UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASA AND NDOKI AND THEIR HISTORY AND ORIGIN

The Ukwa homeland in recent years has become a center of dispute, controversy and land grabbing between the Igbo and the Ijaw on one hand and the igbo and the Ogoni on the other.


The Asa, Ndoki and Omuma(now part of Echie) were referred to as Ndi Ukwa by their neighbors to the North the Ngwa, their lands extends into Rivers State and so has been a source of dispute between igbo and Ijaw about the identity of the Ndoki in particular.


THE ASA

The Asa were the first group to inhabit that area they currently reside,
They originated down further South towards the creeks,
the Asa were one of the authoctonous groups related to the Ekpeye(also related to the groups who were also aboriginals of Ikwerre area) and spoke a similar dialect. They were long settled along the creeks and swamps close to the coasts, they were proficient in Forestry and we're skilled farmers and lumberjacks.


The Westward expansion of the Ijaw in the late periods brought the Asa into contacts with the Okirika, they were the aboriginals to the area around Abuloma before the Okirika came. The extension of Tai and Gokana(Ogoni) migration into the region that became Eleme brought them into confrontation with Asa groups.

Ogoni reports that the authoctonous groups they encountered at Eleme were proficient and very successful yam farmers, very skilled in Forestry and had big mounds, they were organized into small farming villages headed by yam kings.

The Ogoni referred to the Asa who were their neighbors as the "Pya Saga" or the saga people,
It means "the slashers" in reference to a particular skill the Asa excelled in, they were very hardworking and good in felling trees and clearing virgin forests which abounded in the area, the ever more expanding Ogoni this enlisted the services of Asa labourers to clear more land for farming and settlement.

The Asa as this shows were proficient in Iron technology but were a peaceful and docile people, they were not warlike in nature.

The Asa earlier had settled the Virgin Forests beyond the Imo River all the way up to where Modern day Aba and Ugwunagbo lies, (The Asa are the aboriginals of Aba South and Ugwunagbo) With Okirika and Ogoni expansion the Asa were pushed up further North towards Obigbo.

Sometime in the 17th century, the Ngwa began a series of land hungry and grabbing sweep Southwards bringing them into conflict with the Asa, that's what brought the Ngwa into the Aba and Obi Ngwa area in the first place, the Asa being peaceful people some migrated but many remained with the Ngwa groups, they intermarried and mingled together especially the groups at Ugwunagbo which are still largely of Asa heritage.
The Asa despite the tragedies went back to what they did best, the Ngwa employed them to clearing forests and creating farmlands and settlements, they called them Ndi Asia osisi (tree slashers) which is how the name Asa came about.

Asa groups extends from Ugwunagbo down to Ukwa West and Obigbo,
They are divided into 3 clans, the Oza, Ipu, and asa, with a 4th clan Ohuru-na-mkporobo which is currently under Ndoki but are Asa people, (Mkporobo came from Asa-Umunka in current day Ugwunagbo)
The Asa dialect is somewhat intermediary between Ikwerre and Ngwa, e.g house is Uro, water is mini, father is teete, and the rest.

THE NDOKI

Alagoa is a historian I have respect for, his rich knowledge and talented way of penning his thoughts, he was a skilled writer, he was an Ijaw Nationalist and like many Nigerian historians he gave in sentiments and politics
He may not at first have had designs on the Ndoki, but subsequent developments necessasitated it. You see in his pan Ijaw-ism, Alagoa had released a book detailing Ijaw history and Origins in which he highly exaggerated the Ijaw element in Bonny and passed Bonny as one of the major Ijaw towns, it was not received well in the scholarly world, it was major consensus that Ibani had migrated to their current location from Ndoki and what ever Ijawness there was in Bonny was via assimilation, so how can a people who.migrated from the igbo hinterland be Ijaw, this loophole sent Alagoa back to his burrow where he edited his work and did what Ijaw historians did best, he edited and exaggerated his way through Ndoki history and turned them into Ijaws overnight,

One thing I give Alagoa credit for is that prior to his Ijaw nationalism, Ijaw clans were equally as crazed with Benin origin as many of the Western Igbo, Alagoa's movement crushed it amongst the Ijaws. You see the Ndoki's equally had a tradition tracing their origin to Benin(albeit misconstrued history) and there is a reason for this tradition you will understand why.
Alagoa in his book states that the Ndoki left from Ijaw land around the Sagbama area to make it to their current location.

