amabipi:
There is a political cabal ravaging Rivers State – the Igboid Mafia.

The Igboid Mafia of Rivers State is widely believed to have emanated from a political dynasty traceable to former Governor Peter Odili. The sole purpose of the Mafia is to ensure that only the Igbo-speaking ethnic groups in Rivers State control political and economic power. This should however exclude the bilingual (Ibo-speaking) Ijaw people of Bonny, Opobo and parts of Okrika.

Membership of the Igboid Mafia are mostly politicians from Ikwerre, Etche, Ndoni, Ogba and Ndoki areas of Rivers State with some Ijoid and Ogoni cronies. These politicians masquerade and camouflage as persons representing the interest of their respective ethnic groups whereas their pursuit is purely personal and selfish. They do not have the mandate of their people to act as they do.
The father figure of the Igboid Mafia is said to be former Governor Peter Odili, a medical doctor turned politician from Ndoni town whose election in 1999 sowed the seed that became the Igboid political Cabal. His election was innocently spearheaded by prominent Ijoid (Rivers Ijaw) leaders.

Many reasons have been proffered for the emergence of the Igboid Mafia. Some say that Odili created it to protect his government against attacks from the dominant Ijoid group at the time. Others say that it was a product of Odili’s sad experiences during the Nigerian Civil War. Whatever the reason was, the Igboid Mafia has come to stay as the dominant factor in Rivers politics.

To make room for the nascent Igboid Mafia, the hitherto dominant Ijoid political structure was forcefully dismantled. The political fortunes of prominent Rivers Ijaw leaders like Alabo T.O. Graham-Douglas and Dr. Ombo Isokrari suffered drastic reversal and Dr. Marshall Harry and Chief A.K. Dikibo were murdered in very mysterious circumstances.
The Igboid mafia is said to have eminent Ikwerre persons that include the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike, former Governor Omehia, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps, Hon. Austin Okpara, O.C.J. Okocha SAN and a veteran politician, Chief Sergeant Awuse.

Prince Emma Anyanwu and Hon. Desmond Akawor are said to be converts from Etche and Ndoki respectively while Bro Felix Obuah and one Shederack Akalokwu are believed to be the arrowheads from Ogba/Egbema axis.

The Igboid Mafia is alleged to include some Rivers Ijaw opportunists like Dame Patience Jonathan (said to be Igbo by birth), Chief Feddy Alabraba, Prince Uche Secondus, Senator George Sekibo and Dr. Abiye Sekibo. There are also a handful of Ogoni cronies said to be led by the serving Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Kobani.

Members of the cabal are driven by the sole desire to control the coffers of Rivers State and are united by the selfish aspiration to share political and economic power among themselves.

The Rivers Ijaw and Ogoni elements in the Mafia further conceal the real mission of the cabal, which is to enforce Igboid rule over Rivers State for 60 years in total exclusion of the Ijoid and the Ogoni nations.

Political Exploits of the Igboid Mafia

On inception in 1999, the budding Igboid Mafia confiscated the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and sidelined the founding members of the party in Rivers State, including BOT members.
Former Governor Rufus Ada-George was chased into exile, Alabo T.O. Graham-Douglas sacked as Federal Minister, Marshall Harry and A.K. Dikibo are killed. The Mafia rendered the Rivers State House of Assembly ineffective and manipulated the appointment of the Chief Judge of the State. The Swift Operations Squad (SOS) of the Nigerian Police was used to coordinate militants against perceived political opponents.

The act of unleashing violence on opponents was the trademark of the cabal which increased or reduced in intensity depending on the level of desperation of the leadership. The cabal appointed well-known cult leaders as members of the State Executive Council and made them leaders of the party in their respective local government areas. The leadership of the Mafia grabbed and manipulated local government administration and nominated stooges into the state electoral body and into INEC as Resident Electoral Commissioners.

The dislodging of the political order that existed before 1999, required that the new power bloc was installed by force of violence and Rivers State has known no peace thence. Cultists and cult leaders emerged as candidates to local government councils and to State and National Assemblies.
Since 2003, the Igboid Mafia has never depended on actual votes to win elections; they seize the electoral process by force. However, in order to psychologically intimidate the Ijoid and the Ogoni groups, the Igboid Mafia has ensured massive falsification of population and voters registration figures in their domains – figures that can’t stand the test of one-man-one-vote.

The Igboid Mafia and its allies have emasculated Rivers people who watched helplessly as the cabal handpicked and installed their cronies into elective offices. This act of impunity was always backed by the presidency and enforced by state security agencies, cultists and militants.

