note that he also has a traditional mark called igu in owa or ika dialect and the bini call it iwu .
2. i also know the praises and songs for the obi of owa ,because we were taught from child hood and i can tell you it contains lots of benin and few igbo words . ika is ika and not any one

the picture is the recent weeding picture of the obi of owa,s daughter lynn efeizomor ,she is wearing owa traditional dress for the royal ladies and this is also for the royal idumu .this marriage took place in owa-oyibu this year 2012 , and this is in line with bini edo traditions of owa kingdom.so to ascribe only igbo traditions to owa and ika is a fallacy that cannot stand the test of time as owa and ika has both edo and igbo traditions ,thereby forming a unique seperate entity .
2. owa researchers, elders ,and members of our community know and agree that owa was founded by the bini from ikoha in ovia local government in a town called owa-ofien.by adagba and followed by ugbasogun also from benin who founded owa-ekei.
3. irrespective of whatever researchers like professor owuejeogu from ibusa who is also a friend and influence on our obi,because he was instrumental in writing some of his books,but the entire owa people set up a committe called the owa stake holders forum and they set up the history committee and they came out with a book that is very comprehensive on owa history and they found out that edo is more ancient in owa and that adagba led several binis to found owa.but later other people came , this is is well noted in the book tited ndiowa and her monarch.as this is the only book sold in owa royal palace .and this book is what formed the basis for owa website www.ndiowa.com

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Stop insulting the Obo of Owah. Is it a crime for the Obi to write a book and tell the whole world that their roots are in Igboland.
Prof Onwujeogwu's research of over 25 years on the Ika people must be respected. Afterall, the prof did not claim that all the Ika people have Igbo history but majority do.
The photos here do not mean anything. Odumchi has at one time published some photos of Aro trad regalia that is similar to Ibibio regalia. Yet Aros are not insane to disclaim Igbo.
The Obi of Owah not only claim Igbo ancestry but preaching for Owah people to participate more in Igbo activities. Read the links, poor boy.

1. the first picture is when the present obi of owa was coronated , in 1959, before the nigerian civil war and you can see him in one of the regalia for owa kings , which still resembles the dressing of any bini or edo monarch.
2. the obi of owa in osiezi festival traditional regalia with chiefs they all look like edo chiefs and monarch.
3.we as owa people know that the culture of owa is 80 percent edo and 20 percent igbo.
4. while our language is a mix of edo and igbo -this is what we call ika.
5. any attempt to make ika or owa look like an igbo group will always meet a brick wall , but i trust igbos with their lies and propaganda and the ability to look elsewhere and only see the lies they want to propagate.
6. if i were igbos i would not bother with a group of people that will not support me in terms of critical issues as the general masses of ikas do.

obi of owa

1. the first picture is when the present obi of owa was coronated , in 1959, before the nigerian civil war and you can see him in one of the regalia for owa kings , which still resembles the dressing of any bini or edo monarch.
2. the obi of owa in osiezi festival traditional regalia with chiefs they all look like edo chiefs and monarch.
3.we as owa people know that the culture of owa is 80 percent edo and 20 percent igbo.
4. while our language is a mix of edo and igbo -this is what we call ika.
5. any attempt to make ika or owa look like an igbo group will always meet a brick wall , but i trust igbos with their lies and propaganda and the ability to look elsewhere and only see the lies they want to propagate.
6. if i were igbos i would not bother with a group of people that will not support me in terms of critical issues as the general masses of ikas do.

1. the first picture is when the present obi of owa was coronated , in 1959, before the nigerian civil war and you can see him in one of the regalia for owa kings , which still resembles the dressing of any bini or edo monarch.
2. the obi of owa in osiezi festival traditional regalia with chiefs they all look like edo chiefs and monarch.

are you an owa or ika man why dont you face your igbo agenda or is the obi of owa a member of ohaneze ndigbo , if this same obi loved igbos so much why did he join muritala and ogbemudia to expell biafrans from ikaland ?
and why did he not change his benin name efeizomor to igbo like ofordile ? i think most igbos are ignorant of ika history and do not know the difference between when a man says owa has some cultural affinity with igbo and if owa is igbo , so also owa has affinities with benin , but that does not make owa benin.
2.i am of owa royal lineage and i know what owa and ika is and what we are not, and i make bold to say owa /ika is not igbo .
3. atleast the majority of ika believe this and that is 95 percent ika people and if i am making it up ,why dont you see notable ika royalties in ohaneze ndigbo ? but we also have a minute percentage of ika people that believe ika is igbo but this people cannot sway the majority of ika people

