pazienza:


At no time had Enugu people denied the existence of Idomas and Igalas in Etteh.

The bone of contention is that Etteh must remain in Enugu state, and not moved to Kogi state, like some Igala elements in that town want to, since there are also indigenous Igbo people that are part of Etteh town.

Eastfield1:

I think Ohaneze or Ipob will have to Organize those Igbo people of Benue to Protest to have their own one Local Government or be retuned to SE

Sagay212:


I think there are dangerous insects running in your brain. How the hell do you tell ohasneeze or whatever you call it to tell benue people to protest to be taken back to SE. Does that sound normal to you? People are saying they are not igbos and you are , saying they should protest to become igbos against their wish.

Malawian:

It is the work i did during NYSC, that was even before i knew of nairaland. I am surprised people dont know about it.

Ngozi123:
The thread title is misleading as the man states that he's only speaking about his community, not the whole of Benue state. He even hinted that there are Igbos indigenous to Benue state in the article so I don't know why some people are jubilation here .

pazienza:


I think you need to visit a psychiatrist for some mental evaluation.

No body is interested in Benue people or whatever that means, other than Fulani herdsmen already raping the area.
The man in the interview is from part of Benue no one considers Igbo.
The Igbos indigenous to Benue state are already making their grievances heard. There is a news paper article about that, and they even have a facebook page.
https://www.nairaland.com/2015869/agony-igbos-benue

I wonder why emotionally unstable people crawl out from their holes once they hear the word "Igbo ".

pazienza:


Tuface is not Igbo. He is Idoma.
Idoma people have a way of answering Igbo sounding names.
There is this Idoma Tuface look alike called Joel Amadi.
Google him, Amadi sounds Igbo, but it's an Idoma name too, with a totally different meaning from the Igbo equivalent.
It's just like some Igbos think Mercy Johnson has some Igbo maternal links, because of her middle name, Ozioma. When in truth, Ozioma is an Ebira name with an entirely different meaning from the Igbo equivalent and Mercy Johnson has no iota of Igbo blood in her.

Aufbauh:
There are no indigenous Igbos in Ogbadibo LG. Maybe those that came there for business.

Like he said we intermarried but mostly Idoma men (possibly 98%) marrying Igbo women. so it is possible to see families that have Igbo link and names.

Ojiofor:
Ndigbo was there before they came according to his narative and they adopted Igbo culture,language,juju,masquerade in fact everything became Igbo except the people.I see.It's a free world btw.

PRXPERT:
The state is populated by several ethnic groups: Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Etulo, Abakpa, Jukun, Hausa, Igbo, Akweya and Nyifon. The Tiv are the dominant ethnic group, occupying 14 local government areas with the Etulo and Jukun , while the Idoma, Igede, Igbo, Akweya and Nyifon occupy the remaining nine local government areas.

PRXPERT:
Benue State is named after the Benue River and was formed from the former Benue-Plateau State in 1976, along with Igala and some part of Kwara State. In 1991 some areas of Benue state (mostly Igala area), along with areas in Kwara State, were carved out to become part of the new Kogi State. Igbo people are found in the boundary areas of Ebonyi State and Enugu State in local government areas like the Obi, Oju etc.

pazienza:


I see. If true, then they are yet to speak out or proclaim their Igbo identity. Are you sure they are not already in denial, chalking up everything Igbo about them to association with Igbo neighbors.

Because , even other Indigenous Igbos of Benue, don't recognize Ogadibo as an LGA with indigenous Igbo speaking communities in Benue state.

Sagay212:


I think there are dangerous insects running in your brain. How the hell do you tell ohasneeze or whatever you call it to tell benue people to protest to be taken back to SE. Does that sound normal to you? People are saying they are not igbos and you are , saying they should protest to become igbos against their wish.

proeast:
What do you expect, the oldman is under the employment of the Benue state government, several of the Igbo communities in the state have been seeking to be reunited with their people in the SE, however, its their cup of tea, they have the right to chose where they want to belong and only a referendum will settle that.

laudate:

You misread and misinterpreted his narrative. His own indigenous people were there, before the Igbo came to meet them there to trade with them, and even intermarry. QED! Like he said, when the war started the Igbo people in his community moved back to the east, but his own people could not move anywhere, as they had no other place to go, since that was their own land.

Ekinematics:




Don't mind the nincompoops

BlackPikiN:






You have several Igbo like names- Ozioma, Onyeche... where did you get them from?

I got Ozioma from my mother. Kogi people also bear names like the Igbos. My mother actually has a dual background as her own mother (my grandmother) is Igbo.

https://www.naijarules.com/index.php?threads/big-back-side-runs-in-my-family-mercy-johnson.32764/

Malawian:

They are probably the "Ikwerre" of Benue Igbos Whats my own? i just know their identity, that all.

Eastfield1:

I think Ohaneze or Ipob will have to Organize those Igbo people of Benue to Protest to have their own one Local Government or be retuned to SE

MEILYN:
This man didn't make any sense. I am not an Igbo man but I didn't see any sense in all the things he said.

millionboi:
Who cares

Ojiofor:
That part of the state has similar culture with the Igbo and even share words. Why this common practice if they do not originate from the same place?

Let me tell you how these similarities came about. When you went to settle in those boundary areas, at least you intermarry and even go to same market. We were doing things together. Then, there was this feeling among our people that because we had come to that place as a result of migration, we must prepare and fortify ourselves so that people would not overrun us as a result of war again. So, the Igbo person from the boundary would tell our people ‘bring this type of Juju and use it so that nobody can overrun you’. As such, at that time, our people adopted their type of Juju called Okpa.

Apart from Okpa, there were other types and even one called ‘’Onmabe’’, which is a type of masquerade. Then, according to them, they believed with the masquerade, you wouldn’t have any form of accident. It was the Igbo that owned the masquerade then. But because of the interaction between our people and Igbo, they also mounted the ‘’Onmabe’’ in our areas so that if you come to our place here, you would see the ‘Okpa’ and ‘Onmabe’ and if you cross to the East in Obolafor, you would see same thing. That would make you think we have the same culture. There was a day our community decided to collect all the ‘Okpas’ and all the ‘Onmabes’ and dumped them in the east across the border. Any one that remained, we set them ablaze and we did away with that culture.

I think you as a person lack comprehension,read the bolded part and tell me who migrated and who adivced them on how to survive.

Mbediogu:
'You and I may have same parents, it does not mean we are sibling' - Prof. Jerry Agada.

laudate:

True! Your parents may have given birth to both of you (i.e. their children) with other partners in previous relationships, before they eventually met up and got married. That way, the kids would not share blood ties. Just saying...

Mbediogu:
Read it again SIR. Same parent(s) mean same Mother and Father.