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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by MetaPhysical: 2:48pm On Oct 05, 2019
gwafaeziokwu:
Resistance
The British-Igbo War That Lasted For 31 years – The Ekumeku Resistance
The British-Igbo War That Lasted For 31 years - The Ekumeku Movement

The resolutions of the Berlin conference of 1884-1885, gave European nations the rights to lay claim to lands and resources in Africa.
Britain, who had engaged in the trade with coastal cities before and during the 19th century, made bold their intentions to covet resources and rule over indigenous nations all over Africa.
They came with guns and preachers. Many Africans tribes resisted the British invaders, and this led to protracted wars. Many African tribes put up a great fight against the superior firepower of the suppressive British.
One of such tribes are the Igbo people of ancient Biafra, who are now one of the three major tribes in Nigeria.
The Ekumeku Movement was the name of Igbo army, that held the British at bay and fought them for 31 years.
The Ekumeku movement consisted of a great number of attacks and uprising by the Anioma people of the land, against the British, from 1893-1914.
The Ekumeku warriors were bound by a secret oath, and meticulously utilized guerrilla tactics to attack the British Royal company, who were determined to penetrate Igbo land. The Ekumeku warriors were drawn from thousands of Anioma youth from all parts of Anioma land.
As the war rages on, the Ekumeku warriors defended their rights tom live peacefully without foreign interjection, while the British used heavy armaments. They destroyed homes, farms, and roads, by bombardment.
The British invaded Ndoni in 1870 and bombarded Onicha-Ado (Onicha) on November 2nd, 1897, from River Niger. This set the tempo for the rest of the war. The Royal Niger Company was commanded by Major Festing. They engaged the Anioma people of Ibusa in 1898.
The battle was so severe in 0wa/Okwunzu, in 1094, that the commander W.E.B Crawford requested for more arms from the British headquarters to crush the Western Anioma communities. The people of Owa again in 1906 engaged the British in a gruesome battle that consumed the life of the British commander S. O. Crewe.
Ogwashi-Ukwu faced the British on the 2nd of November 1909 and dealt a heavy blow to the British, who sustained many casualties, with the death of H. C. Chapman.


The Ekumeku became a formidable force in Igbo land and was a great source of nationalism for the Anioma people. It also served as a uniting cord that held together, various towns, who were independent of each other in the past. The Igbo were a republican people and each town had a leadership that was drawn from its oldest of men and families.
The war would have lasted longer, and possibly ended in a British defeat, if the Anioma people had equivalent firepower, and had more allies from other great Igbo kingdoms and towns. But even at that point, other tribes were facing the British on their own.

After almost 20 years of battle, decided to strike with great force. And in December of 1902, they sent a powerful expedition to Anioma kingdom. A great number of towns were destroyed. Civilians and soldiers alike were killed. And their leaders were arrested and imprisoned.

After this, the British were sure that they had suppressed the Ekumeku military cult, and that victory was theirs. The British officers boasted: “the Ekumeku and other secret societies have been completely broken.”

To their greatest surprise, two years later, in 1904, the fearless Ekumeku rose again. The Igbo are proud and egalitarian people. They don’t go down that easily.
When the Ekumeku started their renewed campaign, they changed tactics, and abandoned the guerrilla warfare style of 1989, for the individual defense of each town.

The last battle began in 1909. There was a succession dispute in Ogwashi-ukwu, and the British tried to remove the rightful king and enthrone someone else. One of the heirs to the throne, Nzekwe, the son of the last Obi, sensed the plot of the British and went to war with them to fight for his inheritance.
On November 2nd, 1909, the British sent an expedition to Ogwashi-ukwu to capture him, but they failed. No amount of firepower at that point could defeat or quench the sympathy and dedication of the people towards the Ekumeku. In Asaba, the sympathy for the Ekumeku was so high that the people had the disposition to throw off the already British government in certain parts.

At the time, the acting Lieutenant-governor of the Southern provinces sent an agitated telegram to Lagos. It read: “Whole country is above are… is the state of rebellion.”
After this, reinforcements were sent from Lokoja, for another confrontation at Akegbe. The war raged on, till 1914, when the Ekumeku movement was defeated. That was the same year, the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria were joined as one country.

