bright007: [b]Why do igbos claim everything on their path based on similar culture?[/b]they forget that these groups where influenced by other groups and they still retain many aspects of these groups dat influenced them.

No wonder they were nearly wiped off d planet earth in d 1967-1970 civil war.In my candid opinion,this is very pathetic and is largely due to inferiority complex.

wolems: Do you know that some myopic individuals believe that if you are not hausa, yoruba or igbo you dont have a place in Nigeria? That is why they coined wazobia just to tie Nigeria within their ambits. this is an aberration. I pity such persons. they have forgotten that the British decided to divide Nigeria into regions (East, West North and MiddleBelt) just for convenience sake. They did not really know that Nigeria was a multi-ethnic country. This mentality of three major ethnic groups have eaten deep into the consciousness of some half-baked intellectually-minded citizens to the extend that they tend to forget that we have over over 250 ethnic groups and languages. Am sure you people are aware that census in this country has been politicized. Please live lets live.

wolems: it is unfortunate that most people dont know their identity. Any ikwerreman who tells you that he is an igbo is suffering from identity and inferiority crisis. the ikwerre people have history which can never be traced to any igbo land. we are from Benin by origin. culturallywise we are absolutely different. linguistically, there may be similarities but we speak differently.

grafikdon:

Umuekpili is my language. I am Ekwulobia, not Igbo. 

Baba4: My husband is proudly Ikwerre and just for the the record he, his father, his mother, his sisters and brothers are the hardest working people I know. Laziness is not a part of their vocabulary. I am also fed up of always, but always having to explain to especially the igbo, that the ikwerre is not an igbo. He has his own distinct culture. Surely they have a right to say who they are and who they are not. I agree with some of the other posters, does it really matter if the ikwerre wants to be part and parcel of another ethnic group? I would have thought that a giant such as the igbo wouldn't give a damn! Why make it a preoccupation?

Abagworo:

Let us be realistic. Can you please tell us the major difference in language and culture between Umurelu in Ikwerre LGA(Rivers State) and Umuagwo in Ohaji LGA(Imo State)? List all the aspects of Ikwerre culture which is absent in Uratta, Etche or Isu.

Again what is the role of Arochukwu, Umunoha, Uratta and Ozuzu in Ikwerre history? If you don't know this then you need to visit Grandpa for some history lesson. Ask him what I wrote above.

tonychristopher:
^{[/sup]IKWERES ARE FAKE AND DIS ORIENTED IGBOS... THE JUDAS AND PETER OF IGBO TRIBE WE GOT THEM IN EVERY[sup]IKWERES ARE FAKE AND DIS ORIENTED IGBOS... THE JUDAS AND PETER OF IGBO TRIBE WE GOT THEM IN EVERY}IKWERES ARE FAKE AND DIS ORIENTED IGBOS... THE JUDAS AND PETER OF IGBO TRIBE WE GOT THEM IN EVERYo TRIBE.. YORUBA GOT THEM IN EGUN AND OKUN WHILE EFIK GOT THEM IN ANNANG AND IBIBIO AND IJAWS GOT THEM IN ILAJES AND ONDOA AND EDO IJAWS SO THEY AINT NEWS

BUT THEY ARE IGBOS BUT TURNED THEMSELVES TO FAKE ASS DUDES... SO SORRY JUST DEPENDING ON OIL AND LAZYING AROUND AND HATING THEIR BROTHERS... THE MOST ZENOPHOBIC GROUP OF IGBOS

SO SORRY I CALL THEM LOST SOULS BRO... MY UNCLE IS FROM THERE AND ELELE TO BE PRISCISE

Re: Mixed Tribes by ibibiogrl: 1 year & 8 months

Aloy.Emeka:

No difference. Efiks and ibibios are the same. Both understand each others dialect, same language, similar culture and very tiny differences. Even the neighboring igbo don't know the difference. Efiks and ibibios are the least violent specie of Nigerians.

There are many differences between Efik and Ibibio, difference in dressing Efik wear a gown and Elaborate hair dress etc. Ibibios tie 2 wrappers with a blouse, like most south easterners but without coral beads. Also difference in marriage traditions, Efiks coach the bride to be in fattening rooms and there are ceremonies before the actual marriage, ibibios don't. Efiks tradition is Rule byEkpe secret society, Ibibios don't have Ekpe, different traditional gods and different greetings. There are many other differences, the only similarity between Efik and Ibibio is the food and language; although most young Ibibios growing up in Akwa Ibom will only understand a little Efik in the future, since Efik language isn't used in Akwa Ibom.
The most similar ethnic group in Akwa Ibom to Efik is Oron. Please refer to this websites for pictures;
Efik http://esopefik.tripod.com/efiktradition.html and Efik http://www.namywedding.com/dream-weddings/22,
Ibibio http://ekaandtommy.com/8/5-TRUE-5.htm & Ibibio https://www.nairaland.com/478074/post-pictures-traditional-weddings/16

igboboy1:


My mother is Ikwerre and Father is From Asaba,

They both see themselves as Igbo So do I , Infact I even carry igbo for head pass igbos from SE states,

There are many dialects in Igbo and ikwerre is one of them, Nevertheless Ikwerre is intelligibly understandable to any Igbo person