Are The Idomas Igbos

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. so my question is ,are they igbo?if they are not then why do they have traditional igbo names?

Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia reveals that "Their ancestors are from Igboland", talking about the Idomas.

In my opinion, I do not think the totality of Idomas are Igbos.  However, some Igbo communities may have erroneously been carved into Benue State during state creations.

I must confess that the Idomas have proven to be good neighbours of Ndigbo overtime.  They are perhaps one of few, if not the only Igbo neighbours that identify with us. 

Unfortunately, many Igbo communities that are in South South and even in South East have consistently denied their Igbo origin.  For example, the people of Asaba, Onitsha, Ogbaru, Ukwuani, Ikwere, Etche, Egbema, Uguta, Agbor etc.  These only claim to be Igbos when it is convenient.  By the way who cares?  Igbos are more than enough!  Igbo Kwenu!
Kwenu!! Kwezuonu!!!

         No It's on the contrary.
      Inferiority complex and guilty conscience has made them not to take a full stand as Igbos.
 Some of them their grandfathers betrayed  the almighty Biafrans during the liberation war while some tagged the properties  of well being Igbos as an abandoned property. So comming now to see the so called Igbos that they thought that would have been perished out of hunger and starvation, are now progressing and multiplying in a vast way. They prefer committing suicide rather than eating what they vomited.

                   Ndu Ndi IGBO.

yes some Idoma's are of Igbo ancestry originally Nsukka area people
The look Igbo and marry Igbos

Just like some Igbos ended up in Rivers state,some also ended up in Cross River  some in delta and some in Benue.
That is a fact.
whatever anyone claims due to Nigerian politics is their cup of tea.
We are not campaigning for Igbo membership.
We are a complete nation on our own.

 Igbo ndi oma Kwezuonu

Thr Igbos in Rivers State and Delta State still speak Igbo (or at least a semblance of it). There is no distinguishable similarity between the Idoma dialect and that of the Igbo's however. Having some similar names is not a proof of similar ancestry. Tribes can sample names from neighbouring tribrs. There are similiarities between Idoma names and Tiv Names (eg Ako/Akor) and with the Igalas (of present Kogi State) (eg Idoko, Eje). Should all these neighbouring tribes also lay claim to the Idomas?
Whatever similarities that can be observed is due to cultural exchange between both tribes.
Will it make sense to deem the English as being of French origin because a lot of English words and names have French origins?

This thread brought back old memories. Has anyone here traveled from Jos to Enugu, there is this very small village I don't know the name, but it's just before obolo afo It's in Benue state but the speak Igbo like Nsukka people. My dad would always stop there to get palm wine. He says they have the best palm wine in the whole of Igbo land.

The village in question is my village. It's name is Owukpa. Its part of the New Ogbadigbo LGA. We even have alot of Igbos livin there but trust me we don't speak Igbo as a primary language. It's a language we learnt from our neigbhours and we use it to comunicate with them and not to ourselves. I speak fluent Hausa but that does not make me hausa. I've started picking up yoruba as well since I live in Lagos.

Everyone should be proud of their tribes but no one should annex another tribe (you guys are not Sadam afterall).