babacletus:

Bros Ibibio speaking communities plenty for Aba, there's one in Obingwa lga at the border end and a lot of others

TheGreatJapan:


Zombie you call it Obi Ngwa and still claim they speak Ibibio
Obi Ngwa means the Heart/Centre of Ngwa and Ngwa people are proud Igbo people

fratermathy:


Erhowa is in Isoko South, not Patani.

pazienza:


Yes, I have been to Obingwa before, and I have friends from Obingwa LGA of Abia state, having stayed in Aba for 4yrs.

You really should stop pokenosing into things you know nothing about.

pazienza:



No Ibibio in Abia state, go take your frustration else where. The stories of Abia State groups are stories of migration from Itu caves of present AkwaCross area into their present location, so I think it's more of Igbos present in Area known as Akwa Cross today, and were for some reasons forced to retreat to present location.

Efewestern:
THE isoko people are people of Niger Delta who are located In Delta state and some part of Bayelsa state, I once created a thread about the Urhobo speaking People of Bayelsa. https://www.nairaland.com/2289624/meet-ofoni-people-bayelsa-only

Isokoland is a key centre of Nigeria's crude oil and natural gas production with a population of about 1.5 million, making the Urhobo / Isoko population to be 5 Million.

The Isoko language is a branch of the Urhobo language, though unique in it's way. The isoko people shares similar culture and believe with the Urhobos.

Anibeze is an Isoko speaking community in Constituency III, Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State. It settles along the Forcados River, on lower Niger River.

Their closest neighbours are Patani in Delta State and Adagbabiri community in the same Sagbama local government, Bayelsa State.

The people’s main occupation is farming, with some fishing too. The community can be accessed through the River or motor bike from the East/West Road.



Plight of the Anibeze People

For the people of this riverside settlement whose very existence like several others in the predominantly riverine state is now hanging in the balance on account of the devastating erosion caused by the tempestuous River Forcados, a tributary of the magnificent River Niger, this certainly is not the best of times.

As the people go through the motions of daily life, the troubled look in many eyes betray layers of unspoken fears and uncertainty. Nobody is sure whose house would be the next to be swallowed in this predominantly farming and fishing settlement by the river.

Sadly, the people no longer have enough land to farm due to the devastating coastal erosion which has eroded about 70 per cent of its landmass. Also fishing which the people could have relied on for survival has suffered tremendous neglect due to the precarious situation in the community where families are constantly relocating due to the erosion menace which has swept away several buildings.

Notable People from Anibeze community

* Prof Obaro Ikime


Isoko Wado!!!!

Konquest:

^^^^^
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@Efewestern

Interesting post you have here.
I've always know about the Urhobos
in Bayelsa, but not the Isokos.

Nice article.

All the best.

P.S. I just sent a PM to you to
sent me your email so I can send
you the download link for the
DNA video.

fratermathy:


Erhowa is in Isoko South, not Patani.

feldido:



Read what I wrote again

fratermathy:


[b]Your expression betrays your intention[/b]You should try and reconcile both before referring people back to your post. In your words, Erhowa is a community of Patani. You didn't say it was a community close to Patani.

feldido:


I can't blame you for your lack of comprehending simple English.
Where in my post did I say Erhowa is a community of Patani?

fratermathy:


The Internet never forgets...

A close community "of" and a community close "to" are not the same things.

Work on your expressions so that they go in tandem with your intentions.

feldido:


Did I say Patani local government? Is Erhowa not very close to Patani?
Right now you hardly know the boundary between them cos they live together.
At least I passed my message, I dunno why u trying to make a fuss out of nothing.

fratermathy:


And you presume that I am not knowledgeable on ethnic and communual boundaries in my own state and region? That's preposterous of you!

I pointed out a flaw in your submission. Instead of you to quickly retract, you wanted to play smart, hence this altercation. I'm glad you now realise you did, in fact, make that blunder. Unfortunately for you, pride has done a number on your psyche so much that you can't own up to your own errors. Instead, you are trying to dilate it by bringing in the LGA, which was not even mentioned in my iteration of your flaw.

nowpresence:

are you an Isoko person

babyhrt:
Yes I am...are you?

nowpresence:

I am urhobo

babyhrt:
Nice one sis. I sent you an Email

Efewestern:
THE isoko people are people of Niger Delta who are located In Delta state and some part of Bayelsa state, I once created a thread about the Urhobo speaking People of Bayelsa. https://www.nairaland.com/2289624/meet-ofoni-people-bayelsa-only

Isoko land is a key centre of Nigeria's crude oil and natural gas production with a population of about 1.5 million, making the Urhobo / Isoko population to be 5 Million.

The isoko language is a branch of the urhobo language, thou unique in it's way. The isoko people shares similar culture and believe with the Urhobos.

Anibeze is an Isoko speaking community in Constituency III, Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State. It settles along the Forcados River, on lower Niger River.

