NOBODYY:
Igbo = Crap

Igbo Akiri is an Igbo community in Edo State, Nigeria. It is made up of six villages namely, Umuolua, Obiogba (Aki), Umuiru, Igbonto, Umuodi,
Olije and Ota. The community was previously
misspelt "Igbanke" by the British colonists. But
today, the people of this community have
successfully organized rallies which resulted in
changing their name back to the correct spelling "Igbo Akiri". The leaderdhip of Igbo Akiri is headed by Eze, Dei (Dim), Ndi Ichie, Dike, okenye ulo, and okenye ala.
Each of these heads has their jurisdiction. The
jurisdiction could be stratified into three: The family
level (ezi na ulo), the clan or hamlets and the villages (ebo). At the family level, the okenye ulo
(usually the oldest man in the family) presides. At
the village quarters, the okrnye ala is the head,
while the Eze rules over the entire village.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/igbo_akiri

laribari:
This is very interesting and funny to me digging into these things because it feels like when those white (half cast) people are tracing their root........lol.

Well i'm not really bothered about the change of name be it Igbanke (Edo) or Igbo akiri (Igbo) because that can change pending on the region you are in, since everyone will want to call it their own way. There is another one which is Omolua (Edo) or Umuolua (Igbo) but i will prefer to stay in the middle to avoid controversy and the middle is where we really fit in which is Anioma, although that is more Igbo.

Ika is subdivided just like Igbo language too, so there is slight difference btw Igbanke Ika and Agbor Ika but you will understand 100% what each person is saying. Geographically we are nearest to Agbor than any bini town. The bini might be our founding fathers based on ancestry just like they founded itshekiri but that doesn't make us Edo (Geographically).

I am a first class indigene of Igbanke from Omolua as it or Igbo akiri from Umoulua village (whatever). I'm in my late 30s and what i have always known our king to be called from childhood till date is Eze ( Eze Umuolua) even though most of us call it Omolua. we used to visit the palace whenever we travel. I attended the university of Benin so i know plenty about benin too but my going there was not because we were ceded in Edo State, after all my Dad wanted me in Unilag.

However, i'm naturally at home with Anioma people mainly because of my IKA-ANIOMA LANGUAGE, style of music, cultural attire and way of life with no affiliation to bini which i still do not speak or understand despite living in the town in the past. I have flair for languages but struggling to even understand bini.

We from Igbanke see Agbor as our big brother and that is where we go shopping back in the day. To be honest, Agbor is about 10 mins drive from my village.

Naturally (without struggle) all Igbanke people understand central Igbo language and many of us also speak the central Anioma tongue which i love so much because there is no struggling with it.

I have heard the whole story concerning Ogbemumia and how Igbanke became Edo but most youth of today we are not comfortable in EDO and some of my Yoruba friends in secondary school days jokingly call us slaves because we speak delta, yet being trapped in Edo but that is what it seems. when people ask us where we are from we just say Agbor just to spell us the whole question and answer thing because if you start to speak Ika then i and my brothers can respond better.

whether the Oba of Benin calls the king of Igbanke as enogie does not matter but what the indigenes calls their king is what counts. To call the king an Enogie is expected because he will adopt a bini name and title being that he finds himself under Edo state but ask any Igbanke person (first hand) what we call the king, then you will be told it is Eze because naturally we can relate with that. In my village it is called Eze Omolua. My uncle's name is also Ezewani meaning "the land belongs to the king". In terms of names, we bear Ika-Anioma names and Edo names which for me does not matter because somethings can influence that.

If you ask Igbanke youths out there, none of them will go with Bini because already Agbor and the Ika town is a big influence on us. We have been with Bini since but no affiliation to be honest.

However, i remain a NIgerian.

NOBODYY:
Igbo = Crap

NOBODYY:
Igbo = Crap

Freedom4us:

SirJeffry:
I sure say na one powerful sper-m make that community.

Ndi nna nna anyi do too much.

Asadike, bia sorom nuru oo

laribari:
This is very interesting and funny to me digging into these things because it feels like when those white (half cast) people are tracing their root........lol.

Well i'm not really bothered about the change of name be it Igbanke (Edo) or Igbo akiri (Igbo) because that can change pending on the region you are in, since everyone will want to call it their own way. There is another one which is Omolua (Edo) or Umuolua (Igbo) but i will prefer to stay in the middle to avoid controversy and the middle is where we really fit in which is Anioma, although that is more Igbo.

Ika is subdivided just like Igbo language too, so there is slight difference btw Igbanke Ika and Agbor Ika but you will understand 100% what each person is saying. Geographically we are nearest to Agbor than any bini town. The bini might be our founding fathers based on ancestry just like they founded itshekiri but that doesn't make us Edo (Geographically).

I am a first class indigene of Igbanke from Omolua as it or Igbo akiri from Umoulua village (whatever). I'm in my late 30s and what i have always known our king to be called from childhood till date is Eze ( Eze Umuolua) even though most of us call it Omolua. we used to visit the palace whenever we travel. I attended the university of Benin so i know plenty about benin too but my going there was not because we were ceded in Edo State, after all my Dad wanted me in Unilag.

However, i'm naturally at home with Anioma people mainly because of my IKA-ANIOMA LANGUAGE, style of music, cultural attire and way of life with no affiliation to bini which i still do not speak or understand despite living in the town in the past. I have flair for languages but struggling to even understand bini.

We from Igbanke see Agbor as our big brother and that is where we go shopping back in the day. To be honest, Agbor is about 10 mins drive from my village.

Naturally (without struggle) all Igbanke people understand central Igbo language and many of us also speak the central Anioma tongue which i love so much because there is no struggling with it.

I have heard the whole story concerning Ogbemumia and how Igbanke became Edo but most youth of today we are not comfortable in EDO and some of my Yoruba friends in secondary school days jokingly call us slaves because we speak delta, yet being trapped in Edo but that is what it seems. when people ask us where we are from we just say Agbor just to spell us the whole question and answer thing because if you start to speak Ika then i and my brothers can respond better.

whether the Oba of Benin calls the king of Igbanke as enogie does not matter but what the indigenes calls their king is what counts. To call the king an Enogie is expected because he will adopt a bini name and title being that he finds himself under Edo state but ask any Igbanke person (first hand) what we call the king, then you will be told it is Eze because naturally we can relate with that. In my village it is called Eze Omolua. My uncle's name is also Ezewani meaning "the land belongs to the king". In terms of names, we bear Ika-Anioma names and Edo names which for me does not matter because somethings can influence that.

If you ask Igbanke youths out there, none of them will go with Bini because already Agbor and the Ika town is a big influence on us. We have been with Bini since but no affiliation to be honest.

However, i remain a NIgerian.

asadike:
wow, dalu nwokeoma, so we even have igbos in edo state. Amu kalaaka na obi si li ike bu ihe mere nka , oh ah.

cheruv:

Your piece is quite touching I must confess

But seriously what efforts are your people(ndi Igbo akiri) putting in to ensure that Anioma state is created and that your people are included within its borders

ExplorerReturns:



I love this. I love people who are proud of their Igbo origin. though you people are unfortunate to be in Edo just like Igbos of kogi and Benue. we are fortunate in rivers state because the I jaws were driven to bayelsa and we have the numbers