Ojiofor:


Ikwerre fathers told their children all kind of lies against Igbos to justify their shameful act of living in a stolen property.

Exactly what i was going to reply him.

Imagine people that stole our properties from us now opening their mouth to make a baseless assertion.
Truly their fathers used those lies to cover the attrocities they committed against us. But has that helped them any better? No.

[b] WILLINK REPORT 1958 THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM A THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO “ENQUIRE INTO THE FEARS OF MINORITIES AND THE MEANS OF ALLAYING THEM”, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE WILLINK COMMISSION REPORT OF JULY 1958”
WILLINK REPORT 1958 THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM A THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO “ENQUIRE INTO THE FEARS OF MINORITIES AND THE MEANS OF ALLAYING THEM”, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE WILLINK COMMISSION REPORT OF JULY 1958”
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THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND.
1. “More than 98% of people who inhabit this area (the ‘Ibo Plateau’ of the Eastern region) are Ibo and speak one language, though of course with certain differences of dialect. There are nearly five million of them and they are too many for the soil to support: they are vigorous and intelligent and have pushed outward in every direction, seeking a livelihood by trade or in service in the surrounding areas of the Eastern Region, in the Western Region, in the North and outside Nigeria. They are no more popular with their neighbours than is usual in the case of an energetic and expanding people whose neighbours have a more leisurely outlook on life.”
2. “Though there has been no great kingdom or indigenous culture in the Eastern Region, the coastal chiefs grew on their trade with the (European merchant) ships and they adopted customs, clothing and housing more advanced than those of the peoples of the interior on whom they had at first preyed for slaves. They came during the 19th Century to regard the people of the interior as backward and ignorant, and it was therefore a blow to their pride, as well as to their pockets, when the Ibos began to push outwards into the surrounding fringe of the country and particularly into the Calabar area, to take up land, to grow rich, to own houses and lorries and occupy posts in public services and in the services of large trading firms.”
“It was among the Ibos, formerly despised by the people of Calabar as source of slaves and as a backward people of the interior, now feared and disliked as energetic and educated, that the first political party formed.” [/b]

[b] 3. “It is important to remember that of this (Ogoja) Province’s 1,082,000 inhabitants, 723,000 are Ibos, almost entirely in Abakaliki and Afikpo (Divisions), while the census classifies 350,000 as “Other Nigerian Tribes.”
4. The Rivers Province …includes the two divisions of Brass and Degema, both overwhelmingly Ijaw, and the Ogoni Division. The former Rivers Division also includes over 300,000 Ibos of whom 250,000 are in Ahoada Division and 45,000 in Port Harcourt. Port Harcourt is a town of recent growth and of rapidly increasing importance; it is built on land that blonged originally to an outlying branch of the Ibo tribe, the Diobus, but is largely inhabited by the Ibos from the interior who have come to trade or seek employment….Of the total 747,000 in the Rivers province, 305,000 are Ibos, 240,000 are Ijaws and 156,000 are Ogonis.”
5. “The strip to the south of the Ibo block, is physically, divided by a block of Ibo territory, tipped by the important Ibo town of Port Harcourt and tribally divided between the Ijaws and the Ogonis.”
6. “In the whole of this non-Ibo area there is present in varying degree some fear of being over-run, commercially and politically, by the Ibos….. if Ahoada and Port Harcourt, which are really Ibo, are considered with the solid centre of Ibo population, there are 54 seats for the Ibo area and 30 for COR (Calabar, Ogoja and Rivers) in (Eastern Regional House of Assembly).” [/b]

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Reminez:
I am an OSU IBO from Ebonyi . Our fellow red mudders often say we are not true gullibos because our head is not as flat as theirs . We are not angered by this because we know as OSU and second class ,we cannot compare ourselves with the true and unadulterated ibos from Anambra who are descendants of NRI and thus are the only authentic and alpha IBO's .
Our destiny is to lick the butt of the Nigerdeltans like leeches that we are so that we can steal their resources and sea for the first class IBO's in Anambra who are not Second class like us .
Our second destiny is to curse the Yorubas because they made our land barren and unproductive . They use juju to drag us to Yoruba land . They also use their juju to make the dynamites that we want to use to blow Niger bridge that connects us to them not to work .
We will not take it !!! The zoo must fall !!

