obidark:


you in particular dont sound that smart to me....

its because u cant withstand me thats why u resort to insult

in nigeria what they refer to as smartness is being able to deceive and take advantage of peoples trust

bigfish3k:

the same culture and language
the same looks, the same food, the same believes, the same geographical location so how then are u different

or can u state the differences?

The major difference is the original history. Ikwerres are descendants of Iwhnrohna, son of Akalaka, a prince from the Old Benin empire.

While Igbo's are the descendants of Gad, a Jew, from Isreal.

obidark:


this is what you said too about delta election....

how far....??

bayelsa they lost too....

I never said that about Delta election, I knew Bayelsa election that Lyon is gonna win because I school there, I knew few things about them, I know almost nothing about delta so I do not discuss things about it

obidark:


look how you dey talk....

if i marry a igbo babe and she gets pregnant and after the child is here,she says lets name the child emeka,ofcourse i will say,yes babe....

this scenario u painted is true , it can happen but it shouldn't be a widespread thing as it is in ikwerreland.
that means there is more to it not just marriage

bigfish3k:

the same culture and language
the same looks, the same food, the same believes, the same geographical location so how then are u different

or can u state the differences?

Same culture and language is okay.
but the ikwerres do not look like Igbo's, ikwerres are dark in complexion, Igbo's are fair, not same geographical location, not the same food.
the only similarities is the language.
The kalabaris also dress like that and can dance very well but they are not Igbo's.
Okrika and Kalabari language is alike but they are not the same people, most people think okrika is Kalabari but they are not and Kalabari is not forcing them

Lol
See we "ss" dey lynch we "ss/se" crooner here
Nobody wants to associate with land grabbing flat headed criminals

bigfish3k:

so because u married igbo women thats why u bear igbo names - hmnm
so u mean in ikwerreland it is the wives that gives the children their names
but ikwerres got married to other tribes too why are the children not bearing the names of those tribes and why didnt other tribes corrupt the ikwerres too since they are vulnerable to being corrupted

it was the imposter , with the moniker ikwerreson that claimed the reason ikweres have Igbo names and practice Igbo tradition is because their men married Igbo women and adopted Igbo names and tradition , just like davido named his son ifeanyi , so am asking him to proof it, cause it could be the other way round

HopeAtHand:



The major difference is the original history. Ikwerres are descendants of Iwhnrohna, son of Akalaka, a prince from the Old Benin empire.

While Igbo's are the descendants of Gad, a Jew, from Isreal.

ok just that?
but i told u that there is also an igbo migration version, there even exist an igala migration version that i have read

from ur version that means u people are benins
another ikwerre persons version that i know said they are igbos and they migrated from the igbos

but from what i am seeing i tend to believe the igbo version because of the overwhelming igbo names, igbo looks, igbo stature and cultures in ikwerreland
the traces of benin is so minute that its very hard to believe the benin version

Babaheekmat:
Racism..

Laughing.. Who cares which tribe you are from


During my NYSC camp time.. This argument came about.

Ikwerre said they are not igbos.. End of the story.

Why do you want to drag them into igbo tribe

Leave them alone na

because igbos need free oyel.


South east is barren wasteland that will go the way somalia if there is no free oyel from ikwere or other south south land.

Let oil lose its value today and watch them deny ikwere or claim they are osu.

dukeprince50:
I am from Rivers State and has spent 20yrs+ in Rivers, there is no other ethnic group here that is agitating, the politics in Rivers is different from the one u have in Nigeria were one ethnic group wants to dominate and think they are superior to the other, the thing here is that, who ever PDP brings will win irrespective of ethnicity.
so u shouldn't suspect anything cos we are not at war with each other here.
peace

Which is why I am surprised you're trying to create an imaginary tension between Ikwerres and an ethnic nationality that has Jewish sympathies.

Igbos have never tried to put a wedge between Kalabaris and the other Ijaws e.t.c. I expect Ijoids or Ogonis to also try not to plant rancour between Ikwerres and the ethnic group with Jewish links

jimyjames:


it was the imposter , with the moniker ikwerreson that claimed the reason ikweres have Igbo names and practice Igbo tradition is because their men married Igbo women and adopted Igbo names and tradition , just like davido named his son ifeanyi

ok , dont mind them they are so misguided. ifeanyi davido case is a one off and shouldnt be used to compare. its a statistical misfit

i am talking about an overwhelming igbo names and cultures in ikwerreland

bigfish3k:

ok just that?
but i told u that there is also an igbo migration version, there even exist an igala migration version that i have read

from ur version that means u people are benins
another ikwerre persons version that i know said they are igbos and they migrated from the igbos

but from what i am seeing i tend to believe the igbo version because of the overwhelming igbo names, igbo looks, igbo stature and cultures in ikwerreland
the traces of benin is so minute that its very hard to believe the benin version

Water has already crossed the bridge.

