ugoani:

I don't understand this mix-up, are you saying that ikwerres are igbos? Pls can any ikwerre extract clear us on this claim

ugoani:

I don't understand this mix-up, are you saying that ikwerres are igbos? Pls can any ikwerre extract clear us on this claim

Andre Uweh:

What do you not understand or are you pretending. Should I write that in Igbo language for you to understand?. Once again, Ikwerre people are Igbo people. Any one who thinks otherwise should go and hang.

Abagworo:

this ikwerre-igbo issue is supposed to have died long ago.it is wiser to say that ikwerre language is igbo language and not that ikwerre is igbo.it is left for ikwerres to determine who they are.

ChinenyeN:

Some of you apparently do not understand how annoying you sound, constantly shouting "Simply Igbo. Period!" Just leave the Ikwere alone, and stop forcing this identity issue. It is not a must for them to identify like others have. Goodness. Abi di rest of Igbo go dai off without Ikwere? A begi. Focus on more pressing matters.

ChinenyeN:

First, I want to say that I agree with the view that 9jaganja put forth. BUT, if they insist on going forth with this, then I hope they understand that they simply can't just relocate a people like that. They must also properly accommodate and provide them reparations. Do they have the budget for that? Do they monetarily have what it takes to properly execute this project? They have to keep in mind that this is a people's land they are just ransacking like this. It will raise deep sentiment, and more especially, it'll intensify this Igbo-Ijaw situation.

asha 80: How will it intensify igbo-ijaw situation if 'igbos' are not involved?

Andre Uweh:

I do understand the cultural/blood admixture of Ndigbo and Okrika people. Yet Okrika people are not Igbo. Their ethnic group is Kalabari. The Igbo groups in Rivers state are the Ikwerres, Ekpeyes, Ogbas, Egbemas, Ndonis, Ndokis, Asas, Omumas and Etches.

afrodiva:

ekpeye people are not igbo what admixture do yu exactly understand? .ekpeyes have no ancestral links to igbo and ekpeye language is significantlly different from igbo . some okrika villages speak a lect of igbo as first language and bear igbo names,if you don't consider them igbo then why ekpeye . the problem in naija is bigger groups wants to assimilate a smaller group. this was also part of the problem with your biafran war .the old cunning leopard hasn't changed its spots. stop your igbo expansionist agenda .we can coperate with you without being labelled igbo.and pls dont give me that crap about how the rest of naija sees us or people bearing igbo names you cant determine my ethnicity and political affiliations for me .prior to the civil war a lot of okrika and kalabari would kill you if you called them ijaw ,then original ijaws did not push the issue .they welcomed those who wanted to associate with them . it was not by force, but for yu igbo na by force .leave us alone even before the war we wanted to be part of the cor (cross rivers ogoja and rivers state so stop using the war as an excuse ). it is now politically convenient for my okrika /kalabari peeps to claim ijaw, some however till date say they are not ijaw. bottom line there a lots of minorities who are admixtures and have varying cultural influences don't force igbo ethnicity on them.

Andre Uweh:

Stop chatting crap here, your post clearly displays outright stupidity that has been discussed here for ages. To start with, does it mean you know better than Rivers state govt officials whom in their website described Ekpeye people as Igbo. Probably, you are not Igbo, but a lot of Ekpeyes see themselves as Igbo including the Nwuche's. The problem with non brainers is that they do not know the difference between a language and a dialect. Nonsense.

udezue:

Afro,
Like Andre said stop chatting crap. The Ekpeye fought in Biafra and faced a lot repression after it for their support so who forced them? Ekpeye is clearly Igbo so go sit your butt down with that Igboid crap coz for your info the same way Ekpeye is Igboid is the same way Awka or Ukwuani is Igboid. Going by your moronic assertion I should conclude that Abiriba or Arochukwu is Ibibiod since there are certain similarities and sharing of same words.

afrodiva:

of course if udezue the champion of the igbo expansionist movement didnt reply with abusive language as usual his day would be miserable .you make such an awful poster child for igbo unification.you really put people off with your attitude which is more likely to shrink the igbo population .you are already loosing chinenye the ngwa representative .please stick to facts and answer my questions/points that i have brought up . if ukwuani ,abiriba want to call themselves igbo it is up to them not up to you or me. do you even know who coined that term igboid and in what context it was initially used ? who told you all of ekpeye fought in biafra the reason you spew such ignorance is because all you know about ekpeye people is what you read off the internet and i know where you got that from .for your education the ekpeye like most other groups in old rivers state were divided .i know people who fought for biafra and people who fought for the Nigerian army. what repression did they face? please give me some examples . it is not in your place to argue with me over my ethnicity let my ekpeye brothers or sisters who consider themselves igbo champion that cause .i know that you love the idea of one great united igbo country but trust me sitting behind a computer and trying to bully people with fictitious tales is not the answer .go and spend time in these places and get to know the people and their history .

afrodiva:

at udezue if you dont get what come is in ekpeye then please quit this forum .and if you get it right then tell me how much it sounds like your igbo" bia ". iam eagerly awaitingthis particular response

johndoe200:

Why is it that all sorts of useless people come on this forum to shout this guy in Rivers is ibo, that one is ibo, when they are not from the state? I am from the state and it irritates the hell out of me to keep reading the posts of these ibo rejects who come here and pontificate on my state.

I usually refrain from these ethnic bashing threads but please, if you are not from RIVERS STATE, please shut your mouth. I can not see how I can start to trade words about my state with some cretin from those nyamiri states.


This kind of crap is why you are universally hated by the people in and from that state.

As for the governor's actions, he will have to face the reality that you can not dislocate and disrespect a people without consequences. In any case he has already seen that easy to do.

abadaba:

Monkey, am from Rivers state as well. Does it mean because am from Rivers state am not Igbo. You mean the Igbo are found only in the South east. Iidiot, do you not think that those who identify as Igbo in Rivers state feel insulted by your moronic post?. Go and lick your mothers's shitt if you are worried about the Igbo in Rivers state. Brain-dead pig.