Some of the heroes of that 31-year war included Dunwku Isus of Onicha-Olona, Nwabuzo Iyogolo of Ogwashi-Ukwu, Awuno Ugbo, Obi of Akumazi, Aggbambu Oshue of Igbuzo, the Idabor of Issele-Ukwu, Ochei Aghaeze of Onicha-olona, Abuzu of Idumuje-Unor, Idegwu Otokpoike of Ubulu-Ukwu. These men are remembered in Anioma land till date.

The Ekumeku war remains one of most bravely fought wars and campaign against British rule and plundering. It later inspired other rebellions around Africa, such as the Mau Mau of Kenya.

The Ekumeku have long been defeated, and that kingdom is now part of the greater Igbo land, in today’s Nigeria. But no matter how far we travel in time, history always remembers that a brave tribe defended their ancestry, heritage, and legacy against the tyranny of Wilberforce.

Till date, in Nigeria, the Igbo remains one of the few tribes that still resist British rule over them and their resources. It can be said that these sentiments were at play when the British supplied weapons to the Northern and Western part of Nigeria to fight the Igbo between 1967-1970.

@MetaPhysical come and show me the ife and OYO resistance to British rule. grin

British- Igbo war
When and where did this happen?
Na ordinary boy's scout Britain go send to wipe you out.

Ekumeku ko, Ajamaja ni! grin grin grin

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by gwafaeziokwu: 2:57pm On Oct 05, 2019
MetaPhysical:


British- Igbo war
When and where did this happen?
Na ordinary boy's scout Britain go send to wipe you out.

Ekumeku ko, Ajamaja ni! grin grin grin

I was expecting you to show your ugly face and sure as hell you didn't disappoint. Mother Africa was partitioned to be bleeped by world powers at Berlin. When Britain advanced towards the west to claim their prize, your ancestors lowered their underwear and bent over.

When they showed their white asses down east they met stiff resistance. For more than two decades they battle the Igbos for complete conquest. We defended mother Africa's honour with our blood and sweat. Worthy of mention is the Mau Mau tribe in Kenya.
grin
I have told you before,we are not mates.

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by OgboAto: 11:41pm On Oct 05, 2019
MetaPhysical:


British- Igbo war
When and where did this happen?
Na ordinary boy's scout Britain go send to wipe you out.

Ekumeku ko, Ajamaja ni! grin grin grin

This has me weak cheesy

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by ibibiogrl: 3:28am On Oct 06, 2019
Ikechunna:
How one person creates multiple accounts to ask the same stupid question is beyond me. Even after his first attempt of doing it have been answered and exposed of his illiteracy. Some people are just extremely PATHETIC!!!


For those that were not on this OP other topic. I'm posting this just for y'all knowledge. I'm 110% sure the so called "Annang" will open multiple topics on the same subject. Instead of arguing with slowpoke, just screenshot and post.
This is PURE LIES, I grew up in Abak the City closest to Ukanafun, I have also asked the daughter of the paramount ruler of Ukanafun, there are no such villages in ukanafun

immhotep:

Igbo amaka
So Ini LGA has now change to Igbo undecided not even Cross River state can make such claims or is this Map for comedy

Ikechunna:


grin grin grin grin by this comment, we can see that the "Annang" man is about to claim Ohaobu as his village grin

Here's more opinion NL Annang.
I think this article might be confusing the name of Ika-Annang with Ika in Delta-Igbo. It's just a similar name and has nothing else in common undecided

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Nobody: 5:06am On Oct 06, 2019
MetaPhysical:


British- Igbo war
When and where did this happen?
Na ordinary boy's scout Britain go send to wipe you out.

Ekumeku ko, Ajamaja ni! grin grin grin
Are you from Daura?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekumeku_Movement

Cc lzaa gmbuharii afamed slap44 iceberg3

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Malawian(m): 9:44am On Oct 06, 2019
Tolexander:
Make I siddon jejely on a tree here, observing, learning and laughing
Tree no dey ogbomosho?
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Tolexander: 9:47am On Oct 06, 2019
Malawian:

Tree no dey ogbomosho?
Dem plenty.

In fact, Na ogbomoso the best mango and cashew trees Dey.

Any problem with that?
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Malawian(m): 9:56am On Oct 06, 2019
Tolexander:
Dem plenty.

In fact, Na ogbomoso the best mango and cashew trees Dey.