But whether Benin or Sagbama there is one place where the two accounts agree on, the Ndoki left from Oguta and settlements along the Niger, all the areas meantioned such as Ndoni, Atissa, Onya, these are all traditionally Oru-Igbo areas in the past, since they came from Oru (Oguta) they went to Umunoha and from there to Isuama before making it to Imo River, they eventually settled first at Umuagbayi and then pushed up into Annang country around the Azumini River,

The reason for this Benin tradition is very obvious, they came from an area around Oguta with a long standing relationship with Benin, a lot of Benin tales and Benin influence, so they probably went with such tales, but since their trail cannot be traced beyond Oguta, it is glaring that Ndoki are an Oru(Ogbashu) people who went Eastwards from the Niger, any story of their origin from Bayelsa are concocted lies.
The Oru origin of the Ndoki is very evident in their riverine culture despite the fact that they have mixed with Asa, Ngwa, and Annang to produce the blend of culture and language they have today, but the Ndoki remained fearless seafarers, the Riverine was what made them despite living inland to venture to the open seas following the course of the Imo River, it is this sojourn that took them to Bonny Island, where they soon started settling on mass, it is not clear if they met small Ijaw fishing camps already domiciled there or if the Ijaw groups came later, but we equally cannot deny the Ijaw element in Bonny,
However it is worth noting that the Ijaw expansion into the Eastern Niger Delta is pretty recent at least 18th century.

The wading of the Ndoki into the creeks and Open Sea brought them in contact with the Ijaw houses who were expanding Eastwards, cross Cultural exchanges took place with exchange of wives, slaves, goods etc, even Ndoki land served as refuge for Ijaw fleeing their many protracted wars which is how Ijaw influences diffused into Ndoki land,
The Ndoki dominated trade up and down the Imo River(this was before the rise of Opobo) in a much similar way to how Aboh, Ossomari and Oguta ran trade on the Niger. The Ndoki dialect still bears some similarities and names with the Ogbashu at the Niger.

The Nwaotam masquerade originated from Ndoki from there travelled to Bonny and then Opobo... It is still a major part of these three communities.

Ndoki is made up of the following clans, Umuihueze, Ikwuriator, Obohia, Ikwueze, Umuokobo and ika-na-annang (remnants of Annang people from abak and ika who settled in Ndoki) and Oha Obu currently in Akwa Ibom State.

The Umuihueze group which includes the famous town of Akwete is trace their descent from one Ihu son of Eze, they common meeting place was at Obunku and their sacred juju is known as Ogu

The Ikwuriator group settled around the Azumini creeks trace their line of descent from Kwokwo Eze another son of Eze, their common juju or deity is known as Ajamaja

Obohia is descended from iloko another son of Eze.

Ikwueke did not have a common ancestor but comprises of people who came together for a common interest and security,
Their common meeting place was Eti and they had a central juju or deity known as Ariaga.

Umuokobo traces their descent to Okobo one of the original settlers at UmuAgbayi, they do not go to war on Eke day.
Ohanku was founded by Abam migrants while Ohambele had its origin in Ibeme clan.

Ibeme clan which is one of the largest clans in Obi Ngwa are an Ndoki people, they were once under Azumini courts before in colonial times but for some reason in 1945 were carved into Okpuala Ngwa district court and during the creation of Local Governments they were ceded to Ngwa, However they still maintain cultural and linguistic links with Ndoki
Ibeme is made up of four sub clans, Ibeme, Abala, Oberete-Isiala and Abala Nkamiri

Akwete as a town became famous of its textile industry and was famously patronized by most Ijaw towns in the creeks, the cloth they produce is known as akuraku and Ikaki Ibite.

THE NDOKI

Alagoa is a historian I have respect for, his rich knowledge and talented way of penning his thoughts, he was a skilled writer, he was an Ijaw Nationalist and like many Nigerian historians he gave in sentiments and politics
He may not at first have had designs on the Ndoki, but subsequent developments necessasitated it. You see in his pan Ijaw-ism, Alagoa had released a book detailing Ijaw history and Origins in which he highly exaggerated the Ijaw element in Bonny and passed Bonny as one of the major Ijaw towns, it was not received well in the scholarly world, it was major consensus that Ibani had migrated to their current location from Ndoki and what ever Ijawness there was in Bonny was via assimilation, so how can a people who.migrated from the igbo hinterland be Ijaw, this loophole sent Alagoa back to his burrow where he edited his work and did what Ijaw historians did best, he edited and exaggerated his way through Ndoki history and turned them into Ijaws overnight,

The above was the reason Ijaws are desperate to claim Ndoki.
The soul of Bonny and Opobo lies on Ndoki becoming Ijaw by fire by force.
As Ndoki-Igbos founded those towns.

