TellingItAsItIs:

although There was a relationship between igbos and igalas,saying anambranians are igalas is very inaccurate.
Although there are some indigenous igalas from anambra,it is incorrect to say ALL anambranians are igalas.
Anambra is the settlement of your ancestor ERI and the original ancestral home of all igbos before some groups migrated and settled in other parts igboland.
i'm from abia state and i respect anambranians alot and hold them in high esteem,we are all family.

onila:
the way Ikwerre men dress, have always been

the way Ikwerre girls dress these days like ijaw girls

onila:
and igbos dont have those crazy burials like Ikwerre

igbos are not wild Ikwerre

OdenigboAroli:


My comments were in the form of assumptions but it doesn't mean such claims hasn't been made.

TellingItAsItIs:

Igbos should stop giving ikwerres attention,it makes them feel special when they aint even sh!t.
They are NOT igbo and will never be.They can be hausa if they like.i'm really ashamed to be associated with them.
The igbos in delta on the other hand are amazing people,my Bae is one.

onila:




I dont believe delta igbo is their official name in delta state
is just when referring to the igbiod pple in the multi ethnic state of delta
just like upland in rivers state

onila:



I dont believe delta igbo is their official name in delta state is just when referring to the igbiod pple in the multi ethnic state of delta just like upland in rivers state

TellingItAsItIs:

Igbos should stop giving ikwerres attention,it makes them feel special when they aint even sh!t.
They are NOT igbo and will never be.They can be hausa if they like.i'm really ashamed to be associated with them.
The igbos in delta on the other hand are amazing people,my Bae is one.

jaymichael:
[s]The way some Ignorant land grabbing "oloripelebes" think is just appalling. You migrate from your anscestral home and settle close to Igboland and quiet naturally you assimilated some of their culture and part of their language, dueto intermarriage and association next, YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND good to be annexed to their phantom biafraland.
Their anscestors leave Igboland (seeking means of sustainance) migrated to your land, lived many years, next they say YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND and they are taking it with them to Biafra.
The cliche they always use for their landgrabbing tacticts? IGBOLAND IS NOT ONLY THE 5 SE STATES.
If all the other major ethnic groups in Nigeria grab and claim the lands of other "minority" ethnic sub groups, won't there be anachy and chaos?
They are not the only ethnic group that spread outside their traditional anscestral home. Yoruba tribes extended towards North Central, South south, in Nigeria, Benin republic, Togo, Ghana, Ivory coast. Think what will happen if Yorubas try to land grab in these countries.
Three sons of Oduduwa established their kingdom in Benin republic, Popo, Sabe and Ketu, infact, the first son of Oduduwa (popo) established his kingdom outside The Southwest of Nigeria. These Yoruba tribes are Benin citizens who are 100% Yoruba like me whose father is from Ibadan and and likewise all other Yorubas in Other parts of Nigeria ourside the Southwest of Nigeria. I have never seen any Yorubas saying or claiming that Benin republic is Yorubaland. We have brothers there, who are 100% Beninoise, There are Yoruba kingdoms there, The first son of the Yoruba progenitor established his kingdom there, The Beninoises practice the same Yoruba traditional religion like sango, ogun (etc) worship, all these DOES NOT make Benin republic Yorubaland. We take them as our brothers, cousins and neighbors, there is mutual respect and understanding between us and that is ALL THAT MATTERS.[/s]

Armaggedon:
yoloba man leave igbo matter alone. Boko haram is planing to bomb your enclave. Go and protect South West

jaymichael:
The way some Ignorant land grabbing "oloripelebes" think is just appalling. You migrate from your anscestral home and settle close to Igboland and quiet naturally you assimilated some of their culture and part of their language, dueto intermarriage and association next, YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND good to be annexed to their phantom biafraland.
Their anscestors leave Igboland (seeking means of sustainance) migrated to your land, lived many years, next they say YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND and they are taking it with them to Biafra.
The cliche they always use for their landgrabbing tacticts? IGBOLAND IS NOT ONLY THE 5 SE STATES.
If all the other major ethnic groups in Nigeria grab and claim the lands of other "minority" ethnic sub groups, won't there be anachy and chaos?
They are not the only ethnic group that spread outside their traditional anscestral home. Yoruba tribes extended towards North Central, South south, in Nigeria, Benin republic, Togo, Ghana, Ivory coast. Think what will happen if Yorubas try to land grab in these countries.
Three sons of Oduduwa established their kingdom in Benin republic, Popo, Sabe and Ketu, infact, the first son of Oduduwa (popo) established his kingdom outside The Southwest of Nigeria. These Yoruba tribes are Benin citizens who are 100% Yoruba like me whose father is from Ibadan and and likewise all other Yorubas in Other parts of Nigeria ourside the Southwest of Nigeria. I have never seen any Yorubas saying or claiming that Benin republic is Yorubaland. We have brothers there, who are 100% Beninoise, There are Yoruba kingdoms there, The first son of the Yoruba progenitor established his kingdom there, The Beninoises practice the same Yoruba traditional religion like sango, ogun (etc) worship, all these DOES NOT make Benin republic Yorubaland. We take them as our brothers, cousins and neighbors, there is mutual respect and understanding between us and that is ALL THAT MATTERS.

safarigirl:
see guy, just shut your ignorant trap and stop making yourself look silly.

