Uyomeyouyo:


If I smack your flat head now, you will call your mode brothers to come and ban me...
That is what you are after...

Knack head for pillar, nothing concern me. Bye

NobleAngell:
I'm not lying dear. That's his local government, i don't care what part it is. My point has been made. You seem to be hurt over that fact. Why?

Then the person may be Ika. Ifeanyi Okowa is Ika.
I don't need to feel hurt over anything. They don't feed me and i don't need anything from them. Or have you not heard Rotimi Amaechi ranting everywhere that he is more igbo than any other person.
You didn't hear Emefiele being called igbo by buhari and he couldn't and didn't utter a word.
You can lie to yourself. Nothing concern me.

CyynthiaKiss:


People of Aniocha (Oshimili and co)axis can never deny being Igbo. That identity crisis is reserved for Ika people. You don't need to lie because you are on nairaland.

Meanwhile, leave politics section.. It's beyond your brain capacity.

Okowa is Ika, Agbor precisely. So this is an interesting development.

Osagyefo98:



That they speak ur language or answer like names doesn't make them igbos.



American has British like names but that doesn't make them British.

But afonja u claimed u ar igbo in d other thread

chiefobdk:


Anambra before Igbo?


Which means u never had identity before the creation of states..


See as u dey mumu ursrlf

I swear u ar not ok...that guy is a yoruba mod ,fighting secession

B4 u comment luk at d person u quote ,he answers igbo name but fight igbo.

hammerFC:
Igbo is Igbo.


No delta Igbo, just Igbo.


No Rivers Igbo, just Igbo.


Igbo is Igbo.


Afonja do u here?

Major Nzeogwu was from present-day Delta State. He was an Igbo man
Same with Okonjo-Iweala, Kachikwu, Joe Achuzia etc etc
Igbo amaka.

cc lzaa

oyatz:
The first time I noticed this was when I went for NYSC in Yobe State.
There was this Igbo lady in my flat called Sandra. She was very nice to me but I didn't reciprocate her gestures because she was too lousy and wild for my liking.

She was so mean to another poorer 'Igbo' lady called Mercy that was close to hatred.
So one evening after publicly disgracing Mercy, I went to Sandra to ask her why she treated her 'sister' so harshly after all, they are both igbos.

To my greatest surprise this rude and lousy Sandra said 'She is not igbo, stop referring to Mercy as igbo'
I said but she speaks Igbo fluently with Juliet and other igbos in their corpers lodge and both Mercy and Juliet have Igbo Surnames.Then Sandra said 'The fact that she speaks Igbo doesn't makes her Igbo'. She also speaks Yoruba fluently ,does that makes her Yoruba?
She went ahead to tell me that only four Igbo corpers ,out of the numerous corpers in our lodge that we presumed to be igbo were truly Igbos.

Wow. That's really surprising O.

Adaibeku:
But afonja u claimed u ar igbo in d other thread

Understanding has eluded u.

immhotep:

Major Nzeogwu was from present-day Delta State. He was an Igbo man
Same with Okonjo-Iweala, Kachikwu, Joe Achuzia etc etc
Igbo amaka.

cc lzaa

Sarrki right now

IvarTheHorrible:


Olanipekun1/ IsaAbubakar / SilasNwude....

Let's be frank, this gal crushed you.

NobelAngell, haba, why did you do this to my paddy?

You did not add, cursedabiola/ngadaAwo... the guy is plain s****d

NobleAngell:
I have never seen any of them admit that he/she is Igbo. My neighbour gets furious each time i tease him by calling him Igbo. Meanwhile his name is Ifeanyi and siblings Emeka, Onyinyechi and Onyeka. They communicate with Igbo in their house. Baffles me.

Well, it depends.Those from the mouth of the Niger down to issele uku see themselves as igbos while from Agbor to Kwale,Ukwani would dispute their being Igbo with u.Generally some one from Delta State with an Igbo sounding them don't dispute much when u call him or her Igbo unlike those from Rivers State. Forget IPOB propaganda, a typical Rivers person would not readily agree to being Igbo no matter how near his village is to the perceived "core" Igbo places.Mind u,I didn't start today. The acrimony has being there even before there was a country called Nigeria. My grandfather's brother gave birth to his children in Abua n my older uncle n aunt(from my grandfather's first wife) had been living in Port Harcourt since the 1940s.Their children n grandchildren n great grandchildren still live in Port Harcourt till tomorrow.