Hahaha, guy you be clown

The false accusations against Ndiigbo by these folks didn't start today. It was those false accusations that made the British set up the Willink commission in 1958, to look into those bogus accusations, and inthe end, not one of them were found to be any where near the truth.

I will post the remaining part of that report now.

[b] THE FEARS AND GRIEVANCES OF MINORITIES
7. “It was suggested (by non-Ibo petitioners) that it was the deliberate object of the Ibo majority in the Region to fill every post with Ibos (in public post and services).….when, however we came to consider specific complaints about the composition of public bodies, we found them in many cases exaggerated or unreasonable.”
8. “The allegation was put forward by counsel (to petitioners) that the Judiciary (when not European) was predominantly Ibo, with the implication that this caused fear among those who are not Ibos. But it was clearly stated in evidence by Dr. Udoma, the leader of UNIP, that no occasion could be adduced of the judiciary acting with partiality. The fact is that the legal profession is largely Ibos and the reasons for this do not seem to be Government action. It is therefore inevitable that there should be an Ibo preponderance among Judges and Magistrates. Further, it is the declared policy of Government that the Judiciary should be federal and this does not indicate a desire to control it. Again, the operation and composition of Public Service Commission here, as in the West, appeared to us in no way open to reproach.” [/b]


If you are Igbo, take time and look at these accusations well.

Adaure4ever:
What is wrong with you dumbheads, Ikwerres are NOT Igbos, leave them na.
You Igbos are embarrasing Igbos, why opening another thread about them?
You guys are just annoying! Leave them alone 4 heaven sake.
@OP. SHAME ON YOU.

First, count me out of your IPOB. If you go thru my past posts you will see a thread i opened sometime ago stating my stand on Biafra issue.

Secondly if you go thru my past posts again you will see that i'm not one of those igbos who claim that Ikwerre are igbos and this post is not making such claim.
The issues raised here is what Ikwerre people proudly say and there is nothing wrong in addressing it.
It's quite a shame that you responded to my post without reading it. Learn to read before reacting to a post. Thanks.

[b] 9. “In the Police, which in this region alone is wholly Federal, the number of Ibos in the higher appointments is not out of proportion to the Ibos in the region. The force is now federally controlled and although there are a large number of Ibos in the lower ranks, this is due to the fact that it has for long been a tradition among the Ibos to offer themselves for recruitment in this force in far greater numbers than any other tribe.”
10. “we noted that in five years, 1952 – 1957, from a total of 412 secondary scholarships, 216 were awarded to persons living in the COR areas, while the figures for post-secondary scholarships were 211 out of 623. The latter is about the right proportion of one-third, the former considerably in excess. It was suggested that scholarships awarded to non-Ibos were of an inferior kind and that the best scholarships went to Ibos, but we were, unable to see that this claim held any validity. On the evidence before us, we conclude that the allegations of discriminations in the matter of scholarships are unjustified.” [/b]

Look at the percentage of scholarships awarded to the Igbo and the minorities and see that they reflected the percentage of the groups in the region.
This is important, because I once had a heated argument online with an Etche person who told me that each time he looks at how educationally backward Etche is, in comparison to "Igbo"( he probably thinks the SE is a monolithic group), his Blood boils and the hatred he had for the SE increases, and that this is why he will never accept being an Igbo man.

That his father told him that Igbos hijacked the entire scholarship programs in the East, leaving his people with none, and that is why they are relatively educationally backward as compared to SE.

You can see how their father's lied to them to cover their laziness. His grandfather was probably too lazy to farm to make enough money to send his father to school, rather than admit his laziness and advise his son better, he absolved himself of all blames, and blamed the Igbo man instead.