All this epistle because of coast and oil
Bkayy Ojiofor Akiara Igboid Alexbells

Whatever happened to self determination?
Leave the minorities alone!
Attache by force
Is Oil and coast that important?

Can't you see Rwanda?
Pattern your Online republic with the Rwanda model na

Some of these arguments majorly arise because of one reason. People are dumb in Nigeria. How can someone in his right senses even attempt to spin an Ijaw origin for Ndoki. O wrong naw. People are so stupid. The second reason this things happen is politics and greed. A peculiar reason this happens to us Igbo is that we were too soft with the useless tribes surround us. Hence, any vagabond can write anything today.

There have been frantic effort by Ijaw people as represented by INC and IYC to Ijawnize Ndoki people.
I believe this is led by Ijaw intelligentsia and started by Alagoa. The grand prize is the soul of Bonny and Opobo.
They have been sending representatives to Ndokiland, meeting up with some Hungry autonomous community Ezes in Ndoki land and hungry youths in Ndoki. Trying to use money to at least instigate identity crisis in those parts of Ndokiland.

SlayerSupreme:
Some of these arguments majorly arise because of one reason. People are dumb in Nigeria. How can someone in his right senses even attempt to spin an Ijaw origin for Ndoki. O wrong naw. People are so stupid. The second reason this things happen is politics and greed. A peculiar reason this happens to us Igbo is that we were too soft with the useless tribes surround us. Hence, any vagabond can write anything today.

That's the more reason we need to be very ruthless against these useless minorities, the soft belly aching and church mind has got to stop NOW, we are surrounded by very vicious and desperate "neighbors" itching to nibble at every piece of our territorial integrity by re-defining our history with their revisionisms...check almost all social media platforms especially Facebook, you will notice that these elements (mostly Ijaws and Benins) congregate in their sociocultural groups, at least 80% of their conversations are recanted on deeply worrying Igbo-phobic rhetorics and topics... the Benin's have not only stopped short of trying to forcefully "Beninize" the Igbos in Anioma including the vast majority like the Enuani's who insist they are undiluted Igbos, they have also expanded their madness to Onitsha, Oguta and Enugu-Ezike right on our soil! now it's the useless Ijaw irritants we're not dealing with... it's about time we start treating and putting these leeches in their rightful place... as the minorities that they are.

The part affected most is the Ndoki communities in Oyiigbo LGA of Rivers state.

Ohaneze Ndiigbo did well appointing an Ndoki Son Ambassador Emuchay Okechukwu as the new Secretary General of the organization.

But they need to do more. The Ohaneze Youth branch should be in charge of this project. There should be grassroot sensitization and mobilization of Igbo youths in these border communities such as Ndoki. Ohanaeze should be proactive in stamping their presence in these communities by having regular meetings with their Ezes, doing some small projects here and there in these communities to keep them in line.

Ohanaeze can do things like community water project, and stamp it with a big sign post of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo sponsored. Renovation and equipment of carefully selected public community primary and secondary schools in these communities and as usually stamping a big sign board marking it as Ohanaeze Ndiigbo sponsored project there.
Helping fund their local Christmas community football tournament and making sure the youths know that its Ohaneze Ndiigbo sponsoring it.

A child growing up in these border Igbo communities MUST be made to grow up seeing Ohaneze Ndiigbo sponsored projects all around him.

This should be replicated in those Igbo frontier communities with Igala, Ijaw, Idoma, Ibibio/Annang, Edo.

Igboid:
There have been frantic effort by Ijaw people as represented by INC and IYC to Ijawnize Ndoki people.
I believe this is led by Ijaw intelligentsia and started by Alagoa. The grand prize is the soul of Bonny and Opobo.
They have been sending representatives to Ndokiland, meeting up with some Hungry autonomous community Ezes in Ndoki land and hungry youths in Ndoki. Trying to use money to at least instigate identity crisis in those parts of Ndokiland.