1. the first picture is when the present obi of owa was coronated , in 1959, before the nigerian civil war and you can see him in one of the regalia for owa kings , which still resembles the dressing of any bini or edo monarch.
2. the obi of owa in osiezi festival traditional regalia with chiefs they all look like edo chiefs and monarch.
3.we as owa people know that the culture of owa is 80 percent edo and 20 percent igbo.
4. while our language is a mix of edo and igbo -this is what we call ika.
5. any attempt to make ika or owa look like an igbo group will always meet a brick wall , but i trust igbos with their lies and propaganda and the ability to look elsewhere and only see the lies they want to propagate.
6. if i were igbos i would not bother with a group of people that will not support me in terms of critical issues as the general masses of ikas do.

are you an owa or ika man why dont you face your igbo agenda or is the obi of owa a member of ohaneze ndigbo , if this same obi loved igbos so much why did he join muritala and ogbemudia to expell biafrans from ikaland ?
and why did he not change his benin name efeizomor to igbo like ofordile ? i think most igbos are ignorant of ika history and do not know the difference between when a man says owa has some cultural affinity with igbo and if owa is igbo , so also owa has affinities with benin , but that does not make owa benin.
2.i am of owa royal lineage and i know what owa and ika is and what we are not, and i make bold to say owa /ika is not igbo .
3. atleast the majority of ika believe this and that is 95 percent ika people and if i am making it up ,why dont you see notable ika royalties in ohaneze ndigbo ? but we also have a minute percentage of ika people that believe ika is igbo but this people cannot sway the majority of ika people

the official book on owa history is not the book written by the obi of owa ,but a book titled ndiowa and her monarchy and you can order for it via www.ndiowa.com or you can get it at owa royal palace in owa-oyibu .
2. please igbo propagandists go and get a copy and read.

the obi of owa in benin style regalia on coronation

1. igbo propagandist who are sepecialists on ika and owa history ,have you researched into the origin of igbos ?
2. some of you believe igbo is from nri, others igbo came from igala , others say igbos came from igbo ukwu because of acheological findings , while others say they came from isreal ,please do more research on your tribe instead of dabling into ika history.
3. when the british came they did not meet any notable royalty in igboland , but right now there are thousands of kings claiming that their throne is 6oo years old , oh igbo people you are never tired of lies and propaganda .
4. why is it that morality and truth is far from most of your people? i remember that during the war when igbos were actually loosing ,their propaganda machine was bussy telling people they are winning.

the obi of owa in benin style regalia on coronation

1.the time of british missionaries using igbo teachers and missionaries to spread christianity in ika is over , ika have come to her age of controlling our future , our language , tradition and culture is alive now.
elem igbon , igbon ara saka henrin ebon ika,
ndi igbo wu oseka le ihunai , ebi ebi ke onu gha egbe e ,
ise .,

AGBOTAEN,PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FACT YOUR OBI OF OWA WORE BENIN TRADITIONAL REGALIA DURING HIS CORONATION DIDNT MEAN HE IS EDO OR BINI DESCENDANT.ALL THOSE ARE BORROWED CULTURE FROM THE BINIS.REMEMBER THAT THE BRITISH IMPOSED BINI LEADERSHIP TO PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA ESPECIALLY AGBOR WHICH THE PEOPLE DIDNT LIKE.HOWEVER DURING THOSE TIMES,BINI HAD THIS GREAT INFLUENCE WITH THEIR KINGDOM THAT MANY WESTERN IGBO LEADERS WANTED TO HAVE A KINGDOM LIKE THAT OF THE BINI DURING THOSE YEARS AND THAT MADE MANY OBI'S TO VISIT THE BINI KINGDOM TO LEARN THEIR STYLE OF LEADERSHIP.SO WEARING BINI REGALIA DOESNT MEAN THE OBI IS A BINI DESCENDANT.

agbotaen: 1. igbo propagandist who are sepecialists on ika and owa history ,have you researched into the origin of igbos ?
2. some of you believe igbo is from nri, others igbo came from igala , others say igbos came from igbo ukwu because of acheological findings , while others say they came from isreal ,please do more research on your tribe instead of dabling into ika history.
3. when the british came they did not meet any notable royalty in igboland , but right now there are thousands of kings claiming that their throne is 6oo years old , oh igbo people you are never tired of lies and propaganda .
4. why is it that morality and truth is far from most of your people? i remember that during the war when igbos were actually loosing ,their propaganda machine was bussy telling people they are winning.

