Bede2u:
i would like to join this group...but isnt ohaneze already such a group??

Bede2u:
If the ss igbos dont take a stand soon...they will be left behind without apology.

Look at this map...the green part represents ss igbos while the other part is se.

Can u all see that no part of igboland whether se or ss is bordered by atlantic ocean.

The ss igbos dont have any advantage over se igbos. Time to cut the nay sayers off.

Se igboland is good to go it alone...and if asaba and genuine delta igbos want, we can go it together. Others can fvck off. We dont need them. And its time we get very violent about it.

Cjrane2:


Obuaku and Afikpo are connected by navigable waterways to the Atlantic ocean.

If it becomes necessary, these places can host any type of seaports needed. The rivers might need to be dredged to accommodate deep sea vessels.

The constant attack on Afikpo people to vacate their farms is exactly a ploy by Nigeria to push them away from their lands on western bank of the Cross River.

Nigeria has already built a low bridge along the East-West Highway over the water channel leading to Obuaku, therefore, big ocean liners will struggle to find space to pass under that bridge deliberately made low by Nigeria.

spyder880:
Otito dili Jesu, na ndu ebighi ebi, Amen.

spyder880:
Otito diri nu Onye nwe anyi Jesu Christi, na ndu ebighebi, Amin.

Isinweke:
Igbo land is total rubbish from Google map.


IMO STATE VS MIAMI

SEE HOW MIAMI/USA PLANED THEIR CITIES

Isinweke:




Sane people build statues of their traditional religion, about their history or their greatest people/heroes


how did Mary or her son Jesus related to Igbo?
you can say what ever you want, sane people won't be proud of that which they used to enslaved and keep enslaving them.

we don't appreciate ours thats why the white-men looted them away

Bede2u:
if we are talking about an independent igboland, then the bridge at obuaku is not an issue...since there are other water bodies we can use instead

But if we are talking about igboland within nigeria, then the onitsha port is already there and there is already a railway linking igboland with sea port in rivers

horsepower101:


My brother lets be honest, identity crisis and Igbo denial is a big obstacle in working closely with our south-south igbo brothers.

In order for all Ndigbo to move forward, and progress together as brothers, we have to address that issue. South east igbos have swept this issue under the rug for decades hoping that it will stop but it never did.

My conviction is that it’s time to lay it out in the open and solve it once and for all. Let everyone publicly announce their stance on igbo identity.

I don’t ever want south east igbos defend or die unnecessarily again for another igbo from the south south when they themselves or their people deny igbos.

And please before you accuse me of creating divisions, my mother is an anioma woman. Also the first land I ever bought with my hard earned money is in Asaba.

I just believe in fairness and hate injustice.

Chef2000:

You are right, and also these statues are not the real images of Jesus and Mary to me these images are foriegn fake idols and doesn't in anyway represent the real Jesus, these are man made idol that shouldn't be seen or worship, that is why I have no such nonsense in my house and in my phones

nnamdijonathan:


can you please explain further

pazienza:
In his speech, the Asaagba reinstated that the Anioma People of Delta State are Igbos, citing their language as one of His bases for saying so. He noted that what the people of Anioma speak is Igbo/Ibo, just like their Brothers from across the Niger. He reinstated his support for the creation of Anioma State saying it will help expand the Igbo territory. He urged OhanezeNdigboNollywood not to relent in her effort to promote, project and preserve Igbo culture

This is the way things should be done.

Being open and clear, and not speaking from both sides of the mouth. The Asagba has been very consistent in upholding Igbo identity of Ndi Ahaba, he even tries to make claims for other Anioma people, but until we see monarchs from those places making such speeches themselves, we would hardly be convinced of their own loyalty.
I'm a member of Ahaba facebook pages, and as an Igbo, I feel very welcomed there. The people are pro Igbo, and don't tolerate any exhibition of Igbophobia.
This is also part of the reason Ndiigbo in SE had since moved our Nollywood to Ahaba, and are making massive investments there.

Ahaba and the Asagba are leading the way, why is the rest of Anioma not following?

UgwuAghachi:
Afikpo


ABIA just like ANIOMA is an acronym. ABIA stands for Aba, Bende, Isiokwatu and Afikpo which were the places that championed the creation of Abia from the old Imo and were the places with the most population.

