IamAtikulate:

If defending our ancestral lands in AKS makes us Fulani, then we are Fulanis.

Near any Igbo ancestral land in AKS and collect anyhow.

Enter Ohaobu in AKS and claim it is Ibibio and pay with your live.

Ndi oshi ala
Land grabbers!

nwabobo:


Adịọk anọ nwa ịtịd ụka. Akpọk inieghe idet, ate ikaa barber.

Anụ mpam

otuekong1:

Why do you Igbo's always love bullying and insulting it makes no sense,please show some courtesy
If we the Akwa ibomites say that there is no indigenous Igbo village in our state,its left for us, its not what you should result to insult and lies
Please show maturity

IamAtikulate:

Oga, there are Igbo speaking communities in AKS

otuekong1:
You think so?? You are free to think

otuekong1:

You were welcome and accomodated in Akwa Ibom ,but you have only been raining insults on all your comments
You need to be matured

otuekong1:

Why do you Igbo's always love bullying and insulting it makes no sense,please show some courtesy
If we the Akwa ibomites say that there is no indigenous Igbo village in our state,its left for us, its not what you should result to insult and lies
Please show maturity

IamAtikulate:

Go and check who is the Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom before 2019.

Try also to find out where he is from.

nwabobo:


Who are you to determine the ethnicity of a people?

gwafaeziokwu:
Ndoki Assembly says they occupy 3 villages in a local government in Awka Ibos state. Please are they lying?

nwabobo:


Who welcome who in Ákwá Ibom? Da, ndo ata aman isọng, so I won't stand by and watch ndịtọ ụtịd ini like Kpoikpoi give the state a bad name.

Yujin:

I've always known that the brain behind this thread is a Yoruba and the aim is Biafra. Cletus77 maybe Annang like he claimed but I believed he was heavily motivated by a Yoruba to open up such a thread so as to create animosity between Igbos and Akwa Ibomites. We've always been a United people and where we disagree among ourselves it doesn't usually descend into mortal violence. The Yorubas always try the much they can to hem Igbos at all sides by accusing us of land grabbing and further instigating neighbouring tribes against us. I wish all Igbos can really understand this so we could face them squarely and place mines for them too.
I did state that there were some Igbo communities in Akwa Ibom but I couldn't back it up with evidence because I couldn't find it again. Thankfully, 'Ikechunna' brought them out. I can faintly remember that Ohaobu community. There was a time their traditional leader one Eze was complaining of neglect. That's all I remembered.
See the rubbish 'MetaPhysical' posted against Ndigbo. See how he's twisting history to push an insulting narrative. The rabid Igbo hater said Igboland was purchased by the Royal Niger Company but didn't tell us who they bought it from. He said the coastal communities had written agreements with the European colonists but Igbos had none but was so foolish to notice that Igbos stood better chance at exerting their freedom anytime because they never signed any binding documents they never had any input in their formation. It was our hospitality and peaceful nature that made it easy for the Royal Niger Company to succeed in our domain without need for deceptive treatise. It was just do your thing and go. Of all the kings that troubled Europeans in the whole Southern Nigeria, after the Oba of Benin, it was an Igbo king- Jaja of Opobo. Which Yoruba Oba was a known resistance to the British? Rubbish! This critter called Igbos minority who rose to prominence but failed to realize that the 'live and let's live' mantra of Igbos is what actually pushed our language farther than our area. Igbos never sought to dominate anyone. Just come and do your thing was our way of life. No one conquered us. The worst that happened to some of us was when a warring neighbouring tribe tries to be over ambitious and attacks part of Igboland. They may succeed at the beginning but will soon lose steam and be pushed back or forced to acculturate. That's what happened to both the Benin and Igala invaders in the northern and north western parts of our land. Non of our land was taken from us and renamed. Igbos were never land grabbers and still aren't land grabbers. If your land is favourable to us, we simply buy them off. We have no time to forcefully take things from people. Our cosmological beliefs had equipped us to succeed in our business endeavours which enables us to purchase want we desire.
Finally, Ndigbo are a great people who I believe a presently passing through a formative crucible meant to bring out the best in us. Our nation will be renowned world over when we establish Biafra. Non of the riff raffs from Nigeria can stop it. You can continue with the hatred - it makes us stronger and reinforces our resolve.

otuekong1:

Is it nwoko you are talking about?
Guy the Anaangs bear an Igbo songlike name
example
Inibehe okorie
Uwemedimo nwoko
Justice inyang okoro

Note;A person is not wholly clarified by his name
Michael is a Jewish name but Christians bear it
Shawn is British but Nigerians that bear the name ain't british

This argument you are arguing have you been to the said place or you base you arguments on what is available online or on radio

otuekong1:

Hmmmm ato mo ke akwa ibom??

otuekong1:

Awka ibos state??
Hmmmmmmmmmmm

MetaPhysical:
Cletus77
Good job!! Im very proud of you!

