For years it has been stated by historians that Eze Chima who founded many Igbo kingdoms migrated from Ile Ife to Benin to Igbo Land. Added confirmation to this has come from the Ooni of Ife, who traditionally is a great historian of Ife.

Although the Ooni did not mention Eze Chima by name, he disclosed that many (not all) of the Aborigines of Ile Ife migrated from Ife to Benin to Igbo Land.

This is exactly what historians have been saying about Eze Chima, whose ancestors are said to have migrated from Nri to Ife, becoming Ife’s Aboriginal Obatala dynasty.

Speaking in an interview granted to a national publication in 2016, Oba Ogunwusi said, “This is my point, we don’t even appreciate the beauty of Moremi. She became a goddess of liberty that liberated her people. It was some people, the Ibos who took Ife into captivity”.

A Reporter, who wanted the statement clarified asked: “Kabiyesi, is it Ugbo or the Ibos?” And the Ooni replied, “It is the Ibos; here the real Ibos have a compound in Ife, the Oluyeri compound in Iremo, where the Igbo language is spoken.

“They are from Ife and you can trace many of them from Ife to Benin to Ibo land. Some of them will say they are from the Middle East but the people from the Middle East, left from Ife”.

Investigations carried out confirm the Ooni’s statement that there is indeed an Aboriginal Oluyare compound in Ife. It is a powerful compound that supports the Ooni. The Oluyare compound and its powerful chiefs have many historical and present-day links to the Obatala dynasty that used to reign in Ife before Oduduwa and the Oonis brought Yoruba rule.

The Oluyares have since assimilated into Yoruba culture but never forget where they came from. They remain a pillar of support to the Oonis of Ife. Their ancestors the Obatalas used to hold two interesting titles hundreds of years ago, namely, the Osere Igbo and Oba Igbo titles, among others.

Today Osere is a title in certain Eze Chima communities in Igbo Land, while Oba which is widely used by Yoruba monarchs, is also.used in Igbo communities like Nri and Ogba in Rivers State.

However, the Ugbo Ilaje Council of Elders, reacting to the Ooni’s statement, demanded an unreserved apology from Ooni for allegedly ‘distorting history, by referring to them as Igbos’. They advised him to ‘clarify historical facts’ from the elders of Ife.

There was no reaction from Igbo towns named Ugbo, including Ugbo Kingdom in Enugu State, as well as Ugbo-Obi, Ugbodu, Onicha Ugbo.

http://www.igbodefender.com/2019/04/15/ooni-of-ife-confirms-eze-chima-obatala-migrated-from-ife-to-benin-to-igbo-land/

Ugbos are not Igbos... I think Ooni of ife Oba Ogunwusi is distracting d Yorubas with his ungrounded histories.. He should hire Historian to represent him.

funmijoyb:
Ugbos are not Igbos... I think Ooni of ife Oba Ogunwusi is distracting d Yorubas with his ungrounded histories.. He should hire Historian to represent him.

Thank you and God bless you. The Igbo-Ibo is A distinct group from Bantuoid of Eastern Nigeria. The name Igbo-Ibo is meaningless in the Eastern Nigeria ,except it is used as a prefix or suffix with any other word in the Eastern Nigeria.The Yoruba Ugbo-Ubo came into being during Oranmiyan era ,when civil war broke out in Ule Ife which was due to power tussle as well as economic bouyancy of IleIfe, which was between Odua descendants-group and Obatala( a man and not God) group. This was the time Ugbo became a name,that was used to describe marauders, who looked like elfs when their bodies are wrapped with raffia(mariwo).Thus, Moremi, saved the Ufe people through her discovery of these Ufe rebels brandishing as elfs hat emigrated out of Ufe during Oranmiyan era. And they were eventually defeated through the path they hid in the bush when the bush were lit....

Unfortunately, the Ooni's statement isn't from him but his advisers that are supposedly history knowledgeable and hellbent in misleading him because the present day Ooni, actually knows nothing much about Yoruba history for him to misinterpreted ugbo as Ibo-Ugbo.



Cheers

funmijoyb:
Ugbos are not Igbos... I think Ooni of ife Oba Ogunwusi is distracting d Yorubas with his ungrounded histories.. He should hire Historian to represent him.

Thank you and God bless you. The Igbo-Ibo is A distinct group from Bantuoid of Eastern Nigeria. The name Igbo-Ibo is meaningless in the Eastern Nigeria ,except it is used as a prefix or suffix with any other word in the Eastern Nigeria.The Yoruba Ugbo-Ubo came into being during Oranmiyan era ,when civil war broke out in Ule Ife which was due to power tussle as well as economic bouyancy of IleIfe, which was between Odua descendants-group and Obatala( a man and not God) group. This was the time Ugbo became a name,that was used to describe marauders, who looked like elfs when their bodies are wrapped with raffia(mariwo).Thus, Moremi, saved the Ufe people through her discovery of these Ufe rebels brandishing as elfs hat emigrated out of Ufe during Oranmiyan era. And they were eventually defeated through the path they hid in the bush when the bush were lit....

Unfortunately, the Ooni's statement isn't from him but his advisers that are supposedly history knowledgeable and hellbent in misleading him because the present day Ooni, actually knows nothing much about Yoruba history for him to misinterpreted ugbo as Ibo-Ugbo.



Cheers

Olu317:



Thank you and God bless you. The Igbo-Ibo is A distinct group from Bantuoid of Eastern Nigeria. The name Igbo-Ibo is meaningless in the Eastern Nigeria ,except it is used as a prefix or suffix with any other word in the Eastern Nigeria.The Yoruba Ugbo-Ubo came into being during Oranmiyan era ,when civil war broke out in Ule Ife which was due to power tussle as well as economic bouyancy of IleIfe, which was between Odua descendants-group and Obatala( a man and not God) group. This was the time Ugbo became a name,that was used to describe marauders, who looked like elfs when their bodies are wrapped with raffia(mariwo).Thus, Moremi, saved the Ufe people through her discovery of these Ufe rebels brandishing as elfs hat emigrated out of Ufe during Oranmiyan era. And they were eventually defeated through the path they hid in the bush when the bush were lit....

Unfortunately, the Ooni's statement isn't from him but his advisers that are supposedly history knowledgeable and hellbent in misleading him because the present day Ooni, actually knows nothing much about Yoruba history for him to misinterpreted ugbo as Ibo-Ugbo.



Cheers

Did you say Ule Ife and not Ile Ife?

igbodefender:


Did you say Ule Ife and not Ile Ife?

The difference is that one as pronounced as IleIfe is of Oyo enclave pronunciation which is taught in school while the latter is older and being retained in other Yoruba enclaves . The Oyo dialect is the one you all are used to,which is differ from older dialects that's still be spoken in Yoruba villages....I hope you know that Oyo dialect is not superior to any other dialect in Yoruba land. And the only difference is the accent.

some unnamed tribemen will not like this.

This igbodefender guy has a huge learning disorder.

How many times will you be told that Ugbo (Igbo in dialects like Oyo, Egba) is not same as Igbo (ibo)

macof:
This igbodefender guy has a huge learning disorder.

How many times will you be told that Ugbo (Igbo in dialects like Oyo, Egba) is not same as Igbo (ibo)

'teacher'. Just don't insult Kabiyesi The Ooni of Ife and high chiefs of Ife.

igbodefender:
'teacher'. Just don't insult Kabiyesi The Ooni of Ife and high chiefs of Ife.

LMAO