In the midst of these devious political exploits by the Igboid Mafia, many Rivers people suffer impoverishment and dehumanization. Many people are killed and several communities are destroyed in orchestrated communal crises. The sanctity of the traditional institution is desecrated and societal values are upturned as the cabal ensures that the political and economic fortunes of genuine leaders are reversed by force. The Igboid Mafia of Rivers State has come to stay and it reigns supreme.
Nyesom Wike outsmarts the Mafia
The Igboid Mafia was originally designed to monopolize political power in trust for the Igbo-speaking areas of Ndoni, Ikwerre, Ndoki, Etche, Omuma, Ogba, Egbema and Ekpeye. Accordingly, Odili was said to have insisted on Ikwerre candidates to succeed him in 2007 against stiff opposition from the Rivers Ijaw leadership. The hidden plan of the Mafia was that after Ikwerre, the governorship would move to Ndoki with Desmond Akawor waiting in the wings. But amidst the confusion that attended the Rotimi Amaechi’s internal revolt against the Mafia, Nyesom Wike outsmarted the rest of the cabal.

Leading the Ikwerre wing of the Mafia, Nyesom Wike formulated the doctrine of Ikwerre North, Ikwerre South, Ikwerre West and Ikwerre East. His group insisted that Ikwerre alone has 1.1 million of the 2.5 million Rivers votes and can retain the governorship in perpetuity if they chose.

Many had thought that Wike was merely joking at the time, but the events of 2015 elections have further enshrined this perception. Currently, there are rumours that Hon. Austin Okpara or Emeka Woke has been earmarked to succeed Nyesom Wike in 2023.
The Ikwerre scheme to rule Rivers State for 24 years include:
· The re-drawing of the demography/political map.
· Domination by the Igboid group over the Ijoid and Ogoni.
· The economic empowerment of Ikwerre.
· Spending the entire state budget on Ikwerre land (PH & Obio/Akpor).
· Using renegade Ijaws, especially discredited politicians and militants from Kalabari and Okrika to execute Ikwerre agenda.
Non-Ikwerre members of the Mafia have maintained that it is sheer travesty for Ikwerre members of the cabal to change the rule and sit tight. They are reminding their Ikwerre colleagues to look back and remember the sorry state of Ikwerre before Odili rescued them in 2007. Until then, no Ikwerre man smelt the Government house; not because Ikwerre had no qualified candidates but because of the type of hegemonic politics now being emulated and adopted by the Ikwerre faction in the Mafia.
Other members of cabal are grumbling that Ikwerre that was pulled out overnight from the ashes of nothingness and made the lords of the Rivers State Government House are forgetting that Ikwerre governors did not emerge through a free-for-all contest. They argue that Wike must not seek a second term in office as his was a child of circumstance that has since lapsed.
Rotimi Amaechi: the righteous rebel
One ex-beneficiary of the activities of the Igboid Mafia was former Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi who was singlehandedly anointed governor by Odili in 2007 but who had since parted ways with the cabal.

Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi had disagreed with the fundamental objectives of the cabal and declared that for equity and fairness to reign, power must rotate among the ethnic groups in Rivers State – a position that negates the goals of the Mafia.

During the 2015 governorship campaigns, Amaechi argued that the contest should be open to every ethnic group in the state other than Ikwerre. He cautioned that if an Ikwerre man is allowed to succeeds him in office after he (Amaechi) had served for eight years, then other ethnic groups will never again get a chance to be governor.
Amaechi warned that if Wike was allowed to be governor in 2015, it will encourage other selfish Ikwerre politicians to think that “only Ikwerre people can come together and elect themselves as governors” He called on all Ikwerre patriots to rise against Wike and vote for a candidate from another ethnic group.
To the rest of Rivers people, Amaechi said “If you people allow him (Wike) to succeed, then forget your children, they will never be governors again because all it will take is when he finishes, another Ikwerre man will tell Ikwerre people: ‘I’m your son’ and Ikwerre will support him”.
“We must show justice and ensure that political power is equitably distributed. Even if you are an ethnic group of 20,000 persons, you have a right to the governorship of the state” Amaechi said.

http://riversijawvoice.com.ng/2017/10/15/exposed-igboid-mafia-to-rule-rivers-state-for-56-years

conehead2018:
so finally you people have accepted there are Igbo's in rivers..eehe that's interesting so all the a.fonja propaganda only exist in their amala skulls and on nairaland..OK OK.
As for my ikwere brothers we have told you people many a times no matter the rumu- bulcrap you added to your corrupted dialect the fact remains you are still Igbo's.

amabipi:
2019 is the turn of Kalabari so we must vote for Kalabari person for Governor of River state for Equity and Justice

Truckpusher:
Another crap

redsquare:
Ikwerre,Ndoni,Ogba,Ndoki,Ekpeye,Etche are suddendly Igbos when it suits the Afonjas, but the moment Igbos want to identify with these same Igboid group in Rivers state, they are termed attache by force or land grabbers. Deluded people.

amabipi:
There is a political cabal ravaging Rivers State – the Igboid Mafia.