@@@AGBOTAEN...THIS IS A COMMENT MADE BY YOUR FELLOW IKA IN A IKA FORUM(WEBSITE)

it pisses me off when i see and hear some of my ika compatriots turn simple logic upside down simply to suite an ill-defined preconceived notion.

the names of our villages, fathers, and great-grand fathers, etc. are ibo names. our language is ibo. we communicate even if with some effort with all manner of ibo 'strangers' from anywhere without first having to learn their dialet. we do not speak edo except it is learnt, despite the proximity.

apart from written records, the first and authentic factor that idenfifies a group of people with another group is the language. other historical factors could be distorted for several reasons.

i do not share in this defeatist notion of shamelessly denying our roots. any meaningful gain?

as an ekwuoma man, i am an ibo from delta state, simple.

agbotaen: the picture is the recent weeding picture of the obi of owa,s daughter lynn efeizomor ,she is wearing owa traditional dress for the royal ladies and this is also for the royal idumu .this marriage took place in owa-oyibu this year 2012 , and this is in line with bini edo traditions of owa kingdom.so to ascribe only igbo traditions to owa and ika is a fallacy that cannot stand the test of time as owa and ika has both edo and igbo traditions ,thereby forming a unique seperate entity .
2. owa researchers, elders ,and members of our community know and agree that owa was founded by the bini from ikoha in ovia local government in a town called owa-ofien.by adagba and followed by ugbasogun also from benin who founded owa-ekei.
3. irrespective of whatever researchers like professor owuejeogu from ibusa who is also a friend and influence on our obi,because he was instrumental in writing some of his books,but the entire owa people set up a committe called the owa stake holders forum and they set up the history committee and they came out with a book that is very comprehensive on owa history and they found out that edo is more ancient in owa and that adagba led several binis to found owa.but later other people came , this is is well noted in the book tited ndiowa and her monarch.as this is the only book sold in owa royal palace .and this book is what formed the basis for owa website www.ndiowa.com

DO YOU ALSO KNOW THAT LADIES DRESS THIS WAY DURING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES IN MAINSTREAM IGBO LAND??DOES THAT MAKE THEM BINIS

NOW AGBOTAEN>>>>HAVE YOU HEARD OF DR OLOM OKONTAIF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD,HE IS FROM ABGOR.BELOW IS ONE OF HIS COMMENTS IN THE LAST INTERVIEW HE GRANTED.EXCERPTS

Ikaworld: What is your plan for the future?



Dr. Okonta: As the saying goes, man proposes, but God disposes. I believe that man is the arbiter of his own misfortune. I believe in God, but also I believe in man; because man has caused a lot of problems that were not the intention of God. For instance, man caused all the under-development problems all over Nigeria. It was man that turned off light everyday in Nigeria, not God. It was man that left all our roads and structures dilapidated; it was man that looted our treasury to the Swiss Bank; it was man that left our hospitals with incompetent doctors and unsafe environment. The list goes on.



I have several ideas going through my mind regarding what the future holds for me at this point in my life. I have practiced many years as a scholar-practitioner and solved community problems as a Civil Engineer, as a Professor, as a computer Business Owner, and now I would like to give back to the community. By so doing, I would help to solve or at least, to alleviate some of the society-problems enunciated above.



I also would like to point out that I am currently working with Diasporan Organizations such as CISA (Council of Igbo States in the Americas) whose objectives include working with and actualizing the D3 Initiative propounded by Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan. As humbly as could possibly represent, I would like to report that I was recently (last week) appointed as the DSG (Speaker of the House) in charge of Igbo Assembly in the Diaspora. I am proposing to the Board of Presidents the following Projects this fiscal year (2010):



1. Free Medical Mission to Asaba, Agbor, Onitsha, and Issele-uku.

2. Actualization of the Delta Diasporan Direct (D3) Initiative proposed by Dr. Uduaghan

3. Education, Training and Counseling Mission to Delta and Imo States.



I am humbled and trying my level best to let the Almighty God use my knowledge and experience to alleviate human suffering.