The only land grabbers are those who he refused regionalism and own oil books on lands that don't belong o them ancestrally People who continually wait for the proceeds from another man's land to feed themselves, without which thy would be hungry. Those are the land grabbers.

The Anioma blood in me is Igbo, the Anioma land I spend my holidays is Igbo, my anioma relatives are Igbo so once again, shut your arrogant, ignorant trap sh if you know nothing. any of is

onila:
and igbos dont have those crazy burials like Ikwerre

igbos are not wild like Ikwerre

TellingItAsItIs:

i have never heard of such claims from any igbo person.

firstEVA:
because ibos are land grabbers yorubas are not

jaymichael:
The way some Ignorant land grabbing "oloripelebes" think is just appalling. You migrate from your anscestral home and settle close to Igboland and quiet naturally you assimilated some of their culture and part of their language, dueto intermarriage and association next, YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND good to be annexed to their phantom biafraland.
Their anscestors leave Igboland (seeking means of sustainance) migrated to your land, lived many years, next they say YOUR LAND IS IGBOLAND and they are taking it with them to Biafra.
The cliche they always use for their landgrabbing tacticts? IGBOLAND IS NOT ONLY THE 5 SE STATES.
If all the other major ethnic groups in Nigeria grab and claim the lands of other "minority" ethnic sub groups, won't there be anachy and chaos?
They are not the only ethnic group that spread outside their traditional anscestral home. Yoruba tribes extended towards North Central, South south, in Nigeria, Benin republic, Togo, Ghana, Ivory coast. Think what will happen if Yorubas try to land grab in these countries.
Three sons of Oduduwa established their kingdom in Benin republic, Popo, Sabe and Ketu, infact, the first son of Oduduwa (popo) established his kingdom outside The Southwest of Nigeria. These Yoruba tribes are Benin citizens who are 100% Yoruba like me whose father is from Ibadan and and likewise all other Yorubas in Other parts of Nigeria ourside the Southwest of Nigeria. I have never seen any Yorubas saying or claiming that Benin republic is Yorubaland. We have brothers there, who are 100% Beninoise, There are Yoruba kingdoms there, The first son of the Yoruba progenitor established his kingdom there, The Beninoises practice the same Yoruba traditional religion like sango, ogun (etc) worship, all these DOES NOT make Benin republic Yorubaland. We take them as our brothers, cousins and neighbors, there is mutual respect and understanding between us and that is ALL THAT MATTERS.

jaymichael:
Oloribu, wasn't it your brother Nzeogwu that led the first coup That also led your brother Ironsi to Abolish the same REGIONALISM that served us better in the first republic, which you now clamour for?
If Politics and history is out of your league, stay on Romance section.

safarigirl:
mumu....what about the recently proposed regionalism just 2 years ago? You want to now bring in military rule, have they not abolished most of the laws from that period?

You want to take us back to 1966, was I born then? were you born then? I'm talking of the confab that recommended regionalism a couple of years back in a democratic society and you want to drag me back to military era of the first republic

oloriburuku oshi, better go and update your knowledge. Nzeogwu indeed.

tobtap:
because yorubas dont force or impose it culture on people...yoruba culture is unique,which is why it survived SLAVERY in north nd south america and became the dominant afro-culture outside africa... IGALAS,IGBIRA,ISTEKIRI,uhrobos,SOME IJAW CLANS have obvious yoruba influence but they are all UNIQUE CULTURES...yorubas see them as brothers(shared history) but not as yorubas

Armaggedon:
what do you mean by 'official'?

onila post=lves40055713:
there is no actual name like delta igbo

its anioma, kwale etc

TellingItAsItIs:

Their names are more similar to igbo than itshekiri names are to yoruba.
Most bear conc. igbo names eg chibuike amaechi while the rest modify their names to make it seem less igbo eg onyesom nwike=nyesom wike,nwanodo=wanodo,somto=tonto,nwaneri=waneri etc.
Your The men wear ijaw attires and promote the culture of others because they failed to carve a unique culture for themselves.if they had their own cultural attires and masquerades,they wouldnt need to copy that of the ijaws.
its very shameful.

JudgementHammer:
Because yorubas already claim AKOKO-EDO in Edo state. Simple

Armaggedon:
u get my point now. Those you refer to as igbo within the south east also have their individual subgroups like the ones you mentioned. Before the white men came , communities found it comfortable to identify as communities not as igbos, despite their shared attributes b'cos there were no external threats. Igbo nationalism grew in 40s and 50s because of the need to unite and protect igbo interest in the new nigeria. Hence igbo groups ( like ika, kwale, aniocha etc) accross the Niger became known as western igbos. It was after the civil war that Nigeria , in a bid to weaken igbos brought some igbo groups together in their phanthom SE and placed some(like ikwerre and etche) in the so called SS, using their sub group names as an ethnic name.

Really Nigeria is a fraud

oyatz:
Was Ogbakor Ikwerre convention of 1963 which defined Ikwerre as a unique and ethnic group forced to do so by Nigeria and was this after the civil war?
Why did the Ikwerres participated as a minority ethnic group and submitted petition to Willink commission of 1958 set up by the colonial government to look into the fears and agitation of the minority ethnic groups?