LordMecuzy:
I Smell Tribal war...Lol

Make I park here

TonyeBarcanista:
You have spoken well @OP! Don't mind those that always get hard on whenever Ijaw is mentioned.



Abeg add Ondo state for your list

asEdeyHOT:
IPOB youths will soon invade the thread and start addressing issues not directed at them

IPOB youths are just criminally minded

God bless ijaws

God bless Nigeria

Chiwude:
A non-Ijaw should learn to mind his business. You can write about your glorious Bini kingdom and nobody would blink an eye lid.
Come back when you've written an article about your Edo group and how you think you don't posess land grabbing traits. Then we would take you serious from there."

spanishkid:
I've done that bros. I'm still wondering how someone can just manufacture lies in a twinkle of an eyes just to set those of us in SS apart. What do they intend to gain by doing so?

Chiwude:
A non-Ijaw should learn to mind his business. You can write about your glorious Bini kingdom and nobody would blink an eye lid.
Come back when you've written an article about your Edo group and how you think you don't posess land grabbing traits. Maybe, we would take you serious.

Chiwude:
A non-Ijaw should learn to mind his business. You can write about your glorious Bini kingdom and nobody would blink an eye lid.
Come back when you've written an article about your Edo group and how you think you don't posess land grabbing traits. Maybe, we would take you serious.

LordMecuzy:
I Smell Tribal war...Lol

Make I park here

omenka:
@ Op, I don't think it is just about Ijaws, I think generally, the average man on the street in SS are very warm to visitors and strangers. I remember how frequently I was given a ride by total strangers when I served there. Some of their men could be very lazy sha but the women are unbelievably hardworking and. Very resourceful.

I enjoyed my time there in all honesty as I spent time in Burutu, Patani, Ughelli, Asaba, Yenagoa, Isele-Uku, Uvwie, Warri South, Sapele, Por Harcourt and Ekpoma.

What they really care about is how a friendship could be mutually beneficial to them and have little regard for what tribe you are. They also thought Benue is predominantly made up of Hausas/Muslims.

They used to laugh at me when I use the word "ba" as in "guy, see ba ...." They'd be like- wetin be "ba"??

#Nostalgic.

spanishkid:
Ijaws are the riverine people of Southern Nigeria. They live by the waters cos they're mainly fishermen by tradition. Ijaws can be found in Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Ondo and even a fraction of them can be found in Benin Republic, Togo, Sierra Leone and Gabon. They're no doubt great travellers and very adventurous in nature.

Ijaws are one of the most detribalised ethnic groups in Nigeria. I remember when I was in Burutu last year, I was treated as one of them. One would not even be able to distinguish an indigene and myself cos I was treated like an indigene and given every privilege that was entitled to an Indigene. Whenever they go fishing, we were given fish and we always have fish pepper soup that day. The Chairman of that LGA always comes to check on us and even shares a drink with us. The youngest lawmaker in the history of Nigeria is an ijaw man by name Julius Pondi representing Burutu Federal Constituency. Ijaws are one of the most accommodating people in Nigeria and also ijaws are very brave. They're not afraid to take on anyone.

Someone on nairaland called ijaws land grabbers, boat dwellers, swamp settlers and drunken fishermen. How are ijaws land grabbers? Have they grabbed your land before? Ugomba should stop saying nonsense and calling my ijaw brothers land grabbers. Ugomba accused the ijaws of having an agenda. Please what agenda Ugomba? Why would ijaw want to grab your wastelands? Does your land have any economic value that ijaws would want to grab?

Cc: tonyebarcanista, truckpusher, martineverest, simplycarro, princedebola201, mulattoclaro, Goodboiyy, fineguy11 etc.

Farnsworth:


There are no Ijaw's in Akwa Ibom and Cross River state. Stop claiming other peoples land to avoid trouble stay in your side. Our states were carefully created to ensure that only our people live in it, Efik, Ibibio, Ananng, Oron, Eket, Obollo. None of us are ijaw. Leave us out of your fights and land grabs...

Farnsworth:


There are no Ijaw's in Akwa Ibom and Cross River state. Stop claiming other peoples land to avoid trouble stay in your side. Our states were carefully created to ensure that only our people live in it, Efik, Ibibio, Ananng, Oron, Eket, Obolo. None of us are ijaw. Leave us out of your fights and land grabs...

TonyeBarcanista:

Google the emboldened....

Also add Eastern Ibeno people

martineverest:
true... Most Niger deltans are generally hospitable.u hardly miss your home or tribesmen when u are in Niger delta.
from urhobo to ijaw, Benin to ishan etc, the women(wives) are more hardworking than the men.... Average Niger deltan man is lazy.. The consume alcohol more than the whole of Nigeria.

I am a Niger deltan,tho

Farnsworth:


There are no Ijaw's in Akwa Ibom and Cross River state. Stop claiming other peoples land to avoid trouble stay in your side. Our states were carefully created to ensure that only our people live in it, Efik, Ibibio, Ananng, Oron, Eket, Obolo. None of us are ijaw. Leave us out of your fights and land grabs...

Farnsworth:


Ibeno people are not ijaw. we are not ijaw.

Wizprodigy:
Please and please, there are no ijaws in akwa ibom state, talk more of cross river. The only distinct tribe in akwa ibom is igbo and they are only found in ika L.G. Google can be your friend.

TonyeBarcanista:

U aren't Ibeno and you are arguing. I can bet that you are Ibibio. If eastern Obolo and Ibeno says that they are Ijaws, I wonder why you won't give up. Google should help you.

Where do you think Western obolo is? Who do you think the Andonis(Rivers state) are?

Educate yourself with this
www.thetidenewsonline.com/2011/11/07/oil-communities-allege-marginalization-by-aibom/