RedboneSmith:


I think you can do better than this weak comeback.

DMerciful:
Comeback? I don't have your time! I've better things to do!

Xander85:


Igbo-hating schmuck...Biafra is not yours to give! Or are you saying Igbos and other ethnicities that may want to form Biafra are your slaves, and signed away their liberties and fundamental human rights to you in perpetuity?

What’s your ethnicity by the way? Just want to know who these people are that ‘love’ Igbos so much that they can’t bear to let go!

natinhoo:
If you like, go an force Yoruba to become Igbo, nonody dey give una biafra

pazienza:


Do you mind throwing light on the aspect of history of Afikpo you speak of ?

letu:
: Afikpor history speaks of first settlers as non Igbo who were know as Egu and Nkalu whom an Igbo warlord know as Igbo Ukwa in which the Aros call him Oke Igbo with his band of Igbo warriors invaded there homeland, merged with them and unite them together and speak one language which is know as Ehiubo.

pazienza:


The Egu and Nkalu were Igbo speaking.

Those they call Igbos that came to settle amongst them are no different from Igbere people calling Aro people who tried to capture and ransack their town Igbos.

Hope you know Igbere was derived from the words Igbo ere, meaning Igbos(Aro people) cannot sell. It doesn't mean Igbere people themselves were not Igbos.

That Egu and Nkalu people called the people who came to conquer them Igbos, does not mean they were non Igbos themselves.

I think in the past, the usage of the Igbo tag is limited to certain groups in Igboland.

By the way, Afikpo dialect is Ehugbo, and it's Igbo in all ramifications.

Many Igbo town/clans today was formed by union of different Igbo speaking groups who came to coinhabit together, mixed their individual dialects to produce New dialect the group speak today, it's not peculiar to Afikpo.

I think there is a problem with Igbo psych. Many Igbo people find it exotic to claim they have some non Igbo origin, I think they see this as a sign of sophistication over their fellow Igbo neighbors, every story of minute non Igbo influences or contacts are exaggerated and twisted to serve this purpose. Whereas in contrast, Igbo neighbors in southern Nigeria try as much as possible to mute Igbo imprints in their history.
Chief E. A Iduwe in his book on Agbor history noted this inferiority complex issue in Igbo towns/clan historical narratives, and called it out while condemning it.

frankdoz28:
Aniocha, Ndokwa, Ika and Oshimilli are Igbo people and nothing can change it. Our Ancestral igbo state is known as Anioma. They forced us into delta state and that's why today if they want to call us they will refer to us as Delta-Igbos meaning the Igbos in delta state.
But today it is a pity and very shameful to see some Ika people saying they are not Igbos all because they want to answer Niger-Delta which they don't even know the meaning; some even claim to be bini of which they don't even understand come in bini language. How can you be speaking bia which is an igbo dialect and be claiming bini? are you normal? How can you be bearing an igbo name and you are claiming bini? are you sure you are okay?
If you are one of such Ika people who deny their igbo identity my dear it is high time you wake up from ignorance and tell yourself some truth. can a Yoruba man give birth to a child and give him or her an igbo name? No! Then ask yourself why our parents in Ika are always giving their children an igbo names.
I am proudly Nwa-Aba from Abavo kingdom.
Udo diri unu........