They are torn between two worlds. Being of the Igbo stock, their soul is in the Southeast, but their bodies and homes are in Benue State, in the Northcentral. That is not all. In Benue, where they are quartered, more for political considerations than for cultural reaons, they lament their lack: no roads, no water, hardly any sign of modern life.

They are Igbos of the Ezza, Izzi and Effium stock. Their kith and kin are in other parts of the Southeast, particularly Ebonyi State. They claim they are not fewer than one million scattered in four local governments of Benue State. And for close to 50 years since they were excised from their kinsmen, they have been living primitive lives.
Their pathetic plight is that the authorities in Benue, from the state to the local governments, have not seen them as part of the state ostensibly because they speak Igbo. On the other hand, the Ebonyi State government where they should have rightly belonged is helpless as they are not under its area of administration and authority.

The people allege that since their inclusion into Benue State they have not felt any government presence. None of their people were considered for employment in any of the two tiers of government. Indeed, in their lamentation, they are not in the scheme of things as far as government business

The people allege that since their inclusion into Benue State they have not felt any government presence. None of their people were considered for employment in any of the two tiers of government. Indeed, in their lamentation, they are not in the scheme of things as far as government business is concerned in Benue.

“We have been on our own. No roads, no water, no electricity, no employment. We just wander about to help ourselves in our own way,” an octogenarian, Pa Nwankwo Aloh said, clutching a bucket in search of water.

Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam is said to have acknowledged their existence and concerns, even promising to address them, but that was during

Also, Mr Ogbu Igelega, spokesman of Ado Local Government Area, one of the councils where the Igbos are found in Benue, told our reporter on the telephone that one of the obstacles to the development of the Igbo-speaking areas of the state is their difficult terrain. Igelega said this makes access difficult, adding that the few places which do not present such challenges get government attention.

We can never regret why we are Igbos or deny being Igbo people before we are recognized in the country of our fore-fathers.”


https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/agony-igbos-benue/amp/

Biafra will soon wipe your tears

My fellow undergraduate back then is from there. But he will tell you he's from Ebonyi. The guy is very barbaric though. Very.

Another of my colleague in uni then was from Igalamelu/Odolu LGA of Kogi state. She will tell you she's from Enugu is you ask.

Lalasticlala.

Their cries will soon be over. The Egyptian they see today, they shall see them no more.
#Biafra freedom and restoration is unstoppable and fast at hand and all our brethren will be joined together once again to the glory of Chukwu Okike Abiama.
We are marching on to the promised land, the land of the freeborn and citizens where no one will ever harrase and intimidate you.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is our leader.

Quite unfortunate

Why they were carved into Benue, I will never know

One million indigenous Igbos and their lands are trapped in Benue state when they should have been in Ebonyi State with their kith and kin

They are northern Igbo...Igbo-Hausa....aint we one Nigeria anymore?

The whole of benue south/ idoma people are from ibo origin, they bear the same name with ibos, eat the same food and have similar culture .

Which one is igbos in Benue
The whole southern Benue is a biafra territory with igbos being the predominant tribe there!
It was because the British and the Fulani led government hate us and that they cut it into Benue. Same way they divided our land in the south and called it Niger delta

It gets better. Those are the real victims of one Nigeria

greymiles:
Which one is igbos in Benue
The whole southern Benue is a biafra territory with igbos being the predominant tribe there!
It was because the British and the Fulani led government hate us and that they cut it into Benue. Same way they divided our land in the south and called it Niger delta

uchem dia

Asquare84:
The whole of benue south/ idoma people are from ibo origin, they bear the same name with ibos, eat the same food and have similar culture .

stop spreading false information on nairaland

SlayerSupreme:
My fellow undergraduate back then is from there. But he will tell you he's from Ebonyi. The guy is very barbaric though. Very.

Another of my colleague in uni then was from Igalamelu/Odolu LGA of Kogi state. She will tell you she's from Enugu is you ask.

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"....... e. But he will tell you he's from Ebonyi. The guy is very barbaric though. Very"...
This how you guys call yourselves fake and real Ibos

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"....... e. But he will tell you he's from Ebonyi. The guy is very barbaric though. Very"...
This how you guys call yourselves fake and real Ibos

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Slow Ette go and sit outside.

SlayerSupreme:




Slow Ette go and sit outside.

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Okeke SHARAP!

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nsiba:
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Okeke SHARAP!

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