This thread is complete rubbish.Nobody has ever said Benue is Hausa/Fulani.Some Yorubas are northerners while some Igbos are South-south.They owe their allegiance to their zone.Even a Yorubaman from Benin is not a Nigerian.

Jbenue is an illiterate for coming out here to deny the obvious just because of inherent tribalism.Babangida,Gowon,Abdulsalami have ruled Nigeria for 19 years and they are Northerners.Remember that Abacha is Kanuri and not Hausa.So when you add it up,the Northern minorities have held the office of Presidency for 25 years out of 50.

I personally would rather have alliance with Fulani man that is truthful than a chameleon from Benue.I also advice every Igbo man never to believe in this unholy brotherhood extension because they killed us mercilessly between 1966 and 1970.

The only true Southerners are SW,SS and SE.Kogi and Kwara Yorubas are not Southerners.

Muslcar:

Una dey craze, na who datch una Igbo or u think is everybody we give the privilege of being identified as a JEWS(IGBO). We are a special breed by God for his glory. We are unique and carry a blessing that will eventually enrich the black race and turn African fortunes around.

U people like Hitler can only try and fail to wipe out God's own people. When ever u try to bring us down we go higher. The Presidency was suppose to be our turn but for oppression/humiliation u refuse and zone it south south but yet u rant that GEJ is now self-Igbo, listen to yourselves and see how u disgrace the black race. POVERTY IS your FATHER'S NAME.

igbo boy:

igbos are igbos and not jews, Am tired of people like u calling igbos jews geeez, e choro k'am ti gi ihe? 

Muslcar:

ra kwa nne gi. ara na wie gi.

igbo boy:

Chai ALU, Bia nowke'm  na me u jus dey yab like this? im jide gi e ga ma ihe uwa na ko'

hot-bella:

Poster,please what geopolitical zone does Benue belong to??
Sorry to burst your bubble but the last time i checked Benue was part of the North.
We know you guys are not Hausas/Muslims but so are many others in the North too.

ikooko:

let me educate you a little, geographically, you are right, politically you are wrong.
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My advice: Tell your people to decide where what they want to belong politically. (Time is running fast).

Onlytruth:

Posted by: Abagworo
Simply brilliant analysis by my "lost brother" abagworo!  

This is my first agreement with abagworo in about 1 year.
Kudos bros!

I recall vividly during my youth service days in Ogun state when a fellow corper from Benue state (called Martin) used to brag about how "we northerners" own Nigeria. The guy was the brash and "to your face" kind of northerner.

He was more "northern" than another corper ( Mustapha) who was from Sokoto state. Mustapha used to be calm and reflective, while this Benue guy - a TIV- bragged all day long.  

Now, this one Jbenue is trying to escape from the north.  

Na Jericho wall we go take barricade una for Nsukka/Enugu Ezike axis so tey Boko haram go take dynamite wire una nyash.

This thread is complete rubbish.Nobody has ever said Benue is Hausa/Fulani.Some Yorubas are northerners while some Igbos are South-south.They owe their allegiance to their zone.Even a Yorubaman from Benin is not a Nigerian.

Jbenue is an illiterate for coming out here to deny the obvious just because of inherent tribalism.Babangida,Gowon,Abdulsalami have ruled Nigeria for 19 years and they are Northerners.Remember that Abacha is Kanuri and not Hausa.So when you add it up,the Northern minorities have held the office of Presidency for 25 years out of 50.

I personally would rather have alliance with Fulani man that is truthful than a chameleon from Benue.I also advice every Igbo man never to believe in this unholy brotherhood extension because they killed us mercilessly between 1966 and 1970.

The only true Southerners are SW,SS and SE.Kogi and Kwara Yorubas are not Southerners

Bliss4Lyfe:

Anybody dat looks properly at this map can see that Benue is not Mibble-belt or North but a south-eastern state [/b]that borders middle-belt. Like i said earlier the [b]Idoma and Igala have strong Igbo routes. Idoma are igbos dat migrated north. Igala are Idoma that migrated west. [b]The yoruba and edo descended from the Igala. Thus, a third generation of ethno-igbo.

enyojo:

How on earth can you say Igalas are Idomas that migrated west'?
How can Igalas that are far more populous than the Idomas be a break-away part?
In case you are that ignorant, let me tell u that it is always the LESSER that breaks away from the WHOLE not the other way round.