In the 1800s communities on the coast were concentrated on river banks and estuaries. They commanded trade and collected levies. Ijaws were the middlemen and brokers between coastal people and the hinterland. The Chiefs at the coast had large population of Ibo slaves who could not sail because the trade in human cargoes had been banned. Many were retained as domestic slaves and or engaged in errands up and down river to distant villages trading in oil on their master behalf.

So while the Chiefs at coast were entering into diplomatic treaty with the crown, Iboland was an asset of Royal Niger Company which held rights to the territory. Iboland had no treaty with anybody, the territory was purchased by Britain.

Up to 1890 Ibo was a minority. After it was bought by crown and joined to the independent kingdoms of coastal Chiefs Iboland and its people remained minority in the protectorate. In 1906 when the Colony and the Protectorate were merged, Calabar was Capital....Ibo remained minority. In fact Ibo was still minority in 1914 when North and South merged and became Nigeria.

So how, between 1914 and 1945, did Ibo become a majority?

It happened with the help of christian missionaries.

Before British Governors were posted to Nigeria they usually have served tours in India, Kenya, Palestine, Ethiopia....and these places typically speak one language, sometimes two...but no more. This made administration very easy for whites.

Nigeria was a nightmare! Every village had a different language from next. So they aggregated communities and cultures.

Any land Hausa was spoken, whether they were Hausa people or not...were branded as Hausa North. Its why places like Benue, Kwara and Kogi were placed in North and the capital moved from Lokoja to Kaduna. Any place where Ibo was spoken was tagged Iboland. Hence why Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom were lumped to East...and the capital placed in Enugu, instead of the old capital in Calabar. They took rulership from the independent kingdoms they had treaty with and then created phantom kingdoms headed by warrant officers to become the go between white man and the people of Eastern Region.

This factor I described above was the political one.

There was a punitive one.
Oba of Benin was regarded the crown over all lands from Bini to Calabar. This is why after Oba Ovorhamwen was exiled he was taken to old capital in Calabar. They deposed him from throne but left him in his domain and under the caretaker of a British administrator. Their own bias and false estimation of Oba of Benin's territorial domain on the coast came from written journals of exagerrators like Olfert Dapper, a Dutch writer. True, Oba had an extensive stretch which included all way to Onitsha but its hinterland.

So why wasn't Edo language the majority, since they were the origin of all monarchs hinterland from Bini and everything inclusive to Onitsha?

Now, not only did they punish the coastal chiefs and hinterland chiefs but they now promoted a slave stock and gave it majority.

You follow me so far?

You might wonder why I spoke about North and East but left out Yoruba.

Yoruba in fact pioneered language aggregation. Bishop Crowther had many patents to his name and for which his descendants ought to reopen for recognition and proprietary rights.

Bishop Crowther had worked in mid-1800s and standardized Yoruba to the Ibadan lexicon. Therefore all lands that spoke a dialect of Yoruba naturally coalesced into a commonwealth ruled by same dynastic origin. So Yoruba was a natural identity that did not suffer the misplaced cultural origin or heirarchies suffered in North and East. The only exception was Benin, whose Oba was persuaded by Ibos under him to rebel against Western region and demand his independence. Soon as he succedded getting Mid Western region their land grabbing ambition accelerated to 5th gear. They did not let him rest until forcefully they occupied his kingdom, planted a flag and declared it domain of biafra.

All Obas were grouped West, all Emirs and Sarkis were grouped North.

If Bishop Crowther had not worked on uniting Yoruba under one grouping, we would have ended with similar fate as they now have in North.

Gowon broke the mixup in East when he created COR and had he not declared No Victor, No Vanquish at end of war, Ibo would have gone back to being a minority. Rivers State was already in that direction to reduce Ibo back to its slavery status. Gowon saved the day. Ibo must forever give him a hero's salute.

There is another factor that made Ibo majority in East. Christian missionaries came after British administrators. They considered Bishop Crowther's work a major accomplishment. Missionary work is marketed on the notion that Southern Nigeria is a paganland. So there is legitimate reason to evangelize and win heathens for the Church. The missionaries were dying from disease. So a quick and fast approach is to ignore dialect and ignore culture ....wherever you have a widespread use the language to quickly penetrate and teach cathechism.

Bishop Crowther's son headed the Niger Delta Church. He discovered that Ibos were up and down the river. Made sense....they were in large population during slave trade, and as messengers and menial laborers to wealthy Ijaws and Kalabaris they had settled along river banks during oil palm trade and some of them even became business owners.

Bishop Crowther Jnr found the original Ibo is in Owerri area. Other Ibo speaking areas had variants that were not interchangeable and made understanding difficult between Ibo communities. At river banks however you find people who because of trade up and down water and into different lands spoke variations and therefore were recruited as interpreters by church. This is how Isuama Ibo was standardised by Crowther. Missionaries took his work and used it to teach cathechism. Hence helping to even spread the language deeper past its cultural homeland. If you wanted to attend school you learnt bible in Ibo. If you wanted to be favored by missionaries and colonial administrators you profess Jesus. So ignorantly the missionaries helped Ibo spread into non-Ibo cultures in their ambition to win christian converts.