The Igboid Mafia of Rivers State is widely believed to have emanated from a political dynasty traceable to former Governor Peter Odili. The sole purpose of the Mafia is to ensure that only the Igbo-speaking ethnic groups in Rivers State control political and economic power. This should however exclude the bilingual (Ibo-speaking) Ijaw people of Bonny, Opobo and parts of Okrika.

Membership of the Igboid Mafia are mostly politicians from Ikwerre, Etche, Ndoni, Ogba and Ndoki areas of Rivers State with some Ijoid and Ogoni cronies. These politicians masquerade and camouflage as persons representing the interest of their respective ethnic groups whereas their pursuit is purely personal and selfish. They do not have the mandate of their people to act as they do.
The father figure of the Igboid Mafia is said to be former Governor Peter Odili, a medical doctor turned politician from Ndoni town whose election in 1999 sowed the seed that became the Igboid political Cabal. His election was innocently spearheaded by prominent Ijoid (Rivers Ijaw) leaders.

Many reasons have been proffered for the emergence of the Igboid Mafia. Some say that Odili created it to protect his government against attacks from the dominant Ijoid group at the time. Others say that it was a product of Odili’s sad experiences during the Nigerian Civil War. Whatever the reason was, the Igboid Mafia has come to stay as the dominant factor in Rivers politics.

To make room for the nascent Igboid Mafia, the hitherto dominant Ijoid political structure was forcefully dismantled. The political fortunes of prominent Rivers Ijaw leaders like Alabo T.O. Graham-Douglas and Dr. Ombo Isokrari suffered drastic reversal and Dr. Marshall Harry and Chief A.K. Dikibo were murdered in very mysterious circumstances.
The Igboid mafia is said to have eminent Ikwerre persons that include the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike, former Governor Omehia, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps, Hon. Austin Okpara, O.C.J. Okocha SAN and a veteran politician, Chief Sergeant Awuse.

Prince Emma Anyanwu and Hon. Desmond Akawor are said to be converts from Etche and Ndoki respectively while Bro Felix Obuah and one Shederack Akalokwu are believed to be the arrowheads from Ogba/Egbema axis.

The Igboid Mafia is alleged to include some Rivers Ijaw opportunists like Dame Patience Jonathan (said to be Igbo by birth), Chief Feddy Alabraba, Prince Uche Secondus, Senator George Sekibo and Dr. Abiye Sekibo. There are also a handful of Ogoni cronies said to be led by the serving Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Kobani.

Members of the cabal are driven by the sole desire to control the coffers of Rivers State and are united by the selfish aspiration to share political and economic power among themselves.

The Rivers Ijaw and Ogoni elements in the Mafia further conceal the real mission of the cabal, which is to enforce Igboid rule over Rivers State for 60 years in total exclusion of the Ijoid and the Ogoni nations.

Political Exploits of the Igboid Mafia

On inception in 1999, the budding Igboid Mafia confiscated the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and sidelined the founding members of the party in Rivers State, including BOT members.
Former Governor Rufus Ada-George was chased into exile, Alabo T.O. Graham-Douglas sacked as Federal Minister, Marshall Harry and A.K. Dikibo are killed. The Mafia rendered the Rivers State House of Assembly ineffective and manipulated the appointment of the Chief Judge of the State. The Swift Operations Squad (SOS) of the Nigerian Police was used to coordinate militants against perceived political opponents.

The act of unleashing violence on opponents was the trademark of the cabal which increased or reduced in intensity depending on the level of desperation of the leadership. The cabal appointed well-known cult leaders as members of the State Executive Council and made them leaders of the party in their respective local government areas. The leadership of the Mafia grabbed and manipulated local government administration and nominated stooges into the state electoral body and into INEC as Resident Electoral Commissioners.

The dislodging of the political order that existed before 1999, required that the new power bloc was installed by force of violence and Rivers State has known no peace thence. Cultists and cult leaders emerged as candidates to local government councils and to State and National Assemblies.
Since 2003, the Igboid Mafia has never depended on actual votes to win elections; they seize the electoral process by force. However, in order to psychologically intimidate the Ijoid and the Ogoni groups, the Igboid Mafia has ensured massive falsification of population and voters registration figures in their domains – figures that can’t stand the test of one-man-one-vote.

The Igboid Mafia and its allies have emasculated Rivers people who watched helplessly as the cabal handpicked and installed their cronies into elective offices. This act of impunity was always backed by the presidency and enforced by state security agencies, cultists and militants.