This is where we should use the ESN operatives to do some dirty work of locating those bastards who call themselves Ezes in our midst selling out and do the needful to them...we seriously need to bring this up in every Igbo cultural groups and associations available out there so we can raise the awareness and act fast (and if need be with violence). Enough is enough of this insult.

Igboid:
The part affected most is the Ndoki communities in Oyiigbo LGA of Rivers state.

Ohaneze Ndiigbo did well appointing an Ndoki Son Ambassador Emuchay Okechukwu as the new Secretary General of the organization.

But they need to do more. The Ohaneze Youth branch should be in charge of this project. There should be grassroot sensitization and mobilization of Igbo youths in these border communities such as Ndoki. Ohanaeze should be proactive in stamping their presence in these communities by having regular meetings with their Ezes, doing some small projects here and there in these communities to keep them in line.

Ohanaeze can do things like community water project, and stamp it with a big sign post of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo sponsored. Renovation and equipment of carefully selected public community primary and secondary schools in these communities and as usually stamping a big sign board marking it as Ohanaeze Ndiigbo sponsored project there.
Helping fund their local Christmas community football tournament and making sure the youths know that its Ohaneze Ndiigbo sponsoring it.

A child growing up in these border Igbo communities MUST be made to grow up seeing Ohaneze Ndiigbo sponsored projects all around him.

This should be replicated in those Igbo frontier communities with Igala, Ijaw, Idoma, Ibibio/Annang, Edo.

Honestly this is something an organization like IPOB with their massive followership, diasporan/local outreach and fanaticism should have leveraged upon by reaching out to all Igbo speaking subgroups in the South South and protecting their interest tenaciously... but Nnamdi Kanu wasted that golden opportunity selling his own warped Biafran project to include these minorities; thus engendering an avalanche of insults on Ndigbo... and it doesn’t help that the IPOB members are bunch of illogical and mostly irrational sycophants who have failed to see the bigger picture by pushing for an entirely homogeneous Igbo nation across the SE and Niger Delta... When I see them on various cultural groups of minority tribes shamelessly forcing and cajoling them to join "Biafra" and I just shake my head in pure disgust.

Because of the failure of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo and all so called Igbo organizations as well as the Igbo political class.
There have been slow and steady aggressive attempt at expansionism towards Igboland by all small but ambitious minorities around us.

The Binis has been doing theirs from Western Igboland with full support of Oba Bini through the. Great Bini descendants vehicle. They have their online warriors infiltrating all western Igbo forums speeding their agenda.
The Igalas under the leadership of late Attah of Igala were doing theirs too.
Through Ayegba they were visiting some hungry autonomous community Ezes and youths in Nsukka areas.

The Ijaws have their eyes fully set on Ndokiland and have been having series of endless parley with hungry Eze autonomous communities and Youths in that end.

How long are we going to allow this go on? How much more do we have to allow our already disunited and small Igboland shrunked more by these minorities before we stage a come back to neutralize them?

What's the role of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo? Do our political class know they will lose more if the Igbo political space continue to shrink further at the hands of identity crisis instigated those places by aggressive expansionist minorities surrounding us?

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goatgoat093:

This is where we should use the ESN operatives to do some dirty work of locating those bastards who call themselves Ezes in our midst selling out and do the needful to them...we seriously need to bring this up in every Igbo cultural groups and associations available out there so we can raise the awareness and act fast (and if need be with violence). Enough is enough of this insult.

IPOB is useless to any Igbo cause.
They are more useless than Ohaneze Ndiigbo they like berating.

While Ohaneze Ndiigbo are blinded by money politics.
IPOB is disillusioned by their utopian and delusional multi ethnic Biafra with these minorities who are more interested in appropriating or at least instigating identity crisis in Igbo speaking territories that share border with them.

IPOB cannot counter them because IPOB is more interested in the eating their faeces and drinking their urine all in stupid bid to woo them into their useless multiethnic Biafra.

IPOB is a big disappointment.

Igboid:


IPOB is useless.

Ipob is useless? See Otellectual.

SlayerSupreme:




Ipob is useless? See Otellectual.

INC and IYC are working hard to instigate identity crisis in Ndokiland.

Tell me what IPOB have done about that?