FOR FULL INTERVIEW GO HERE
http://www.ikaworld.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=Glittersamp;Achievers&article=640

agbotaen: the picture is the recent weeding picture of the obi of owa,s daughter lynn efeizomor ,she is wearing owa traditional dress for the royal ladies and this is also for the royal idumu .this marriage took place in owa-oyibu this year 2012 , and this is in line with bini edo traditions of owa kingdom.so to ascribe only igbo traditions to owa and ika is a fallacy that cannot stand the test of time as owa and ika has both edo and igbo traditions ,thereby forming a unique seperate entity .
2. owa researchers, elders ,and members of our community know and agree that owa was founded by the bini from ikoha in ovia local government in a town called owa-ofien.by adagba and followed by ugbasogun also from benin who founded owa-ekei.
3. irrespective of whatever researchers like professor owuejeogu from ibusa who is also a friend and influence on our obi,because he was instrumental in writing some of his books,but the entire owa people set up a committe called the owa stake holders forum and they set up the history committee and they came out with a book that is very comprehensive on owa history and they found out that edo is more ancient in owa and that adagba led several binis to found owa.but later other people came , this is is well noted in the book tited ndiowa and her monarch.as this is the only book sold in owa royal palace .and this book is what formed the basis for owa website www.ndiowa.com

THIS WHOLE STORY AND BELIEF MAKES YOU SUFFER FROM IDENTITY CRISIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. you are an igbo propagandist and your people are known to lie a lot and you have no shame .
2. is it also not ture that the british used igbos to teach ika people christianity and education , and does that make ika igbo ? the answer is no.
3. for your information my ancestor was obi of owa in 13th century and as at that time benin was not a major power in our area ,and the name of my ancestor was igbedigi no gidigan -which is a benin name and his children were omigie -our family name and this means son of a king or chief , ugbeide -may my family not fall, ugbebor -may my family be blessed , ovwiagbon-son of the soil, imade-may i not fall to the mouth of the people , agbontaen -the world is deep.these are all edo names.
3. the name of our villages have been bearing benin names for over 1000 years like idumu -ezomor, idumu eki, idumu ojezua, idumu omo and others and they clearly recall the names of the founders of such villages.
4. ika area only fell under benin soldiers during the late 16th to 17th century ,during esigie and orhogbuas time ,so the bini ika relationship happened way way back .
5. ika did not stay under benin for long, and the kingship of most ika communities is dated 12th century and as at that time benin was still a small kingdom.
6. the story of the founding of agbor started during the ogiso and even the founding of owa and many other ika towns as the first word for king in ika is not obi ,but ogiso .
7. i make bold to say that the culture of ika including most of our traditional believe is purely of benin origin,whether the igbo propagandist likes it or not.
8. the owa researches ,professors and elder conluded that benin is more ancient than igbo in owa and indeed in ika land.
9. the major festivals in owa are still ikaba,olokun,ovia,ehi,igue,ohumweeden,ugbose which are of benin origin,while ikenga is of igbo origin,and ajan is from ute-okpu.
10.to tell you the truth in owa or ika land any title that is of igbo line is less significant ,but those of benin lines forms the most ancient and significant of our titles.
11. our highest socio-political forum is ogua /onu ika and that is what projects our identity ,not your lame duck ohaneze ndigbo that is begging and cajoling for members by falsifying history,.
12. i will urge you igbo people to go and do more research on your origin that spending your time on ika history.
13. there was no time i claimed that ika is benin ,but we are aware that our early founders were mostly binis but the incoming of other people like the igbos and others has altered that and we are now firmly of ika ethnic nationality,with our perculiar ways and any body wishing to make us igbo are just day dreaming and ika vast majority have rejected the igbos and they showed it in action in 1966 and if it happens again ika will reject igbos again.
even right now most ika people are very sceptical of igbos and i want to tell you people to go and repair your battered image , and stop selling an expired ethnicity to us .as a good product needs no advertisement .but a bad product will always be shouting i am good use me, the ika have no need of the igbos , it is the igbos that go on shouting ika is igbo and really i dont know what they think they will achieve with that.
our former leader of ika ethnic group chief fortune ebie has said ika cannot be igbo because we are two different groups
14. our fathers in 1930 MADE A UNIVERSAL DECLARATION THAT ika is not under any ethnic group and different from others ,this they told the british when benin said ika is part of bini.and again when biafra came into ika land in 1966 ,our elders also expelled them,incidentally the obi of owa was at the fore front of expelling the igbos and the biafra later declared him wanted dead or alive , and most igbo propagandists that like quoting his book ,havent you read of that in the book or it is too heavy to write ?
15. IKA PEOPLE CONSIDERS ANY TRIBE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PROPER MONARCHY AS BABARIC,UNCULTURED and highly immoral and that includes ------------------------------------------------