Many Igbos who went to school those days didn't go through scholarship as the slots were limited, they went through family and communal support programs. Their families sacrificed alot to see them through school and their communities had education taxes on all indigenes of the community, aimed at supporting their sons schooling, some others were sponsored by their local churches.

It was family, communal and church sacrifices that saw Ndiigbo have many of her sons in the university, at a time the families in deep south and their communities knew not the value of education and were not willing to make sacrifices. But they wont accept this fact and tell their children the truth, they would rather lay their failures and inadequacies as individuals and communities at the feet of the Igbo man, it's a much easier thing to do than blame themselves.

11. “It was further suggested that loans by the Eastern Regional Finance Corporation, the Eastern Region Development Board, and the Eastern Region Development Corporation were made with some degree of preference to Ibos. It did appear that most of the loans made by these bodies were to Ibos, but that is not to say that this was necessarily improper. Ibos constitute two thirds of the population of the region and have a bigger share of financial and commercial responsibility than their numbers warrant.”
12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.”

You see what I am talking about? Onitsha urban district Council out of it's own IGR generated from Onitsha built a Street light, and bam! These people attribute it to Eastern region and insisted than one must be built in their areas or else it will amount to Igbo marginalization. As if anyone stopped them from generating their own funds and building themselves their own street lights.

One of the minorities in deep south, told me that the Eastern region neglected his own part of the East and rather concentrated on Enugu.


I told him that Enugu generated Coal,one of the main stays of the Eastern region revenue and was self sustainable on its own. It wasn't built with resources generated from non Igbo lands, as Palm oil Another mainstay income of the East was abundant in Igboland and Enugu region in particular.

[b] 13. “The question of land was repeatedly raised, it being resented by the Efiks and Ibibios that the Ibos should acquire land at all in their territory while the methods by which it was obtained were also questioned. There is no doubt that on the Ibo Plateau there is insufficient land for the people and the Ibos ate thrusting outwards where possible they acquire land and use it either for cultivation or building…..This is a matter which will require legislation sooner or later and it will be delicate to handle, but the economic process is in itself healthy and we had little sympathy with a witness who remarked that there is much undeveloped land in district and he was anxious that it should not fall into the hand of the Ibos….We believe that Governments in Nigeria should be careful not to try to protect minorities by introducing measures that would restrict development.”
14. “A group of miscellaneous grievances and charges against the Ibos from Calabar may be treated together; we were told that the Ibos did not observe local customs in the markets….We formed the impression that jealousy of the Ibos successes in the markets was the main factor.” [/b]

Take a good look at the last sentence of this particular report.

scannewsnigeria.com/news/willink-report-1958-the-following-are-excerpts-from-a-the-report-of-the-commission-appointed-to-enquire-into-the-fears-of-minorities-and-the-means-of-allaying-them-otherwise-known-a/

For the remainder of the report click above.

The Ikwerre parents, in a bid to cover their own inadequacies, made up lies against Ndiigbo and passed down these lies to their naive children, and today those lies have germimated and grown into fruits of rabid Igbophobia in the hearts of their youths. And since Actions and reactions are equal and opposite, once exposed to the rabid Igbophobia of an average Ikwerre youth, an average previously innocent Igboman instantaneously develops a profoundly rabid hate for Ikwerre people and all things they stand for.

This is the lesson we can all learn from this thread, Jokwaanu!

Igboid:
[b] 13. “The question of land was repeatedly raised, it being resented by the Efiks and Ibibios that the Ibos should acquire land at all in their territory while the methods by which it was obtained were also questioned. There is no doubt that on the Ibo Plateau there is insufficient land for the people and the Ibos ate thrusting outwards where possible they acquire land and use it either for cultivation or building…..This is a matter which will require legislation sooner or later and it will be delicate to handle, but the economic process is in itself healthy and we had little sympathy with a witness who remarked that there is much undeveloped land in district and he was anxious that it should not fall into the hand of the Ibos….We believe that Governments in Nigeria should be careful not to try to protect minorities by introducing measures that would restrict development.”
14. “A group of miscellaneous grievances and charges against the Ibos from Calabar may be treated together; we were told that the Ibos did not observe local customs in the markets….We formed the impression that jealousy of the Ibos successes in the markets was the main factor.” [/b]

Take a good look at the last sentence of this particular report.