Do you know that if IYC and INC succeeds in this their Agenda, IPOB will no longer be able to exist in Oyigbo. You will be pushed to Ugwunagbo by the now Igbophobic Oyigbo indigenes?

Do you lots reason at all over there? Do you recognize an existential threat when you see one or is the head of your director so deep in the minority anus that he cannot see clearly anymore?

Ijawanize?


Hahahahaha

This was how the one of Western Igboland started.
For those that are new to the game. The one of Onitsha and Oguta in core Igboland was sown by the useless man called Nnamdi Azikiwe.
The most useless, idiotic half baked educated illiterate to ever come out of Igboland

BKayy:
This was how the one of Western Igboland started.
For those that are new to the game. The one of Onitsha and Oguta in core Igboland was sown by the useless man called Nnamdi Azikiwe.
The most useless, idiotic half baked educated illiterate to ever come out of Igboland

Yeah.
But that's now in the past. Ika, Ukwuani are gone. Enuani, Ndoki, Nsukka are now the battle ground.

What will our generation bequeath unborn Igbo generation?
A proudly Igbo Ndoki or an Ndoki deep in identity crisis because we failed to nip the cancer at the bud?

What would it be?

Obalatule:
A house built on sand cannot stand, ijaw igala bini and the rest are building sand castles

You are living in denial.

Never underestimate the power of mass brainwashing.

Mtcheew

Their business.

goatgoat093:

Honestly this is something an organization like IPOB with their massive followership, diasporan/local outreach and fanaticism should have leveraged upon by reaching out to all Igbo speaking subgroups in the South South and protecting their interest tenaciously... but Nnamdi Kanu wasted that golden opportunity selling his own warped Biafran project to include these minorities; thus engendering an avalanche of insults on Ndigbo... and it doesn’t help that the IPOB members are bunch of illogical and mostly irrational sycophants who have failed to see the bigger picture by pushing for an entirely homogeneous Igbo nation across the SE and Niger Delta... When I see them on various cultural groups of minority tribes shamelessly forcing and cajoling them to join "Biafra" and I just shake my head in pure disgust.

You guys love talking down on IPOB, lost which golden opportunity? Do you know how they work? Do you know who they meet with? Do you know anything about them? Few days ago Nnamdi Kanu mentioned on radio Biafra that he has meetings regularly with indigenous Igbos on that Niger Delta region.

Igboid:


INC and IYC are working hard to instigate identity crisis in Ndokiland.

Tell me what IPOB have done about that?

Do you know that if IYC and INC succeeds in this their Agenda, IPOB will no longer be able to exist in Oyigbo. You will be pushed to Ugwunagbo by the now Igbophobic Oyigbo indigenes?

Do you lots reason at all over there? Do you recognize an existential threat when you see one or is the head of your director so deep in the minority anus that he cannot see clearly anymore?

Nwokem zuzufu ebea. What/ who is stopping you from forming your own group and doing something about it?

melodyogonna:

Nwokem zuzufu ebea. What/ who is stopping you from forming your own group and doing something about it?

This is the problem with you ipob members, any divergent view is treated with insults.....next you label him Sabo, Una go fail with this hand i assure you

I am very flabbergasted by the manner the minorities treat Ndigbo who happen to minority in Benue, Kogi, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. It is very disheartening to read the Akwa Ibom government was bent on changing Igbo community name from Igbo to Annang. The case of Ohaobu is a typical example. Had Ndigbo behaved in the manner these minorities acting in the pre-colonial and colonial periods, they would ceased to exist.

Igboid:


Yeah.
But that's now in the past. Ika, Ukwuani are gone. Enuani, Ndoki, Nsukka are now the battle ground.

What will our generation bequeath unborn Igbo generation?
A proudly Igbo Ndoki or an Ndoki deep in identity crisis because we failed to nip the cancer at the bud?

What would it be?

Why's Nsukka in the list? There's no such thing as Igbo denial in nsukka. Like it doesn't exist. As far as Ndoki is concerned, it will shock a lot of people that when you go to Ndoki, there's little or no denial there. It's some mischievous people that try to make it seem as if Ndoki people are not proud Igbos. I agree that Ika and Ukwuani are gone but we must be decisive in Enuani and people from that axis who are proud Igbo must stand up and be counted.