the king of owa

this is it

1. let me answer the ekwuoma man , well your community is one of the last ika communities before you get to predominantly igbo cultural area and many people there have igbos as their ancestor so it is not uncommon to hear and ekwuoma man say he is igbo , that is quite understood , even the language of ekwuoma is not ika but aniocha , and i have met many ekuoma people that want to leave ika and join aniocha ,because many of them dont consider themselves to be ika , and so also are many igbodo people whose ancestora also came from the east .we regard these communities as the eastern aspects of ika land .of recent one jester from ekwuoma declared himself as obi ,but no ika king went there for his coronation and it was only so called igbo kings that went there and the government did not recognise it ,because in ika land ekwuoma has never had an obi , but the community is under the obi of akumazi .what they have are chiefs.i dont blame them just like their igbo ancestors they think any body can be obi ,because their ancestors do not have a royal history.
2. ekwoma and igbodo were ika communities that joined and supported biafra during the civil war and they also suffered the consequencies .so its up to them to declare who they are and infact their population is very minimal in ika land interms of many things ,but we are ika ( owa,agbor, umunede,idumuesah,uteokpu,uteogbeje,otolokpo,abavo,ozanogogo,and igbanke and others ) we believe in our ika nationality we are not and cannever be igbo .
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Onu Ika Nigeria: Expanding Frontiers Of Peace And Sustainable Development
September 7, 2012 12:00 AM Comments Off Views: 25

BY SUNDAY EGEDE

There are many ethnic nationalities in Nigeria and one of them is Ika. The people of Ika ethnic nationality are found in the Ika Federal Constituency which is made up of Ika North-East and Ika South local government areas of Delta State. There are 11 autonomous kingdoms within the ethnic nationality and each of them is headed by a traditional ruler who is the supreme custodian of the cultural heritage of his people.

As a result of the need to promote harmonious co-existence within and among the various strata or components of the Ika nation as well as to encourage the spirit of love, unity and mutual understanding of all Ika ethnic indigenes wherever they are, the Onu Ika Nigeria was formed by the progressively minded sons and daughters of Ika nation. The Onu Ika Nigeria was also formed to enhance and protect the public image of Ika people generally among others.

The vision of Onu Ika Nigeria, no doubt, is to become the mouthpiece and platform for the promotion of the interest and core values of Ika ethnic nationality and by the same vein, its mission is to promote, nurture and sustain the identity of Ika ethnic persons within the Delta North Senatorial District otherwise known as Anioma geopolitical zone of Delta State within the context of the federal republic of Nigeria.

Since the Onu Ika Nigeria was formed about 17 years ago, it has obviously lived up to its expectation in bringing the people of Ika nation together through the annual Ogwa Ika designed to provide a veritable platform where matters impacting on Ika social life, culture, tradition, education, health, progress and general welfare of sons and daughters of Ika nation are deliberated upon.

Only recently, the 14th Ogwa Ika which featured the 13th Ika Ka Mma Annual Lecture was held at the Ika National Hall, Agbor, headquarters of Ika South local government area of the state. In his goodwill message to the people of Ika nation during the ceremony, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan called on them (the people of Ika ethnic nationality) to use their annual gathering (‘Ogwa Ika’) as a platform for promoting greater cohesion, understanding, love and amity among the different communities in Ika land and within individual communities as well.