Old Afikpo Province was part of Abia state and consisted of current day Local Governments:

Isiokwatu ( currently in Abia)
Afikpo North
Afikpo South
Ohaozara
Ivo
Onicha



Isiokwatu Local Government in Abia State was part of Afikpo. Isiokwatu produced Basketmouth (the comedian), Oluchi Oluegbu (the model), Sunday Mba (footballer) and more

Great people from Afikpo you didn't know


Afikpo North

Uche Azikiwe: Wife of Nnamdi Azikiwe. Azikiwe fell for her watching the Umu agbogho dance. She is from Ehugbo, Afikpo North

Akanu Ibiam: The first governor of eastern Nigeria. He was governor of Eastern Nigeria till 1966 when he handed over to Odimegwu Ojukwu. He is from Unwana, Afikpo North

Samuel Eto'o: Africa's highest paid footballer. Controversial as this might sound, it was revealed by complete sports in 2005 that Samuel Etoo's parents moved to Cameroon during the civil war. Eto'o is from Amasiri, Afikpo North and he visits from time to time. There is a concession in his family to keep the information from the media so as not to sabotage his political bids in his adopted country



Ohaozara
Dave Umahi: Current and best governor of Ebonyi state

Ogbonnaya Onu: The first governor of Abia state, current minister of Science and Technology

Jaja Nwachukwu: The first Minister of Education of Nigeria


Ivo
Anyim Pius Anyim: Former Senate president of Nigeria and former Secretary to the Federal government (highest ranking Igbo politician during the Goodluck Jonathan regime)

ckenneths:
Have you been here yet?

I am just exploring opportunities. .............

The Enu-Ani mega city housing estate in Anioma, Delta state.

aniomafirstson:


This is the problem with some of you

you've not gotten anioma you are looking at opobo

once SE gets anioma then I assure you everything will fall in place

There's going to be a bigger problem if aniomas get their state without the help of SE

If you all really love igboland then let's fight for anioma state together irrespective of the geopolitical zone we find ourselves.

whirlwind7:


I've heard so much noise about this place.
What is your impression about it?

I don't know anything about the company floating the estate, except the little I read online.

Isinweke:




Sane people build statues of their traditional religion, about their history or their greatest people/heroes


how did Mary or her son Jesus relate to Igbo?
you can say what ever you want, sane people won't be proud of that which they used to enslaved and keep enslaving them.

we don't appreciate ours thats why the white-men looted them away

pazienza:

Nigeria has already built a low bridge along the East-West Highway over the water channel leading to Obuaku, therefore, big ocean liners will struggle to find space to pass under that bridge deliberately made low by Nigeria.

This isn't a big issue.
We can always build a new elevated bridge, in place of the current one, if push comes to shove. I don't see a potential AkwaCross nation blocking our path to the sea.

horsepower101:


Exactly!!!!

That’s was my thinking too years ago when I discovered that bridge. We can easily knock down that bridge and build a higher one to allow bigger vessels to pass.

pazienza:

Nigeria has already built a low bridge along the East-West Highway over the water channel leading to Obuaku, therefore, big ocean liners will struggle to find space to pass under that bridge deliberately made low by Nigeria.

This isn't a big issue.
We can always build a new elevated bridge, in place of the current one, if push comes to shove. I don't see a potential AkwaCross nation blocking our path to the sea.

Problem will be the Ijaws (Bonny/Opobo) who control the Rivers down below.

Ijaw are laying claim to all the seas coasts from Southern Ondo( Ese-Odo) to Edo (Gelegele) and down to Akwa Ibom (Eastern Obolo and Ibeno). They(Ijaws) don't have the numbers to pull this off and they are spread too thin.

I have an interesting hypotheses on how we can benefit from this Ijaw struggle, in post Nigeria.

pazienza:


AndrewUweh. Longest time. Where have you been all these while.
You and Onlytruth are the pioneer Igbo warriors of this forum.
Not to forget Ninetofive, Ezeuche and Ohsisi herself.

Isinweke:



I don't know what you're talking about,


I'm psylas

pazienza:


My bad.
There use to be an AndreUweh here. He is from Isinweke in Imo state.
I guess I got you confused for him.

Purehuman:
The Obuaku river is small and we should stop all these emotional stuff. Except you will expand the river, the amount ships alaigbo will be needing will supersede the carrying capacity the Obuaku river can offer us. We should stop acting as if we are Madagascar that's just going to stay alone and play developmental politics.

I was thinking that we should be plotting possible ways of cornering Akwa ibom seaport to our advantage and possibly link it with our industrial cities and river ports. I am of the opinion that even if we will use other river ports, the deep seaport will generate lots of advantage for us in terms of heavy imports.

We have been wooed countless times in terms of this port. The Hausa people have started thinking of linking the port directly to the north through rail. The only point of contact with the port is Abia and these people have still connected the Abia rail straight to Maiduguri. We are keeping quiet and not working of feasible plans of cornering the port and it's industrial city. So that it will be our economic outstation incase things work out in the state. Akwa ibom people do not have that bad feeling against us unlike the rest of SS tribes, so let's work on this available window for our use.