These three factors
1- political expediency for indirect rule
2- punitive action against Benin and coastal Chiefs
3- missionary ambition to eradicate paganism

.....is why Ibo, a minority in 1914, has become majority by 1945.

Rivers State came close to returning them to minority, but for Gowon declaring No Victor, No Vanquished!

Save this and put in your back pocket as weapon to teach landgrabbers lesson.

I have more than this...but I cant say it all here. I have to reserve and maintain monopoly on the background and root of Ibo in this country.

Na small small....Ibo go learn to humble itself, by fire by force. They have the sharp mouth...we have the historical blade. We go see who sabi slice and cut pass.

gwafaeziokwu:




I laughed like mad while going through your attempt at history revisionism. You really have a fertile imagination I must commend you for that. You are talented but please channel it to something useful.

The part that almost threw me off my seat in a fit of laughter was where you said Igbos were minorities but when the missionaries came they wanted an ethnic group with wide language spread so they chose Igbo language as means of cathechism teaching


By your own hand you admitted Igbos influence over the other tribes in the lower Niger to the extent of imposing their language on everyone. That your Crowder found them in large population so they became a means to preach the new faith to others,Yet somehow you still maintain that they are minorities.

Please oga MetaPhysical from whom did Royal Niger Company bought the Igbo territory??
.

MetaPhysical:


Ona tago?

Face Cletus77 abeg. Get on your knees and beg your SS brothers you will never repeat the error. You need them to have a bright future. You have exhauseted all your goodwill with Yoruba. SS is the only hope left for you in Nigeria. Even Hausa sef gave you quit notice two yrs ago.

Did you see my post where Iwuanyanwu is on his knees begging Nigeria to show conscience and allow Igbo rule. Its coded. If he say Yoruba please....his people will roast him. But we understand he is using coded message to beg Yoruba.

Line your elders up and take them to Lagos to go and prostrate and beg Eleko for insulting him unjustifiably. Until you do dat the highest post Ibo can get is VP.

MetaPhysical:


Ibo ga egbu nmmadu! Chai, Chineke!!

Who was your master before royal niger? Do i need to tell you? Abi you want to be re-colonized ni?

MetaPhysical:


Ibo ga egbu nmmadu! Chai, Chineke!!

Who was your master before royal niger? Do i need to tell you? Abi you want to be re-colonized ni?

otuekong1:

Why do you Igbo's always love bullying and insulting it makes no sense,please show some courtesy
If we the Akwa ibomites say that there is no indigenous Igbo village in our state,its left for us, its not what you should result to insult and lies
Please show maturity

gwafaeziokwu:


Igbos already have a bright future. They are far too successful. Is that not what the issue has been all along?

Iwuanyanwu? The man made pregnant by your corrupt system? The Abuja contractor is talking and you are listening to him. Very soon Chris Uba will come to Lagos and prostrate to you lot. Any thing to make you happy.

The tide has changed my friend. You wrote a name on a tag and pegged it on igbos post civil war. Our parents coming from the trauma of the civil war couldn't be bothered to reply any of your stupidity. Theirs was to build a new society. Acquire wealth and give their children good education. Well they've succeded.

The new generation of Igbos don't bear the burden of the civil war. They are ready to chart a new course for themselves. Abuja contractors masquerading as leaders do not dictate to us. Threats from slow pokes do not faze us. Our collective resolve is simple, THE SUN MUST RISE AGAIN!

gwafaeziokwu:


Please na. I need to know. Help a friend.
Who did Royal Niger Company bought Igbo land from. It's a simple enough question. Ok you want to ask Google, I understand. I will wait.

MetaPhysical:


Yinmu!!!

MetaPhysical:


Igala has always been your master. They sold you to Ijaw. Ijaw turned around sold you to whitey.

RNC did not need to purchase the land. They occupied it. They in turn sold you to British colonial government. British colonial and Yoruba used cathechism to open your eyes to civilization.

MetaPhysical:


Igala has always been your master. They sold you to Ijaw. Ijaw turned around sold you to whitey.

RNC did not need to purchase the land. They occupied it. They in turn sold you to British colonial government. British colonial and Yoruba used cathechism to open your eyes to civilization.

Cletus77:
I know SE/SS are to a large extent politically united, we should learn to say the truth always. There are no indigenous Igbos in Akwa Ibom as someone claimed, and that fake map oilPussy presented, there are no Ekois in Akwa Ibom as well only in Cross River state. I don't know much about Cross River but as for my State Akwa Ibom I can bodly tell you that they're no indigenous igbos. They can have Igbo and Ibom populations in Akwa Ibom and Abia due to business relations and intermarriage between them and that's it. Just as they're a lot of Akwa ibomites in Rivers state due to the regional economic status of Port Harcourt, and Igbos in Lagos, that doesn't give us a bragging right with the natives of the state.

The main languages in Akwa Ibom are Annang, Ibibio, Oron and Obolo(also spoken in Rivers state). The rests are considered dialects of the aforementioned ones but can also choose their status. Ibom languages are mutually intelligible with one another as well as Efik in Cross River state. Although they're various dialects, I think everyone can understand Ibibio

Am proudly an Annang guy