In general, I hate all these your tribalistic threads. It beats me hollow to imagine why this thread found its way to the Frontpage.

Calculia:

The migration route of early African Ancestors was from the south, went north, east and then west.

i.e Yoruba language is presumed to have separated from related ethno-linguistic groups like Igala, Igbo, and Edo but yet they are more if u include territories in the benin and togo e.t.c.

siokpe:

Enyojo, I think your arguement has no substance. Idoma and Igala are not competing for population size. Nothing says that a tribe that is smaller today could not have given birth to a tribe yesterday but has overgrown it. The Idomas as we were told descended from Apa and in todays Nigeria are scattered in the towns of Loko, Doma, Nasarawa in Nasarawa state and entered through Agatu, Adoka, Ogobia,Otukpo, otukpa, Igumale etc in Benue. The state creation exercise has thrown part of the Idomas to Iyala, Iyache etc in Crossriver and Ete in Enugu state. Uptill now, there are parts of Kogi like okpo, Ogugu, Imane etc that you will wander if they are Idomas or Igalas. This is what is refered to as Idoma nation, a population that aggregate far above the Igalas that concentrate only in the Eastern part of Kogi state. This piece is to Educate you only as Igalas and Idomas are the closest tribes in the country who both lived together in Ida before branching out. The Igbos especially the Wawas bear our names like Idoko, Akor, Ojobo etc and that make feel the Igbos could have migrated from either Idoma or Igala not withstand their superior population size today. Many factors affect demographic size.

Bliss4Lyfe:

Researchers claim that the Idomas are Igbos  hunters that migrated North. The language is heavily similar to Igbo and in some areas it is Igbo.  Alechenu sounds Igbo but is an Idoma name. The Idoma and Igbo's have associated and co-existed for centuries. U will find Idoma with Igbo names like Ada/Akogwu/Onwu/ Ujah/Obaike etc. Just facebook these name with Alechenu to confirm.
The idomas have many igbo surnames. examples are onyekachi and okute. They have towns with igbo names e.g onicha/igo. the title of their ruler,'ochi idoma is ogbo. it means ruler of the idomas.
Church----In idoma is known as UKA, in Igbo UKA as well. Dress---In idoma is UWE, in Igbo Is UWE. Garden Egg--in Idoma is Anyila, while in igbo is Anyala. Jaw chin in Idoma is Agba, In Igbo is Agba. Box in Idoma is Akpati or Igbe, In Igbo is Agbati or Igbe.
Bottle in Idoma is Ikpem, while in Igbo is Ekpem or kalama. Saftety Pin in Idoma is aga, in Igbo is aga. Mouth in Idoma is Okonu, while in Igbo is Onu. House is Uno in Idoma and Uno in Igbo. Orange is Oloma in Idoma while it is Oloma. Cup is IKO in Igbo while IKOGWU in Idoma etc.

kbdrim:

@ OP, I am from Benue and a Northerner, Theres absolutely nothing like middlebelt, that is a creation of awolowo who was using J.S Tarka to try and devide the north. It is called north central and not middlebelt. The idomas have benefitted more from the north than anyone else, david mark, lawrence onoja. chris abutu are all products of IBB, The immediate past ochi idoma dressed like an emir, except U have an identity crisis, Know it that Benue is northern Nigeria thru and thru, we do not practise islam like taraba state but that doesnt make us less north, For your information You are better off in the hands of a northerner than any southerner, Look into your history and tell me what any ibo man or yoruba man has done for benue and u will realise that you are a northerner, Dont try to rewrite history cos when JS tarka realised that Awolowo was only using him to achieve his own aims, hequickly withdrew and teamed with the northerners in 1979 elections, Go read your history books, the likes of late JC Obande and ambassadow edwin Ogbu were members of the northern assembly in the 1940's n 1950's