued to be in political and economic wilderness both in Rivers state and nationally. There has never been any significant presence of the Ikwerre in the federal level, and that trend would probably continue until the Ikwerre leadership rediscovers their true identity and earn the trust of other Nigerians.

Common sense indicates that the Ikwerre's would be better off by aligning with the Igbo family who fortunately constitute a majority bloc in Nigeria. Things may not be too rosy for the Igbo at the moment because of the hangover of the civil war, but no condition is permanent and sooner rather than later the Igbo would have to be given their rightful place, which is a sine qua non for Nigeria's very survival. Nigeria is a nation beset with the continuing fear of disintegration. Eventually the overwhelming need to redress the Nigerian quagmire to guarantee her survival and the beginning of true nationhood will compel a honest restructuring of the Nigerian plate in every sphere, which would naturally see the Igbo regain their influence. Without aligning with the larger Igbo family, the Ikwerre can never aspire to play any prominent role in national politics now or in the future.

Politics is a game of numbers. All over the world ethnic groups strive to be the majority in order to be able to play a prominent role in national politics; it is not for nothing that census results have always been historically manipulated in Nigeria to give certain ethnic groups the majority they need to continue to dominate the affairs of state. Yet the Ikwerre leadership has continued to deceive the Ikwerre into struggling to be a minority, when they have the opportunity to be a majority by aligning with the Igbo family where they rightly belong. Whereas the Ijaw is struggling for a majority status, and have even started the campaign for 2 more Ijaw states, the Ikwerre is ironically struggling to be and to remain a minority of minorities. (What a shame!) Whether we like it or not ethnicity will continue to play a role in Nigerian politics. And the grim reality the Ikwerre leadership has to face; is that the Ikwerre's will forever be condemned to politics only at state level unless they assume their true identity and align with the Igbo nation. For instance no Ikwerreman can ever aspire to be the president of Nigeria without the backing of the larger Igbo nation. Even in the state level the Ikwerre's will predictably continue to be politically marginalized for the same obvious reasons.

There is no difference between the Ikwerre and the Isale Eko's of Lagos who are the original inhabitants of Lagos. The Isale Eko's never denied their Yoruba ancestry and have proven to be a very accommodating people, accommodating both the hinterland Yoruba and other Nigerians in general, today Lagos even without oil resources is the richest state in Nigeria. But the Image of the Ikwerre is that of a hostile, deceitful and very unaccommodating people, unaccommodating even to their own people.

The Politics Of Crude Oil:

There is no denying the fact, that crude oil is a factor in the calculations of those that sponsor the needless identity crisis. However oil is a wasting asset, and the Ikwerre must be very smart in dealing with such a situation. While it serves the purpose of those who wish to see a divided Igbo nation, it clearly does not serve the purpose of the Ikwerre in the long run. What happens in 30 or 40 years when the oil wells dry up, like the first well in Oloibiri? Or do we need to condemn our children and our grandchildren to a harsh and uncertain future because of needless greed,opporturnism and politics of divide and rule? The Ikwerre leadership must retrace their steps and walk a fine line between their Igbo brothers and whatever factors led to the identity crisis. In life what goes around comes around, and chickens often come back home to roost, we must not condemn our generation and possibly the generation after to possible retributive justice and punishment.

Ironically even those agents of the Nigerian state Who may have encouraged the identity crisis, though they may have celebrated, because it serves their purpose, yet they will still not trust the average Ikwerreman,because simply put nobody will trust a man who denies his ancestry. "It is better to deal with a trustworthy enemy, than an untrustworthy friend".

Change Will come In Our Time:

As the saying goes; "the only thing that is permanent in life is change" and it will come in our time. Evil cannot triumph, that much is certain. The Ikwerre leadership will be surprised how much they miscalculated, when the momentum for change and change itself will sweep through this land. I pray they quickly retrace their steps before that time comes.

In conclusion I wish to state that people should not deny their ancestry under any circumstances, it is not only cowardly, it is also shameful and a direct assault on God who made us who we are. One of the major reasons why Nigeria has continued to fail, is the willingness to promote fraud and deceit as the basis of statehood.