We are now an officially recognized ethnicity from Nigerias 1970 constitution upwards. Be happy for us. It has always been what we wanted. We are still brothers tho.

Victorex001:
He’s clearly talking about the politics in Rivers, there’s a big marginalization in Rivers state, stop jumping on topics you no nothing about...who are these morons misinterpreting and making it about Biafra and Igbos.

You Igbo haters, would always drag Igbos into anything even if 2 Yoruba/Northern Kings fight each other you morons would still drag Igbos into it.

Ignorant urchins.

how is majority tribe with governors since 2007 marginalised in rivers?

IkwerreSon:


You’re confused. First is Ikwerre are igbos now you’re saying Ikwerrres are igbos or related to the Igbos. Lol


You see how dumb you are like I said before?

Davido named his son Ifeanyi, go and tell Davido that his son is Igbo. Lol

Edos answer Yoruba names, go and tell them they are Yorubas and not Edos. Lol

If you check very well this mumu arguing with me is a secondary school student. That is why he is so confused and hates the truth.

Every tribe is related to one another in Nigeria due to inter marriage. Even igbos marry Hausa.

We Ikwerre people are not Igbos. If we marry your women just like Davido, and we give birth to a child and name him Amaechi because of the Igbo wife doesn’t make Amaechi Igbo. After all his full name Is: Rotimi Amaechi! Is he now Igbo and not Yoruba? Or he is Yourba and not Igbo He is an Ikwerre man irrespective of the name mumu learn and stop being stupid.

Americans answer British names and they are not British. Foolish local landlocked fools like you can’t understand this.

Tell me if these are Igbo names just to name a few.

Chinda
Okabie
Ovunda
Ibaa
Owhonda,
Nkanunye,
, Mekini,
Orowhuo

These are Ikwerre names just to name a few.

We and the igbos have had interaction over the past just like every other ethnic group in Nigeria and we got married to your Igbo women which is the reason why we have some Ikwerrre people bear igbo names.

We still have our culture and traits related to the Benin and some of them are Igboid too which is normal with africans.

In the South south, we have similar cultures with that of the Ijaws, ogonis, Efik etc. Nobody can be 100% different form others. In Benin, Ghana and other african countries they have similar cultures but different languages which some are similar with each other that is why we are africans not just by color or name, our traditions are similar.

Try to learn about other tribes don’t remain in your red mod and think anyone who share any similarities with igbos are Igbos. Lol

The Igbo cultural yam festival celebration is not only practice by the igbos. It is practice all over african because we africans share similars traits.

But your Igbo greedy and attach by force plus inferiority complex will not allow you accept this into your dumb brain.

From your write up it shows that you are not an Ikwerre man.

You just registered with your moniker Ikwerreson to attack Igbos writing Jagons,joblessness at it Peak.

Area4Area:
Hmmm, he's actually telling some group of people who would want to do attaché by fire by force to the Ikwerres but would they listen?

Your brain has too much AMALA and that's why you'd think Ikwerre people talking to themselves for their greater good means people attaching to them. You have never been to the down South let alone reaching Asaba. Your brother Sowore will soon die like Abiola because you abandon your problem and be talking out of sense on matters that do not concern you.

immhotep:

But the old Anambra state included the new Enugu state

it can pain sha why anambra get money pass all of una

HopeAtHand:



Water has already crossed the bridge.

We are now an officially recognized ethnicity from Nigerias 1970 constitution upwards. Be happy for us. It has always been what we wanted. We are still brothers tho.

Ikwerre maybe an ethnic group but they are Igbos because they speak Igbo dialect and bear Igbo names.

bigfish3k:

ok , dont mind them they are so misguided. ifeanyi davido case is a one off and shouldnt be used to compared. its a statistical misfit

i am talking about an overwhelming igbo names and cultures in ikwerreland

we are saying the same thing that fool created an account yesterday with the name ikwerreson just to claim ikwerres hate igbos and are not part of igbos , if he comes up with that fake historic theory of ikweres lost their tradition and language to Igbo because of marriage I can claim it's the other way round, cause it takes an Igbo man less than 2 years to understand and speak the language of another ethnic group anywhere he goes, an Igbo man will relocate to the north in less than 2 yrs you will hear him speaking pure Hausa a Hausa man will live in igboland for 20 yrs and won't be able to make a simple sentence in Igbo

HopeAtHand:



Water has already crossed the bridge.