Their closest neighbours are Patani in Delta State and Adagbabiri community in the same Sagbama local government, Bayelsa State.

The people’s main occupation is farming, with some fishing too. The community can be accessed through the River or motor bike from the East/West Road.



Plight of the Anibeze People

For the people of this riverside settlement whose very existence like several others in the predominantly riverine state is now hanging in the balance on account of the devastating erosion caused by the tempestuous River Forcados, a tributary of the magnificent River Niger, this certainly is not the best of times.

As the people go through the motions of daily life, the troubled look in many eyes betray layers of unspoken fears and uncertainty. Nobody is sure whose house would be the next to be swallowed in this predominantly farming and fishing settlement by the river.

Sadly, the people no longer have enough land to farm due to the devastating coastal erosion which has eroded about 70 per cent of its landmass. Also fishing which the people could have relied on for survival has suffered tremendous neglect due to the precarious situation in the community where families are constantly relocating due to the erosion menace which has swept away several buildings.

Notable People from Anibeze community

* Prof Obaro Ikime


Isoko Wado!!!!

Sanchez01:

How you turn a thread on its head with your tribalism laced remarks is amazing.

States are 'artificial creation', yet terminologies subtly used to classify a people abound, particularly in the East, just as some other parts of the country. Or wouldn't it be better if I classify you as Wawa just to point out that you are most likely from Enugu or Ebonyi, thereby limiting the chances of your state of origin?

There is a saying mostly by the Yorubas that 'a farm cannot belong to a father and his son without defining boundaries'. States may have been artificially created, but then again, bulk of its reason is to define bothers and territories.

It might not be a big deal when an Igbo man does an exposé, claiming Igbos founded or dwelt in Southern Kaduna long before the Fulanis got into Nigeria or even before the first Hausa man was born, but it is not the same for the Urhobos/Isokos as we are not really known from running or leaving our homeland in droves. Regardless of how neighbouring the state is, it is always an area of interest for us as we are a small, though distinct group. We are not 'strollers' by nature

Sanchez01:

I might be hasty but I'd love to go with the natural land grabbing strength of the 'Fulanis in the South South'. These lands must have been ceded to them after a long tussle.

Apart from the government not paying attention to them, I doubt their political strength in Bayelsa, which would be a disadvantage. Something similar as this play out in Rivers now whereby a particular tribe (mum) is totally sidelined and regarded as inconsequential. Since 2012 till date, I'd love to believe the Bayelsa state government does not give a hoot about the Anibezes.

Henryjr:
Trash! We only have urhobo community(Ofoni) in bayelsa which happens to be in my LGA(sagbama). Whatever set of people u see in bayelsa only went there for economic purposes as tenants and pay dues to the landlords.

People in bayelsa:
Main ijaw speakers
Ogbia ijaws
Epie Ijaws
N an urhobo community

That so called settlement may only be found in google because it's people like u an I that supply google with the goods and bads. Believe me, that so called community is not known, not recognized or worst still has no political, geographical, cultural, social n historical facts that qualifies one to be part of a state. They are as useless as poo

Sanchez01:

Afam, I get you loud and clear. Abi is it not you again?

Going by the emboldened, it is quite a sight to predict where you'd land just before you get there. If Delta State isn't the homeland of the Isoko people, I sure believe it is Enugu or Imo as you'd soon get there.

You still don't understand a thing here as the first thing you should be asking is 'HOW did they get to Bayelsa?' An Urhobo man sees an Isoko man as his cousin and blood because the similarity is amazing, save for the language which slightly differs. We don't stray out of the pack normally, so when it happens or when a tribe or group within the Isoko/Urhobo/Itsekiri nation is uncovered and found out to be away from Delta state, it begs certain questions in our minds.

You can't just air opinions anyhow without understanding how a people see their homeland and their relatives. We are closely knitted and so is our land. An indigenous group of the tribe elsewhere, NO MATTER HOW CLOSE THE STATE IT IS IN IS a whole lot of big deal to us.

Perhaps you made a mistake with the emboldened, safe to say Delta State is not the homeland of Igbos in the state, we understand this because it was political, all thanks to Babaginda and his other friends.

Here's an aside: States are artificial creations does not give your people the rights to lay claims to Lagos. In the end, you can only 'roam' and act like you have a stake. Should there be a turn around, every Lagos developer would be forced to recognise his or her homeland. This is the way we see our people who are said to be outside of Delta state.

Efewestern:


Sanchez01 hope you see what am saying, how ignorant can one be.

And to think I was defending this lots last year during the Edo land saga beats me, am now beginning to see why people call them land grabber.

BininKingdom:
So Bayelsa is not 100% Ijaw?
Which means Ijaw people don't own any state in Nigeria

nowpresence:

if delta is not the homeland of Isoko, then where is their homeland?