The igbo man is indeed fair minded, just deeply misunderstood perhaps due to our boisterous nature. By the way igboid are u pazienza
That was onr dude I enjoyec his submissions.

Avelo:

The igbo man is indeed fair minded, just deeply misunderstood perhaps due to our boisterous nature. By the way igboid are u pazienza
That was onr dude I enjoyec his submissions.

Pazienza is in hibernation, Igboid is here for now, just try and take him as you see him.

Dragonking:
Another shameless thread created to bash the ikwerre people. .Na by force to be Igbo? Shuooo.. You guys should leave them out of your hateful ways.. . Igbos were never this hateful in the past, am now beginning to think otherwise. . SMH

The Igbo man is a cheerful spirit, always eager for progress, but all around him, he is faced by Igbophobic groups, throwing mud at him, his homeland, his pride, groups making up lies against him to tarnish his imagine in an atavistic mud slinging way, and you think he will fold his hands and watch you lots?

Only a tree heard that it was about to be cut down and stayed one place. A human being will react. What Ikwerre is getting is reactions from Ndiigbo, nothing more and nothing less.

Igboid:


Pazienza is in hibernation, Igboid is here for now, just try and take him as you see him.

If possible,kindly post the excerpts on the Ibos,Ikwerre and Elechi Amadi thread.Some people need education.
That is,if you haven't done so already.

Dhugal:

If possible,kindly post the excerpts on the Ibos,Ikwerre and Elechi Amadi thread.Some people need education.
That is,if you haven't done so already.

Ok. Thanks.

honourhim:


Forget about Niger Delta and face your Ikwerre. The post i made here is not directed at Niger Delta so don't confuse issues here.

is ikwerre not part of d niger delta ? So be clear d ikwerres dont hate igbos. They just dont like it wen u call them igbo.

honourhim:


Why did you tamper with my write up? And who is a Yoruba poster? It's obvious you're new here for saying that i'm a Yoruba. Leave yoruba out of this. Go through my past posts and you will see that i am an igbo man. Nwokem kpachara anya gi o.

SHARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP. WHO SEND YOU?

Our second destiny is to curse the Yorubas because they made our land barren and unproductive . They use juju to drag us to Yoruba land . They also use their juju to make the dynamites that we want to use to blow Niger bridge that connects us to them not to work .
We will not take it !!! The zoo must fall !! [/quote]



This is an interesting angle to why ibos can't stay in their states and instead flock to Lagos on the next available night bus.........so it has been juju all this while and the juju is the main reason your agitation for biafra failed. It's The yourubas that jazz NK not to know that DSS will come to arrest him ...... hmmmmm

Igboid:


I know for a fact that Kalabari,Okrika , Bonny,Opobo, Ndoki, Andoni people don't hate Ijaws, which was why they all refused to be carved into Bayelsa with Ijaws during Bayelsa state creation, the only problem they have is when the Ijaws in Bayelsa try to claim them as Ijaws, because of few cultural exchanges they have with Ijaws like language, riverine culture trade and marriages, Ijaws have the tendency to tag them as Ijaws. Pls be guided.

Thank you.

sometimes some people are so far gone in there ignorance u just let them be

@ Igboid:

Interesting research work.

People fear what they do not understand.

Igboid:


If you have any documented evidence of Ndiigbo overlording other non Igbo ethnicities in the Eastern region Post it here.

If you have evidence of Igbos printing Bread to mock Hausas after the Jan coup led by Nzeogwu, post it here. Remember also that Nzeogwu though a bonafide Igbo man was not from the East, but from the mid west.