We are now an officially recognized ethnicity from Nigerias 1970 constitution upwards. Be happy for us. It has always been what we wanted. We are still brothers tho.

its ok like that, i am happy for u
i am rivers too and we are somehow attached to the ikwerres , we use to be one LGA before until the seperation but nevertheless i still want to recognize myself as igbo which is what people call me from my looks, intonation and behavior even without knowing my name

IkwerreSon:



Continue to fool yourself.

Ikwerre is over 50% of Rivers state, with 80% of all state and federal government infrastructures in Port Harcourt and Obio-Apkor local govt all in Ikwerre land.

Ikwerre has produce 3 governors from 2007 till date.

How can you claim Wike an Ikwerre man is telling the Ikwere not to be intimidated by other tribes and they are not second class citizens in Rivers state where we are in charge Where is the sign of intimidation there

You igbos hate truth.

Wike is telling Ikwerre People not to be intimidated by you igbos who are the only tribe in Nigeria that wants to kill them selves claiming Ikwerre is Igbo.

Which is the reason why he said, he is an Ikwerre man, not Igbo man and he urged his people to be proud of being Ikwere nothing else and if anybody ask them where are you from they should say I am an Ikwerre man.

He said this in front of your Igbo governors and politicians in general.

Kiss the truth, We are Ikwerre People we know our history, Port Harcourt City one of Ikwerre local government in Rivers state is far developed than all Igbo state capitals.

Wike knows this, that is why he says we are very important, more important than you igbos in the Nigeria.

I e have airport, sea port, and better resources in Ikwerre land than the whole of South East. Forget about the resources yet to be tapped, we are talking about the resources we have now.

How many Ikwerrre in South East? South West and Northern Nigeria?

Port Harcourt is our city, we are happy and living peaceful with other tribes of Nigeria, it is only you igbos that we give serious headache in Port Harcourt.

That is why when Wike was Local Govt Chairman of Obob-Apkor he dealt with you Igbos, which made you igbos under the organization of non-indigenes kicked against Wike Governorship race, and never supported him and it’s on record.

You igbos also wrote to Buhari to review abandoned Properties in Port Harcourt (Ikwerre land) claiming that it is only in Port Harcourt that we Ikwerre People and other tribes in Rivers (ogoni and Ijaw) that never gave back the properties of the igbos declared abandon by these tribes because we are not brothers and we hate your Igbo doings. Some of us don’t even get married to Igbos in Ikwerre.

You better grow up and accept truth which is the problem of you igbos.

Ikwerre is about 3 million people and you igbos with over 30million population are killing yourselves for Ikwerre.

Na wah! Lol

What you imposters don't understand is that as long as the Ikwerres or any other ethnicity in Nigeria retain their Igbo language and culture, they will forever be classified as Igbos. It is very natural for Igbos to see them as one of theirs which indeed they are. Come what may this argument of being Igbo or not will never end. Forever and ever as long as these people retain Igbo language and culture. Have never seen Igbos claim Effik, Idoma, Ibibio, etc. Reasons being, they don't speak same language

bigfish3k:

its ok like that, i am happy for u
i am rivers too and we are somehow attached to the ikwerres , we use to be one LGA before until the seperation but nevertheless i still want to recognize myself as igbo which is what people call me from my looks, intonation and behavior even without knowing my name

Are you from Etche?

IamMichaels:


I could bet you're not from ikwerre from the way you write but let me put it clear to you that Ikwerre has brothers in Ikwerre same way Igbo's has brothers in Igbo so stop writing that crap that Igbo is a big brother to Ikwerre.
Ikwerre as the governor clearly says is independent.
Please be guided.

See who is talking! Where did you see me mention that I am from Ikwerre?? Read and comprehend my write up! You guys are becoming arrogant these days. I am a proud Ekpeye man!!

HopeAtHand:


Are you from Etche?

yes

bigfish3k:

yes

OK. Etche is also recognized as independent from Igbo. I know of Ogbakor Etche as the umbrella body then. If you guys want to join the mainstream Igbo, its all good. be assured of our best wishes.

OfoIgbo:


Which is why I am surprised you're trying to create an imaginary tension between Ikwerres and an ethnic nationality that has Jewish sympathies.