In the midst of these devious political exploits by the Igboid Mafia, many Rivers people suffer impoverishment and dehumanization. Many people are killed and several communities are destroyed in orchestrated communal crises. The sanctity of the traditional institution is desecrated and societal values are upturned as the cabal ensures that the political and economic fortunes of genuine leaders are reversed by force. The Igboid Mafia of Rivers State has come to stay and it reigns supreme.
Nyesom Wike outsmarts the Mafia
The Igboid Mafia was originally designed to monopolize political power in trust for the Igbo-speaking areas of Ndoni, Ikwerre, Ndoki, Etche, Omuma, Ogba, Egbema and Ekpeye. Accordingly, Odili was said to have insisted on Ikwerre candidates to succeed him in 2007 against stiff opposition from the Rivers Ijaw leadership. The hidden plan of the Mafia was that after Ikwerre, the governorship would move to Ndoki with Desmond Akawor waiting in the wings. But amidst the confusion that attended the Rotimi Amaechi’s internal revolt against the Mafia, Nyesom Wike outsmarted the rest of the cabal.

Leading the Ikwerre wing of the Mafia, Nyesom Wike formulated the doctrine of Ikwerre North, Ikwerre South, Ikwerre West and Ikwerre East. His group insisted that Ikwerre alone has 1.1 million of the 2.5 million Rivers votes and can retain the governorship in perpetuity if they chose.

Many had thought that Wike was merely joking at the time, but the events of 2015 elections have further enshrined this perception. Currently, there are rumours that Hon. Austin Okpara or Emeka Woke has been earmarked to succeed Nyesom Wike in 2023.
The Ikwerre scheme to rule Rivers State for 24 years include:
· The re-drawing of the demography/political map.
· Domination by the Igboid group over the Ijoid and Ogoni.
· The economic empowerment of Ikwerre.
· Spending the entire state budget on Ikwerre land (PH & Obio/Akpor).
· Using renegade Ijaws, especially discredited politicians and militants from Kalabari and Okrika to execute Ikwerre agenda.
Non-Ikwerre members of the Mafia have maintained that it is sheer travesty for Ikwerre members of the cabal to change the rule and sit tight. They are reminding their Ikwerre colleagues to look back and remember the sorry state of Ikwerre before Odili rescued them in 2007. Until then, no Ikwerre man smelt the Government house; not because Ikwerre had no qualified candidates but because of the type of hegemonic politics now being emulated and adopted by the Ikwerre faction in the Mafia.
Other members of cabal are grumbling that Ikwerre that was pulled out overnight from the ashes of nothingness and made the lords of the Rivers State Government House are forgetting that Ikwerre governors did not emerge through a free-for-all contest. They argue that Wike must not seek a second term in office as his was a child of circumstance that has since lapsed.
Rotimi Amaechi: the righteous rebel
One ex-beneficiary of the activities of the Igboid Mafia was former Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi who was singlehandedly anointed governor by Odili in 2007 but who had since parted ways with the cabal.

Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi had disagreed with the fundamental objectives of the cabal and declared that for equity and fairness to reign, power must rotate among the ethnic groups in Rivers State – a position that negates the goals of the Mafia.

During the 2015 governorship campaigns, Amaechi argued that the contest should be open to every ethnic group in the state other than Ikwerre. He cautioned that if an Ikwerre man is allowed to succeeds him in office after he (Amaechi) had served for eight years, then other ethnic groups will never again get a chance to be governor.
Amaechi warned that if Wike was allowed to be governor in 2015, it will encourage other selfish Ikwerre politicians to think that “only Ikwerre people can come together and elect themselves as governors” He called on all Ikwerre patriots to rise against Wike and vote for a candidate from another ethnic group.
To the rest of Rivers people, Amaechi said “If you people allow him (Wike) to succeed, then forget your children, they will never be governors again because all it will take is when he finishes, another Ikwerre man will tell Ikwerre people: ‘I’m your son’ and Ikwerre will support him”.
“We must show justice and ensure that political power is equitably distributed. Even if you are an ethnic group of 20,000 persons, you have a right to the governorship of the state” Amaechi said.

http://riversijawvoice.com.ng/2017/10/15/exposed-igboid-mafia-to-rule-rivers-state-for-56-years

horsepower101:
What do Nigerians call an Igbo man from south south that commits a crime? IGBO

What do Nigerians call an Igbo man from south south that led the coup? IGBO

What do Nigerians call an Igbo man from south south that has political power? IGBO, IGBOID, SS, this one throws them off with their denial.


What do IJAWS that like to claim there are no igbos in South south when it benefited them call an Igbo man from south south with political power? IGBO or IGBOID ( e.g. Peter odili Vice Presidency rejection)



Finally What do Nigerians call Igbo people from south south that has oil? SOUTH SOUTH or Niger delta People.


This is the legacy of the civil war and most importantly OIL based politics.