Any problem with that?
Taaa gbafuo there .There are no trees in all of Yoruba land that bears any fruits. I have been there myself and even made an observation about it. All you have in Yoruba land are iroko like trees god only for logging and witchcraft meetings. Go outside your house in Ogbomosho and snap any tree there now with fruits. We are on harvesting season now abi? Show me the fruits in Yoruba trees. What a wasteland. Probably climbed an Igbo tree to steal fruits while pretending you are just viewing the scenery below. grin
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Tolexander: 9:59am On Oct 06, 2019
Malawian:

Taaa gbafuo there .There are no trees in all of Yoruba land that bears any fruits. I have been there myself and even made an observation about it. All you have in Yoruba land are iroko like trees god only for logging and witchcraft meetings. Go outside your house in Ogbomosho and snap any tree there now with fruits. We are on harvesting season now abi? Show me the fruits in Yoruba trees. What a wasteland. Probably climbed an Igbo tree to steal fruits while pretending you are just viewing the scenery below. grin
mtcheww

This one is trying to be funnny!
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by oyatz(m): 1:28pm On Oct 06, 2019
They will soon label you an Afonja.

Cletus77:

Bro every boundary between two different ethnic groups must have at least a small proportion of each ethnic on both sides because that is normal even in Europe. But saying they're Igbo communities in Akwa Ibom? Abasi ekan idìok nkpõ
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by akandi4u(m): 1:40pm On Oct 06, 2019
Igbo no get Joy at all
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Nobody: 12:07am On Oct 08, 2019
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
When you say you're proud annag guy , it's similar to an Mbaise or Ngwa man in igbo group saying "i'm a proud Mbaise man" or an ijebu man in Yoruba group saying "proudly ijebu man' or Svealand man in Swedish group saying "proudly Svealand man" or an andalusian man from Spanish group saying "proudly Andalusian man"
I think Nigerian educational system is a failure.
Oron ,ibibio,Efik,Annang and eket are the same people .They are all communities that make up the Akwa cross group or nation. Ibibio is a dialect and community of akwa cross, Oron is a dialect and community of akwa cross ,Annang is a dialect and community of akwa cross ,Efik is a dialect and community of akwa cross. There's no official Akwacross language ,though some dialects in the group may be more popular than others. It's the same for every ethnic group or ethnic nation in the world. Akwa cross is an ethnic group,German is an ethnic group,Igbo is an ethnic group,Swedish is an ethnic group ,Yoruba is an ethnic group,Zulu is an ethnic group,etc. they all have different dialects, unless a synthetic general language is created based all the dialects to unite the group ,or unless one of the dialects greatly overwhelms the rest and is then established as the official language . Akwacross does not have a synthetic official language.
For example, Ngwa,Onicha,Owerre,Udi,Igbere,Abakeleke,Mbaise etc are all dialects and communities that make up Igbo group. A synthetic igbo language was created a few decades ago to unite the group. Although most igbo communities still prefer to speak their community dialects .Onicha dialect is the most popular in the group.
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by haaryobhami: 2:07am On Oct 08, 2019
IamAtikulate:

You mean one miscreant from AKS.

Our brothers on ground are ever ready to defend their land against provocative intruders and the entire Igbo nation will stand gallantly behind them.

AKS is also part of our inheritance.
like u guys are still slaves in Nigeria,pathetic land grabbers from the landlocked tribe of Clifford orgi
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by MetaPhysical: 5:13am On Oct 08, 2019
Chai ! Whats going on? I thought this thread was laid to rest.

Una go give my brothers hypertension....make una take time o!

Egbula ya mmadu, biko nu!

Chineeke God! grin
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by deuces77(m): 10:21am On Nov 23, 2019
immhotep:

Cletus77 cannot stomach Igbo dominationgrin
Biafra cannot stomach Hausa dominationgrin

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Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Kpoikpoi: 10:24am On Nov 23, 2019
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
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by Kpoikpoi: 10:30am On Nov 23, 2019
Da, why are you bothering yourself?
This topic is not worth discussing,if uneghe people think they are now indigenous to Akwa Ibom State it is probably because we have been magnanimous enough to sell land and houses to them.
Ignore them,when they annoy us we will burn those houses down and send them home,that's when they will know that they don't belong here.
Kuyak awo uneghe anam yak afo waste data mfo.
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by DeeFlask(m): 1:04pm On Nov 23, 2019
There are some igbo speaking villages after you cross the azumini river in aks
Re: Where Are Those People Saying There Are Indigenous Igbos In Akwa Ibom? by comfokon: 6:18pm On Nov 13, 2020
IamAtikulate:

Oga, there are Igbo speaking communities in AKS

There are igbo settlers in Akwa Ibom.

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