I used to care about the igbos of the Niger Delta seeing themselves as igbos. I don't care anymore. If u call me ur brother then I call u my brother. if u don't.... na u sabi.

[quote author=Ttrrffyyghuuh post=77293155]

Its simple, just like Onitsha people, they're called Igbo when favors are required of them, but when it's time for political appointments or juicy contracts, they're reminded that they're not pure/ real Igbo's, It's just like the Egun people of Lagos that have been sidelined and the yorubas.

I have Igbo friends (liberal though) and love the Igbo people for their industrious nature, but they tend to be very tribalist, especially the conservative ones, you've seen the case of a even catholics rejecting an archbishop, because he's not mbaise, even the vatican had to intervene,
whereas, in uniben, they've had an Igbo VC, Prof. Emmanuel Nwanze, not benin, but completely different tribe, you can't try that in any eatern institution be it federal or state and even religious as i stated above/quote]
Modified
I agree with the bolded text however the university you illustrated is now binilized

globemoney:

Afonja in pains

DEEP AND AGONIZING PAIN HE MUST BE IN....THEY SAID BIAFRANS ARE NOT UNITED.

Okoroawusa:

Well, it depends.Those from the mouth of the Niger down to issele uku see themselves as igbos while from Agbor to Kwale,Ukwani would dispute their being Igbo with u.Generally some one from Delta State with an Igbo sounding them don't dispute much when u call him or her Igbo unlike those from Rivers State. Forget IPOB propaganda, a typical Rivers person would not readily agree to being Igbo no matter how near his village is to the perceived "core" Igbo places.Mind u,I didn't start today. The acrimony has being there even before there was a country called Nigeria. My grandfather's brother gave birth to his children in Abua n my older uncle n aunt(from my grandfather's first wife) had been living in Port Harcourt since the 1940s.Their children n grandchildren n great grandchildren still live in Port Harcourt till tomorrow.

I used to care about the igbos of the Niger Delta seeing themselves as igbos. I don't care anymore. If u call me ur brother then I call u my brother. if u don't.... na u sabi.

NOBODY CAN DEPRIVE ME OF MY IGBO HERITAGE... ROTIMI AMAECHI, TRANSPORT MINISTER

OMANBALA1:


Not all, but a large number of Enuani deny Igbo identity.

U CALLED THE ENUANI MEANING : ENU =UP. ANI = LAND

UP OR UPPER LAND..... THEIR NAME IS EVEN CENTRAL IGBO

ANY ONE DENY IT IS MAY NOT BE IGBO BY BLOOD

Myself2:
I think the governor was actually saying Igbos are across and not before the Niger

Thank God you said"I think" so let your thoughts remain with you.

OMANBALA1:


You were probably misinformed. According to a reliable source these towns has a modified version of Nze na Ozo. Secondly,nd you will have to prove they kill python.

Omanbala/Anambra has existed before it's official creation, because what we know of the Anambra culture originated from the core Omanbala region, including Aguleri.

When in say Omanbala I mean the towns that fall under the same cultural umbrella....99% of Anambra towns practice pure Nze na Ozo. The culture of Nze na Ozo modifies and instruct the way a society behaves because these men were regarded as the wise men who used sacred codes to oversee the functions of the town.
I am not calling anybody names but I know some Igbos eat python, which is a sacrilege in Anambra. I can't intermarry with such people. Igbo na asu na onu na onu...We arent the same. Omanbala is unique

Unique in what way please?

Before you attack me, I am a native of Enugwu Ukwu Umunri, for me, I see no uniqueness except certain slight differences in dialect, custom and tradition.

However, having made my personal assertions, you're reserved with the right to expatiate your point for the benefit of all.

Myself2:
I think the governor was actually saying Igbos are across and not before the Niger

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which across from where to where....

Nnaabros:


Stop this divisive and competitive mentality. Anambra is just a state, a political creation. Igbo is Igbo and we're one and the same.

dont mind that Afonjas tell him to say that in igbo language/////

OMANBALA1:


Omanbala are Igbo but very unique. Don't argue with me. Anambra has always been unique even when we were with Enugu. Nze na Ozo culture has something to do with uniqueness of Omanbala people.

No Anambra town kill nor eat snake.

you are just in diaspora ranting... dont you know how many igbo towns and village in Imo State that do not eat snake... places like Okwudor, njabe LGA, Umuagwo...Ohji/egbema LGA...e.t.c...