The best approach is to join forces with our Igbo brothers and fight for justice within Nigeria. By doing this, the Ikwerre Would have been liberated physically and spiritually and would be better placed to take their rightful place politically and economically in Nigeria. Only the truth can set us free!

Reference:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ibo

HopeAtHand:


See baseless rants...I have decided to buy a plot of land in this Owerri thread, i am not going anywhere.Let me see what you will do about it.

I will develop my 'Property' in this thread with intention of luring Owerri girls and enjoying Oringo.Evict me from this thread if u can...foolish boy.

guardian of Monday the 19th of June published an article titled the "Ikwerre in national politics" by one Okachukwu Dibia. The writer did indeed attempt to analyse the major problems confronting the Ikwerre both politically and economically, but neglected or ignored the most important factor that has stunted the growth of the Ikwerre politically and economically in contemporary Nigeria. As an Ikwerre myself, specifically from Emohua in Rivers State I believe I am most qualified to render my observations on the problems and way forward for the Ikwerre.




Without any doubt the greatest problem confronting the Ikwerre, is the self imposed or politically induced identity crisis that has earned them the distrust of other Nigerians, and hatred of the larger Igbo nation. In order to avoid the confusion that has been unleashed by the identity crisis plaguing the Ikwerre, I took time out to do an extensive research on who the Ikwerre's are, and my findings I believe are common knowledge. During the colonial period the British clearly Identified the Ikwerre's as Igbo. The 1958 Henry Willinks commission report in a less political age also clearly identified the Ikwerre's as Igbo.

Every ethnologue report I consulted compiled by international ethnologue's free from local politics classified the Ikwerre's as Igbo. Inspite of the overwhelming evidence on the true identity of the Ikwerre, the Ikwerre leadership has continued to employ "the great lie strategy"; which says If you repeat a lie so often, it becomes the truth. However I am of the view, that the truth is constant and cannot be changed.

In considering the question of identity, there is a spiritual aspect which a lot of people tend to ignore. We all were created by God, and none of us had the luxury of choosing our race or tribe before we were born. Whatever race or tribe we are born into is the wish of the all knowing supreme God. To deny our God given identity because of some earthly politics is at best an insult to God who created us and made us who we are in the first place. How funny or Stupid would it be to see a Blackman claiming not to be black? What we the Ikwerre's have been doing is no different from such a scenario. In language, culture (new yam festival) or even as our names readily testifies the Ikwerre's could be no other people but Igbo. If the British colonialists had decided to carve out of what we now know as Nigeria, ethnically homogenous nations as is the pattern in Europe, no doubt the Ikwerre would have been part of the Igbo country.

advertisement
I believe the time has come for a new thinking among the Ikwerre leadership concerning our identity. It is obvious that whatever the leadership sought to achieve by the needless, shameful and undignified identity sham, the reverse has clearly been the case. Right from the creation of the old Rivers state, the Ikwerre's having sold their birthright for a pot of porridge became marginalized by the Ijaw. That marginalization led the Ikwerre to begin campaigning for the creation of a Port-Harcourt state. In 1996 Bayelsa state was created which automatically made the Ikwerre's the single largest majority in Rivers state, but ironically the Marginalization of the Ikwerre has continued. It is instructive to note that even though the Ikwerre's constitute the largest majority in Rivers state, they were not able to produce the Governor, largely because of the distrust they have earned from other indigenous nationalities, and even non indigenes resident in Rivers state. (Who would trust a man who denies his God given identity?).

The Ikwerre's have continued to be in political and economic wilderness both in Rivers state and nationally. There has never been any significant presence of the Ikwerre in the federal level, and that trend would probably continue until the Ikwerre leadership rediscovers their true identity and earn the trust of other Nigerians.