BKayy:
This was how the one of Western Igboland started.
For those that are new to the game. The one of Onitsha and Oguta in core Igboland was sown by the useless man called Nnamdi Azikiwe.
The most useless, idiotic half baked educated illiterate to ever come out of Igboland

I agree with you that Azikiwe was goofy in pursuit of Igbo identity. He was more of nonsensical nationalist than traditionalist. He brought more twist to Igbo than he solved issues.

Igboid... They are now carrying their expansion into the hinterland... They must have a very strong sponsor.

Look at Igbere, in far away Bende LGA.. hundreds of kilometer away from any territory, that is what Ijaws are claiming.... My cousin whose mother is from Igbere showed me this and was truly very furious. This is what the Ijaw people did on Igbere Wikipedia page, before you know it, the Ijaw youth wing will go visiting the king bearing gifts. CC: Bkayy

melodyogonna:

Nwokem zuzufu ebea. What/ who is stopping you from forming your own group and doing something about it?

Continue eating minorities faeces and drinking their urine while they aggressively make incursions into Igboland.

hedonister:

Why's Nsukka in the list? There's no such thing as Igbo denial in nsukka. Like it doesn't exist. As far as Ndoki is concerned, it will shock a lot of people that when you go to Ndoki, there's little or no denial there. It's some mischievous people that try to make it seem as if Ndoki people are not proud Igbos. I agree that Ika and Ukwuani are gone but we must be decisive in Enuani and people from that axis who are proud Igbo must stand up and be counted.

Yes! There is none yet. But an Igala group known as "Ane Igala" has been making visits to local kings in Northern Igbo communities in Northern Enugu(Nsukka area) and Northern Anambra( Omabala area) claiming to be rekindling ancestral Igala relationship with them.

This is how it normally starts. We should be snuffing these things out in their bud and not wait for them to grow.

There should be active Ohaneze Ndiigbo presence in these border Igbo communities to ensure these aggressive expansionist minorities don't induce identity crisis in those places.

I had already highlighted how Ohaneze Ndiigbo can make their presence known in those communities.
No child should grow up in those communities with any shred of doubt about their Igbo identity.

Ekealterego:
Igboid... They are now carrying their expansion into the hinterland... They must have a very strong sponsor.

Look at Igbere, in far away Bende LGA.. hundreds of kilometer away from any territory, that is what Ijaws are claiming.... My cousin whose mother is from Igbere showed me this and was truly very furious. This is what the Ijaw people did on Igbere Wikipedia page, before you know it, the Ijaw youth wing will go visiting the king bearing gifts. CC: Bkayy

They see no resistance whatsoever from us. So they are becoming more and more daring.
What do you expect?

It is what it is.

goatgoat093:

That's the more reason we need to be very ruthless against these useless minorities, the soft belly aching and church mind has got to stop NOW, we are surrounded by very vicious and desperate "neighbors" itching to nibble at every piece of our territorial integrity by re-defining our history with their revisionisms...check almost all social media platforms especially Facebook, you will notice that these elements (mostly Ijaws and Benins) congregate in their sociocultural groups, at least 80% of their conversations are recanted on deeply worrying Igbo-phobic rhetorics and topics... the Benin's have not only stopped short of trying to forcefully "Beninize" the Igbos in Anioma including the vast majority like the Enuani's who insist they are undiluted Igbos, they have also expanded their madness to Onitsha, Oguta and Enugu-Ezike right on our soil! now it's the useless Ijaw irritants we're not dealing with... it's about time we start treating and putting these leeches in their rightful place... as the minorities that they are.

While We are busy chasing shadow(Biafra).

SlayerSupreme:
Some of these arguments majorly arise because of one reason. People are dumb in Nigeria. How can someone in his right senses even attempt to spin an Ijaw origin for Ndoki. O wrong naw. People are so stupid. The second reason this things happen is politics and greed. A peculiar reason this happens to us Igbo is that we were too soft with the useless tribes surround us. Hence, any vagabond can write anything today.

When our director is licking their anus, what do you expect?
Nature abhors vacuum. We left those border Igbo speaking communities without building cultural garrisons there by ensuring potent presence of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo there through community projects and interventions, the minorities who are looking to swell their own numbers are trying their own luck. Can you blame them? Blame lack of political and strategic thinking/leadership in Igboland.

Can Ohaneze Ndiigbo president name up to 3 communities in Ndokiland?