All the stories your parents told you about Igbos were all lies and non of them are evidence backed. They lied to you to avoid accepting the fact that they were lazying about, when the average Igbo man was toiling in his farm to send his sons to school, get enough money to acquire property and become actively involved in the local politics.

It was all too easy to blame the Igbo man for their woes than to accept their inadequacies before their children and advise them to learn the importance of hardwork and communal spirit in moving their communities forward from Igbo.

All the stories your fathers told you of Awolowo betraying the ibos are all lies and non of it is evidence based . Your parents have suceeded In poisoning your mind against the yorubas because they see them as superior and will do everything to tarnish their image. It's the same lies you told your children about yorubas that the ikwerres are telling their children about the ibos .

Kudos @igboid, u did a great job. Ur work revealed alot. Indeed Igbos were great achievers even before the birth of this ungodly contraption called Nigeria.

yoruba op

Igboid:


The Igbo man is a cheerful spirit, always eager for progress, but all around him, he is faced by Igbophobic groups, throwing mud at him, his homeland, his pride, groups making up lies against him to tarnish his imagine in an atavistic mud slinging way, and you think he will fold his hands and watch you lots?

Only a tree heard that it was about to be cut down and stayed one place. A human being will react. What Ikwerre is getting is reactions from Ndiigbo, nothing more and nothing less.

I disagree. .You claim ikwerre hates you yet you have created so many threads to spite them.. You claim other tribes hate you and you do the same too.. Can't you see that someone is sowing the seed of hatred in you guys hearts? Seriously I never knew igbos can be this hateful because I have a lot of them as friends , maybe it's a nairaland thing.

honourhim:


Why are you a Yoruba claiming Ebonyi and writing this nonsense? Why do you people like to behave like this? Your type are the reason some people here think I'm Yoruba.
Is it not better you keep mute in a thread that is not for yoruba than fooling yourself?

Who told you that I am not an OSU from Ebonyi . If not for the fact that this is a faceless forum ,I would have examined your head to check if it is as flat as those of the original IBO's from Anambra or otherwise .Nevertheless, my instinct tells me that you are also an OSU from Ebonyi just like myself .

Igboid:


If you have any documented evidence of Ndiigbo overlording other non Igbo ethnicities in the Eastern region Post it here.

If you have evidence of Igbos printing Bread to mock Hausas after the Jan coup led by Nzeogwu, post it here. Remember also that Nzeogwu though a bonafide Igbo man was not from the East, but from the mid west.

All the stories your parents told you about Igbos were all lies and non of them are evidence backed. They lied to you to avoid accepting the fact that they were lazying about, when the average Igbo man was toiling in his farm to send his sons to school, get enough money to acquire property and become actively involved in the local politics.

It was all too easy to blame the Igbo man for their woes than to accept their inadequacies before their children and advise them to learn the importance of hardwork and communal spirit in moving their communities forward from Igbo.

Good submissions.

Igboid:


Pazienza is in hibernation, Igboid is here for now, just try and take him as you see him.

Tell me you're pazienza and i'll gladly oblige you.

U see, making up stories of how parents were too lazy to farm, and couldn't send their children to school and had to blame Igbos is just but an unfortunate fabrication which in itself is not only childishly irresponsible but vainly comical.


Isnt it way too coincidental that almost all houses from PH mainTown upto old GRA, DLine, Mile 1-3, the PH of old were owned by Igbos? Almost all C of O's showed Igbo ownership in a multi-ethnic Eastern regional society??

Do the maths..ive said goodness begets goodness.

An Ikwerre proverb says "If we keep explaning how war was fought, we might find ourselves fighting another war again"

Honourhim, that proverb is for you.

Igboid:


He is an Ijaw man. Every inconsequential ethnic group in deep south, now feels they can define for Ndiigbo who is and isn't Igbo. Not only do we have to bear the insolence from the North and Yorubas, we now have to bear it from them. Can you imagine?

My dear brother, Ochu nwa okuko nwe ada, nwa okuko nwe mwemwe oso.