Common sense indicates that the Ikwerre's would be better off by aligning with the Igbo family who fortunately constitute a majority bloc in Nigeria. Things may not be too rosy for the Igbo at the moment because of the hangover of the civil war, but no condition is permanent and sooner rather than later the Igbo would have to be given their rightful place, which is a sine qua non for Nigeria's very survival. Nigeria is a nation beset with the continuing fear of disintegration. Eventually the overwhelming need to redress the Nigerian quagmire to guarantee her survival and the beginning of true nationhood will compel a honest restructuring of the Nigerian plate in every sphere, which would naturally see the Igbo regain their influence. Without aligning with the larger Igbo family, the Ikwerre can never aspire to play any prominent role in national politics now or in the future.

Politics is a game of numbers. All over the world ethnic groups strive to be the majority in order to be able to play a prominent role in national politics; it is not for nothing that census results have always been historically manipulated in Nigeria to give certain ethnic groups the majority they need to continue to dominate the affairs of state. Yet the Ikwerre leadership has continued to deceive the Ikwerre into struggling to be a minority, when they have the opportunity to be a majority by aligning with the Igbo family where they rightly belong. Whereas the Ijaw is struggling for a majority status, and have even started the campaign for 2 more Ijaw states, the Ikwerre is ironically struggling to be and to remain a minority of minorities. (What a shame!) Whether we like it or not ethnicity will continue to play a role in Nigerian politics. And the grim reality the Ikwerre leadership has to face; is that the Ikwerre's will forever be condemned to politics only at state level unless they assume their true identity and align with the Igbo nation. For instance no Ikwerreman can ever aspire to be the president of Nigeria without the backing of the larger Igbo nation. Even in the state level the Ikwerre's will predictably continue to be politically marginalized for the same obvious reasons.

There is no difference between the Ikwerre and the Isale Eko's of Lagos who are the original inhabitants of Lagos. The Isale Eko's never denied their Yoruba ancestry and have proven to be a very accommodating people, accommodating both the hinterland Yoruba and other Nigerians in general, today Lagos even without oil resources is the richest state in Nigeria. But the Image of the Ikwerre is that of a hostile, deceitful and very unaccommodating people, unaccommodating even to their own people.

The Politics Of Crude Oil:

There is no denying the fact, that crude oil is a factor in the calculations of those that sponsor the needless identity crisis. However oil is a wasting asset, and the Ikwerre must be very smart in dealing with such a situation. While it serves the purpose of those who wish to see a divided Igbo nation, it clearly does not serve the purpose of the Ikwerre in the long run. What happens in 30 or 40 years when the oil wells dry up, like the first well in Oloibiri? Or do we need to condemn our children and our grandchildren to a harsh and uncertain future because of needless greed,opporturnism and politics of divide and rule? The Ikwerre leadership must retrace their steps and walk a fine line between their Igbo brothers and whatever factors led to the identity crisis. In life what goes around comes around, and chickens often come back home to roost, we must not condemn our generation and possibly the generation after to possible retributive justice and punishment.

Ironically even those agents of the Nigerian state Who may have encouraged the identity crisis, though they may have celebrated, because it serves their purpose, yet they will still not trust the average Ikwerreman,because simply put nobody will trust a man who denies his ancestry. "It is better to deal with a trustworthy enemy, than an untrustworthy friend".

Change Will come In Our Time:

As the saying goes; "the only thing that is permanent in life is change" and it will come in our time. Evil cannot triumph, that much is certain. The Ikwerre leadership will be surprised how much they miscalculated, when the momentum for change and change itself will sweep through this land. I pray they quickly retrace their steps before that time comes.

In conclusion I wish to state that people should not deny their ancestry under any circumstances, it is not only cowardly, it is also shameful and a direct assault on God who made us who we are. One of the major reasons why Nigeria has continued to fail, is the willingness to promote fraud and deceit as the basis of statehood.

The best approach is to join forces with our Igbo brothers and fight for justice within Nigeria. By doing this, the Ikwerre Would have been liberated physically and spiritually and would be better placed to take their rightful place politically and economically in Nigeria. Only the truth can set us free!

Reference:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ibo