Nze no Ozo is all over igbo Land... you are so naive,,, stop chatting about igbo ancient culture.

Osagyefo98:



Op mind what u post here.
Okowa never made such statement

There are no igbos in delta state.....i repeat no igbos in delta state.



Okowa never made such statement.

very funny indeed funny , Ifeanyi Okowa its self by name is pure Igbo. are you so quick to forget Chukwuma Nzeogwu , from Ukwuasi Ukwu. in Delta State not Afonjas State. funny little child of yesterday. you think you can divided the Igbo Race again.,.we are united forever....long live Biafra//

garfield1:

Am not igbo but i have interacted with igbos,traversed the 5 maimstream igbo states and finally berthing in anambra state.i dont like the anambra supremacist theories but i can confidently say that the anambra igbo is the number one igbo.even the anambra igbo dialect is top notch.i never wanted to learn how to speak igbo but when i got to anambra and listened to the local dialect,i was forced to learn the ear pleasing language.
Even in my state cross river,we regard the anambra people as the authentic igbos and their language as the purest.even the anambra names are loveliest.the one i like most is lotanna.no other eastern state is as developed and urbanized as anambra.their girls are the most beautiful.they have the highest number of influential personalities in nigeria.

First, it was Benue. From Benue to Edo. During the elections you said you were in Cross River, now it is Anambra just to drive wedge between Ndi Igbo.

Okoroawusa:

Well, it depends.Those from the mouth of the Niger down to issele uku see themselves as igbos while from Agbor to Kwale,Ukwani would dispute their being Igbo with u.Generally some one from Delta State with an Igbo sounding them don't dispute much when u call him or her Igbo unlike those from Rivers State. Forget IPOB propaganda, a typical Rivers person would not readily agree to being Igbo no matter how near his village is to the perceived "core" Igbo places.Mind u,I didn't start today. The acrimony has being there even before there was a country called Nigeria. My grandfather's brother gave birth to his children in Abua n my older uncle n aunt(from my grandfather's first wife) had been living in Port Harcourt since the 1940s.Their children n grandchildren n great grandchildren still live in Port Harcourt till tomorrow.

I used to care about the igbos of the Niger Delta seeing themselves as igbos. I don't care anymore. If u call me ur brother then I call u my brother. if u don't.... na u sabi.

Hmmmmm. Very very interesting and informative.

FortuneDeGreat:
Thank God you said"I think" so let your thoughts remain with you.

If they are my thoughts, why are you now having sleepless nights over them

mbos:
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which across from where to where....

You know the answer already

Myself2:


If they are my thoughts, why are you now having sleepless nights over them

I care more for a dead rat than your illusive thoughts, sleepless nights indeed!

FortuneDeGreat:
I care more for a dead rat than your illusive thoughts, sleepless nights indeed!

Oh how interesting,, so please keep your worries on your dead rats and leave my personal thoughts alone.

mbos:


you are just in diaspora ranting... dont you know how many igbo towns and village in Imo State that do not eat snake... places like Okwudor, njabe LGA, Umuagwo...Ohji/egbema LGA...e.t.c...

Nze no Ozo is all over igbo Land... you are so naive,,, stop chatting about igbo ancient culture.

You borrowed Nze na Ozo and what you have is not authentic. Your Nze na Ozo is adulterated. The other place where you can find towns practicing the original tradition is Enugu.

FortuneDeGreat:
Unique in what way please?

Before you attack me, I am a native of Enugwu Ukwu Umunri, for me, I see no uniqueness except certain slight differences in dialect, custom and tradition.

However, having made my personal assertions, you're reserved with the right to expatiate your point for the benefit of all.

I don't take Enugu Ukwu people very seriously because you and your white man invented kingship is desecrating the NRI KINGSHIP.

OMANBALA1:


I don't take Enugu Ukwu people very seriously because you and your white man invented kingship is desecrating the NRI KINGSHIP.

Taking us serious or not did not give an answer to my question, you can easily say that you don't know rather than switching the focus.

Moreover you can't really give a clear account of what really happened, how the whole desecration of NRI kingship took place and who was actually culpable.

If we should go into it, we'll take a swift switch from what is being discussed and we'll dwell on it for a very long time.

Who are you and where do you come from?

Myself2:


Oh how interesting,, so please keep your worries on your dead rats and leave my personal thoughts alone.

Rattle on and off with your demented illusion.