The governor who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Government House, Asaba, Dr. Festus Okubor, noted that the call had become necessary in view of some worrisome developments within Ika land, adding that “there is growing intra-community differences and that of kidnapping in the area”.

According to him, with the annual gathering of Ika people, differences should be narrowed, better understanding should be firmly agreed upon, methods of making youths in Ika to engage in more purposeful and productive ventures and becoming watchdogs of good conduct among themselves should be worked out while elders in individual communities could have a mechanism to leverage on this unity that ‘Ogwa Ika’ and ‘Ika Ka Mma’ annual lectures are all geared to attain.

While urging the organizers of the programme (Onu Ika Nigeria) not to relent in their efforts aimed at promoting socio-cultural, economic, environmental and educational development among the Ika people in particular and the nation in general, he said “the theme for this year’s lecture ‘Environmental Degradation: The Need to Pep up Standards for the Ika People’ is quite appropriate as it is in tandem with the environmental programme of our human capital agenda”.

Continuing, Uduaghan said “as a body, you (Onu Ika Nigeria) are in a vintage position to lead the advocacy for change of attitude towards deleterious environmental practices among our people”, adding that he was drawn to this year’s lecture because of his special interest in climate issues.

“It is my hope that at the end of this lecture, we should have succeeded in giving human face to environmental issues, empower our people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development, promote an understanding that even our local communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues like bush burning, deforestation, converting drainages to waste dumps, erecting buildings on drainage channels, illegal wood logging among others”, the governor stated.

Speaking further, he said that the state government, in pursuit of its three point agenda, remained committed to sustainable development of the entire state “including the fulfillment of the traditional obligation of providing an enabling environment for the peaceful operation of the private sector, pointing out that Ika land has always been known for its disposition towards peace, industry and commercial enterprise of its sons and daughters including well respected and great farmers.

As a state and people, Governor Uduaghan said, we assure all investors that our hands remain wide open to welcome them into the state. “As a state, we have sustained all our environmental programmes which were put in place by my administration. Much has been achieved but we need all the co-operation and understanding of all our people to withstand all the ravages that climate change may bring”, the governor added.

In his remarks, the Chairman at the occasion, Chief Andrew Nwadike stated that with the intensification of oil exploration activities in various locations in Ika land, the prospects of worsening environmental degradation would be compounded. With such marginal oil fields in parts of Abavo, Agbor, Owa and Ute Okpu Kingdoms, Nwadike said, exceptional proactive measures have to be adopted in order to avoid the likely collateral environmental damages whose consequences could be both intimidating and devastating. “Let crude oil drilling in Ika land bring us peace, blessing and prosperity rather than doom and devastation”, he added.

Speaking further, the Chairman submitted that after a careful forensic audit and rigorous definition of the Ika Nation, the compound name “Ika Ibo” does not exist, saying that you are either Ika or Ibo and not both. According to him, Ika Ibo was merely coined as a protective mechanism for our brothers and sisters across the River Niger during the civil war years, adding that “the clarification becomes very compelling as a device to avoid a gross display of ignorance on the part of our children and grandchildren”.

While applauding members of Onu Ika for their resilience and passionate commitment towards sustainable socio-economic and political development of Ika land, he stressed the need for a symbiotic relationship between them (members of Onu Ika) and the political class from Ika ethnic nationality, pointing out that such a synergy would make for mutual inclusiveness and compact.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Head of the collective leadership of Onu Ika Nigeria, Mr. Daniel Usifoh said that the current leadership of Onu Ika had resolved to resuscitate the dying Ika language as one of the strategies to reinforce the unity of Ika people and clarify their opaque identity among the Anioma people and the Nigeria nation at large.

Usifoh who spoke on a number of strategic focuses of Onu Ika Nigeria, called for the reactivation of animal rearing and the planting of economic trees in Ika land even as he cautioned on the double edge effects of crude oil and gas exploration, adding that the people of Ika nation should be more security conscious.

Delivering the 13th ‘Ika Ka Mma’ annual lecture which has “Environmental Degradation: The Need to Pep up Standards for the Ika People” as its theme, an Associate Professor of Geology in Delta State University, Abraka, Edwin Ozor Adaikpoh defined environmental degradation as a process through which the natural environment is compromised in some way, thereby reducing biological diversity and the general health of the environment.

