Becomrichn:

hollandis:Edo,delta and yorubas do not need Nigeria , i dont know what you are talking about. why dont you cut off. yoruba people are ready to leave nigeria. who says yoruba people dont want to leave. we are ready to leave.

hollandis:

@becomerich
All is said was yorubas will be hungry without the igbos and south-south,there will be poverty in their land,hence they have proposed to stick to the oil producing peeps ,the annoying thing is their tribalistic nonsense,you have nothing,yet u r tribalistic ARRANT NONSENSE

eku_bear:

Me personally, I don't think we need Igbos at all. One can make a (good) argument for Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers. But Igboland? Unnecessary.

EzeUche_:

Not true. I think I shall refresh your memory about the boundaries of Igboland, since many people do not know where Igboland begins or ends. As you can see, Igboland is a huge part of Delta, Rivers and parts of Bayelsa state.

eku_bear:

Hrm. If you could superimpose oil-fields onto that map as well, that'd sort of be useful. I was under the impression that most of the in the ND, outside of Igboland and mostly in "Ijawland."

Let's assume temporarily that the border you posted above is correct. How many barrels of oil per day does that territory produce?

eku_bear:

^-- Most of those red dots are outside of Igboland, right? Do we agree on that?

EzeUche_:

It looks 50/50 to me. Not including the red dots representing offshore oil platforms. The Warri area and Port Harcourt area have by far the largest number of dots. Followed by Owerri, which is actually surprising. I do need a demarcation of Imo and Bayelsa State. However, keep in mind that Bayelsa also have traditional Igbo communities as well, which are mixed with Ijaw communities. President Jonathan comes from such an area.

eku_bear:

Didn't know that. Do they speak Igbo in Otueke (GEJ's hometown)?

EzeUche_:

They speak both Igbo and Ogbia (Ijaw dialect) in GEJ's hometown. The Ekpeye people (Igbo subgroup) are found in that region as well as Ijaws. They have lived side by side for many centuries now. That is why GEJ speaks both Igbo and Ijaw very fluently.

alj harem1:

ezeuche how can you say this, do you know that nupe people speak yoruba fluently + nupe and yet you can not say nupe will go with Yoruba people. there are ibibio, efik and others that can speak fluent igbo but are they igbo,.,. certainly not

moreover you map is fraud

alj harem1:

ezeuche how can you say this, do you know that nupe people speak yoruba fluently + nupe and yet you can not say nupe will go with Yoruba people. there are ibibio, efik and others that can speak fluent igbo but are they igbo,.,. certainly not

moreover you map is fraud

Andre Uweh:

There is nothing wrong with his map. It is accurate and precise.
Nupe people do not speak Yoruba but Nupe. They even speak Hausa more than any other language except Nupe.

EzeUche_:

Do not discuss things you do not know. Ekpeye people are an Igbo speaking sub-group who live within the region. GEJ is from Ogbia, and the people of these area speak both Ogbia (Ijaw dialect) and Ekpeye (Igbo dialect) interchangeably. GEJ is clearly an Ijaw man, but that does not mean he doesn't speak Igbo.

What are you arguing about?

Ekpeye people have always been included with the Igbo, and even fought on the Biafran side if you did not know that.

My map is not fraudulent, if you have a problem with the map, the map is actually from a major oil company , so do not get upset with the messenger, because it doesn't serve your purpose.

fstranger3:

Why do Ibos like to claim other people.


I lived in Bayelsa for a year when I was young and people in Otuoke do not, I repeat, do not, speak Igbo.


What is wrong with you people.

Damn!

alj harem1:

ok i understand you, but the map of igboland was a bit generous in the sense that part of ibibio, edo lands were in it.

about nupe people, most of them speak Nupe language but majority of them speak hausa and yoruba, very few speak fula even some speak igala a form of okun yoruba language just like iskekiri which is a form of ijebu language

but my point is even us northerners will not take part of people territory

ok i agree, please no kill me

but the map i am not to sure

EzeUche_:


^^^

No one is claiming anyone. My father's eldest brother is married to an Ekpeye woman.

Ekpeye is a language, a people, a culture and an ethnic kingdom in southeastern Nigeria. The Ekpeye are usually included as a subgroup of the Igbo people on linguistic and cultural grounds. They speak an Igboid language. Ekpeye people living in the Ahoada and Ogba-Egbema areas of Rivers State in Nigeria were a population of 80,000 (1991 census), that has increased 63% to approximately 130,000, according to the 2006 census estimates.

Ekpeye people are, perhaps, the most dynamic of southern Nigerian peoples. [b]Its culture is a complex mix of Original Ekpeye, neighbouring Ijaw, and influential Igbo cultures. Ekpeye culture is most similar to Igbo culture because their interactions with the Igbo have been the earliest, the most intense, and the longest. [/b]Yet the differences are very plain. For example, among the mask traditions of the Ekpeye the Egbukele, which reached Ekpeye from Ijaw via Abua, is the major one, distinctive for the horizontal fish-shaped headdresses and other animal representations, which are quite distinct from Igbo representations. Contrastingly, the Aarungu and the Owu masks exhibit a wide range of forms and imagery, human and animal, many of which are also found in Igbo.

alj harem1:

ezeuche please my brother listen and learn how to be diplomatic in your approach when having a conversation with someone. well you have a lot to learn in terms of been a leader which i think you are not.

now, you can not say because some people speak you language and you are married to one of them makes the whole ethnic group part of yours.

i know you have a good heart and just want what is best for your people just like others but you have to accept the truth sometimes.

alj harem1:

ezeuche please my brother listen and learn how to be diplomatic in your approach when having a conversation with someone. well you have a lot to learn in terms of been a leader which i think you are not.

now, you can not say because some people speak you language and you are married to one of them makes the whole ethnic group part of yours.

i know you have a good heart and just want what is best for your people just like others but you have to accept the truth sometimes.

Andre Uweh:

@Alh Harem: The map Uchenna posted has Agbor in the West; Enugwu Ezike (Nsukka) in the north; Arochukwu in the East and Half of Port Harcourt in the south.
It did not even include Igbanke in Edo state, Okpokwu in Benue state and Ndoki in Akwa Ibom state. So you can see that he has not claimed non Igbo towns but excuded some Igbo towns.

fstranger3:


Just like how Obama's great great grand father is Ibo. My grandmother is Ibo and my mother speaks fluent Ibo, does that make me Ibo? I hope not.

Always tryna claim oil wells!

fstranger3:


Just like how Obama's great great grand father is Ibo. My grandmother is Ibo and my mother speaks fluent Ibo, does that make me Ibo? I hope not.

Always tryna claim oil wells!