Igbos have never tried to put a wedge between Kalabaris and the other Ijaws e.t.c. I expect Ijoids or Ogonis to also try not to plant rancour between Ikwerres and the ethnic group with Jewish links

Actually Igbo's or Igbos has said Rivers is part of Igbos, this is annoying because Rivers has many ethnicities and if you want to take Ikwerre, I won't have a problem, that is a score between you and Ikwerre to settle but most times you hear Rivers is biafra knowing that we have Kalabari, Ogoni, Obopo and other ethnic group here, you claim Rivers because there is Ikwerre, you forgot Ikwerre is just part of Rivers State and not the entire Rivers state.
So when the Ikwerre rejects Igbos, its like a melody to our hears, if you want us to stay out of the way, you should stay out of Rivers way.

HopeAtHand:


OK. Etche is also recognized as independent from Igbo. I know of Ogbakor Etche as the umbrella body then. If you guys want to join the mainstream Igbo, its all good. be assured of our best wishes.

i am not doubting all these recognitions just to create divisions as that is what will make SW and north happy. they are mainly for political expediencies

but naturally by culture and language - we are undivided

HopeAtHand:



Water has already crossed the bridge.

We are now an officially recognized ethnicity from Nigerias 1970 constitution upwards. Be happy for us. It has always been what we wanted. We are still brothers tho.

What you people don't understand is that, as long as Ikwerres or any other Igboid ethnic group retain their version of Igbo language and culture, they will forever be regarded as Igbos. This argument will never end forever and ever as long as they retain their Igbo language and culture. It's natural for Igbos to see them as one of them. Igbos are businessmen. They don't go about claiming people. Igbos have never claimed any close tribes like Effik, Idoma, Ibibio, etc. They claim this people because they speak same language and practice same culture. This argument will never end, unless this people drop their language and culture which is not possible. A black man may claim he is not black but his skin remains black. From everything, these people are Igbos

IkwerreSon:


Everybody na imposter for this dumb fool.


Just because I created an account yesterday makes me an imposter? Lol

Even if I created the account years back you will still call me imposter from your red mod kitchen. Lol

We know you Igbo people, it’s not new. You’re so frustrated and your leaders are adding to the frustration.

Since you claim Ikwerrre is Igbo why did you Igbo write to buhari to review abandoned properties after the Biafra war in Port harcourt? Oya mumu answer!!!!

Why did you Igbo fled Port harcourt during the Biafra war?

Did Abia people run away from Aba to Onitsha during the war?

Go and get a life bro. Joblessness is the cause of your backward reasoning.

I can swear you are one of those non indigenes who grew up in port Harcourt! You should be ashamed of yourself.
You and your cohort (impostors) shall be demystified in no time!!

bigfish3k:

i am not doubting all these recognitions just to create divisions as that is what will make SW and north happy. they are mainly for political expediencies

but naturally by culture and language - we are undivided

Political expediency or not, Ikwerre have acquired a unique sociopolitical identity. Even if it means mutilating the Igbo language to arrive at our, we will gladly do it.

Like I already maintained, water don't cross bridge for dis mata.

dukeprince50:
Same culture and language is okay.
but the ikwerres do not look like Igbo's, ikwerres are dark in complexion, Igbo's are fair, not same geographical location, not the same food.
the only similarities is the language.
The kalabaris also dress like that and can dance very well but they are not Igbo's.
Okrika and Kalabari language is alike but they are not the same people, most people think okrika is Kalabari but they are not and Kalabari is not forcing them

u said only language what about the names
ikwerres are fair.
they are of the SE naturally not politically
its the same food - or is it tuwo or amala that is their staple food?
mr man if u have 95% similarities with a people u are part of them jare

the thing is that people all over the world like independence and recognition - it gives them self esteem and ego

Kingxway:
What you people don't understand is that, as long as Ikwerres or any other Igboid ethnic group retain their version of Igbo language and culture, they will forever be regarded as Igbos. This argument will never end forever and ever as long as they retain their Igbo language and culture. It's natural for Igbos to see them as one of them. Igbos are businessmen. They don't go about claiming people. Igbos have never claimed any close tribes like Effik, Idoma, Ibibio, etc. They claim this people because they speak same language and practice same culture. This argument will never end, unless this people drop their language and culture which is not possible. A black man may claim he is not black but his skin remains black. From everything, these people are Igbos

We didn't retain anything, we have already evolved a new spelling of our language names

eg Dike Oha (Igbo) ---- Dikne Ohna(Ikwerre)

HopeAtHand:


Political expediency or not, Ikwerre have acquired a unique sociopolitical identity. Even if it means mutilating the Igbo language to arrive at our, we will gladly do it.

Like I already maintained, water don't cross bridge for dis mata.

ok i rest my case but the part of mutilating the igbo language is not possible. it has come to stay