Adaikpoh said that “this process (environmental degradation) can be entirely natural in origin or it can be accelerated or caused by human activities”, adding that many international organizations have recognized environmental degradation as one of the major threats facing the planet.

On the role of government in controlling environmental degradation, he said “government should ensure that all industries are located far away from cities; enforce strict laws for pollution control in industries as well as vehicles and ensure that all industries set up waste treatment plants”.

Continuing, the lecturer said the public should be educated on the causes and effects of environmental degradation, pointing out that it was of utmost importance for communities to ensure that Memorandum of Understanding were not violated by exploration bodies “and when cash compensation is made, the projects desired must be executed”.

onu ika and our elders have spoken that there is nothing like ika-ibo which most ignorant people always say and it is either you are ika or igbo.
2. our nationality is well defined and for some igbo jesters who think my opinion is an individual one they have to think twice as majority of ika people including our intelligesia thinks the way i think ,and that is we are ika period.
3. but like i always say the igbo propagandists can still go on deceiving themselves just like when igbos were loosing and they were still saying we are winning.

agbotaen: 1. let me answer the ekwuoma man , well your community is one of the last ika communities before you get to predominantly igbo cultural area and many people there have igbos as their ancestor so it is not uncommon to hear and ekwuoma man say he is igbo , that is quite understood , even the language of ekwuoma is not ika but aniocha , and i have met many ekuoma people that want to leave ika and join aniocha ,because many of them dont consider themselves to be ika , and so also are many igbodo people whose ancestora also came from the east .we regard these communities as the eastern aspects of ika land .of recent one jester from ekwuoma declared himself as obi ,but no ika king went there for his coronation and it was only so called igbo kings that went there and the government did not recognise it ,because in ika land ekwuoma has never had an obi , but the community is under the obi of akumazi .what they have are chiefs.i dont blame them just like their igbo ancestors they think any body can be obi ,because their ancestors do not have a royal history.
2. ekwoma and igbodo were ika communities that joined and supported biafra during the civil war and they also suffered the consequencies .so its up to them to declare who they are and infact their population is very minimal in ika land interms of many things ,but we are ika ( owa,agbor, umunede,idumuesah,uteokpu,uteogbeje,otolokpo,abavo,ozanogogo,and igbanke and others ) we believe in our ika nationality we are not and cannever be igbo .
2.

You always have a way out sha...that i'll give to you. So, you're now dividing Ika simply because some people say they're Igbos. Tomorrow, if someone from your village says he's Igbo you'll say his family moved there from Onitsha.

TEST FOR IKA ETHNIC NATIONALITY .
I urge all ika people to take this test as see if they are ika or not.
1. what is the name of your village ?
2. what is the history of your village ? and what is the history of your town?
3. what type of chietancy and kingship do you practice in your town?
4. what are the names of the notable titles in your village/town.
5. what is the name of your market days?
6. what festivals are done in your town?
7. what are the origins of these festivals ?
8. what are the names of your ancestors?
9. what kind of marriage is performed in your area ?
10. what are the names of the traditional gods in your area ?
11. what name did your ancestor call GOD and guardian spirit ?
12. what language do you speak ?
13. what languages influenced it ?


LET ME STATE CATEGORICALL THAT IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE CRITERIA ,THEN YOU ARE NOT IKA.

1. IF YOU fathers did not call God oselobue or osenobue
2. if they did not worship ogun/idigun in ancient times
3. if they did not worship olokun
4. if they did not perform igue as the new year for ika people
5. if they did not have hereditory chiefs , town and village chiefs
6. if they did not believe in the doctrine of ehi as guardian spirit.
7. if they did not have the traditional marks called igu .
8. if our fore mothers did not practice idinwina cults
9. if they did not believe in devil called ojuwu
10. heaven or spirit world called orimin
11. if they did not call kings ogiso
12. if they did not have an obiship from father to son in uselu style.
13. if they did not divide their towns into ebon( family),idumu-village and ogbe town
14. if they did not believe in the nwebon docrine .
15. if they did not believe in the doctrine of ikpekpe /
then they are not ika

This Agbotaen you don't ever give up even with glaring evidences. Obi Efeizomor said Ika is rooted in Igbo and practises Nri Kingship rather than Benin. Your fellow Ikas have come out to confirm themselves as Igbo. You asked for evidence linking any prominent Ika man with any Igbo organization and you were provided with a link of your Obi in an Igbo organization claiming Igbo. Few minutes ago someone posted a link of Dr Olom Okonta another prominent Ika son from Agbor

I also would like to point out that I am currently
working with Diasporan Organizations such as CISA
(Council of Igbo States in the Americas) whose
objectives include working with and actualizing the
D3 Initiative propounded by Governor Emmanuel
Eweta Uduaghan. As humbly as could possibly
represent, I would like to report that I was recently
(last week) appointed as the DSG (Speaker of the
House) in charge of Igbo Assembly in the Diaspora.
I am proposing to the Board of Presidents the
following Projects this fiscal year (2010):


Stop the insult on Ika and Igbo nation or better still wrap yourself in a live wire.

YOU are just a jester who does not know any thing about owa kingdom and ika except for what you read.
2. how is owa kingship from nri ?
3.let me give you the correct answer the obi of owa has a name called efeizomor and that is definetly a bini name , his father was oboh efeizomr the first , his grand father was obaigbena whose father was okundaiye whose father was igbeoba whose father was oseh , whose father was orhogbua whose father was iseh , whose father was eware whose father was ewodo, these are all bini names or which one concern nri there ?
4. owa kingship is from father to son like the binis , is that an nri system?
5. the crown prince of owa kingdom is solomon efeizomor and he is called edaiken of owa -just like bini ,or is that an nri system and name for a crown prince.
6. every obi of owa is crowned at the uselu -meaning sacred ground just like the bini , or is uselu an igbo or nri word ?
7. owa has three system of chieftancy called ohaimen- the village chiefs, palace chiefs and the hereditory chiefs that goes from father to son and the obi cannot remove the hereditory chiefs or is this an igbo or nri system.
8. the traditional dressing for owa kings and chiefs is same with that of the oba of benin or our beads also from nri ?
9. the obi performs igue and ibiewere festivals and ugbose and ikaba and olokun,idigun -these festivals are from benin .
10. the obi of owa also performs iwagi and ikenga which are from igbo land .
11. the names of titles in owa like ihama, obasogie, obakpolor , esama , ologboshere, ogidigan and others like obaseki are all bini titles with function just like those of benin chiefs.
12. there are also titles in owa that folows igbo line like ogifurueze, obiweanli and others ,they are of lesser importance in owa kingdom and they are recent and not many like those from bini.
13. the praises for the obi of owa is mainly taken from benin mixed with igbo that reflects original ika language as spoken by owa people,
agbogidi iyare ,
ojenebo iyare,
ogiso iyare,
agwo ekirika iyare,
obi ni tor ne i fe
iseh.

14.the daily greetings of owa people still reflect where there original people came from which is bini ,
1.we greet laiwe oooo,
2. we also greet dooo,
3. we also greet oooh,
4. we also greet laiweze but in benin they greet lavbieze
5. we also greet obori .

15. our ancestors believed that GOD was called oselobue or osenobue or is this also an nri word or igbo word ?
16. owa kingdom believes in the doctrine of ehi like bini and we do not believe in chi like igbos ,
17. i will urge all propagandists to do more research on owa and ika history instead of parroting what they read in some one or two books they have read .
18 . i am a full owa/ika man who has done enough research on our history and i know what ika got from igbo and what we got from edo .we are ika people we are not bini and we are not igbo period and i know my ancestory .
19. in ika we are democratic we do not decided for people where they want to belong and ika or owa is a heterogenous entity -we have people who migrated from igbo land, ishan, bini, ora, ukwuani,aniocha, yoruba and others but the beauty is that all these people have over hundred of years merged to form ika.and we do still have some small group of ika people who believe they are igbos , and that is ok for them , but the fact remains that our vast majority just want to be ika ethnic nationality ,and these we have defended from time to time fiercely and won.
20, IF ANY BODY SAYS IKA OR OWA IS FROM NRI OR OWA KINGSHIP IS FROM NRI , LET THE PERSON TELL US IN DETAILS LIKE I DO ABOUT OWA CULTURE AND TRADITIONS AND HOW THEY CAME FROM NRI?it is not enough to say owa kingship is from nri , so which aspect of our kingship is from nri?