ezenwajosh:
Yes oh.....MY NAME IS IFEANYI AM NOT IGBO...IFEANYI IS BINI LANGUAGE

Siwisheswereesh:
True.

But the OP must be a Fulani divide and rule agent.

jerseyboy:
Ikwere People Are Not Igbo —Andy Wabali.
By Victor Ajihromanus

An opinion leader in the Niger Delta, Mr. Andy Wabali, has clarified that the Ikwere of Rivers State, are not Igbo irrespective of language similarities.
He also said it is wrong to describe the Ikwere as Igbo, saying the ethnic group is distinct from the Igbo ethnic group.
In a chat with Vanguard, Wabali, backed his argument with contemporary examples in the country.
His words: “Clearly, the Ikwere in Rivers State which I am one of them are a very distinct people. We are very different from the Igbo. Yes, there are similarities in language but that does not make us Igbo.

We bear Igbo names like Nnamdi, which has no meaning in my language for instance, when the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was the President, some of our people were given the names. Even Goodluck J
“That does not make him Igbo. My people are not Igbo. Culturally, we are different. We might be in the same language group, but that does not make us Igbo. Don’t forget that Igbo language was a language of trade just like the Hausa and Yoruba languages that were used as trading languages in the past. People might be describing us as Igbo, but that is an error because we are different from Igbo.

For instance, in the United Kingdom, the Scottish people are not English, the Irish are not English but they all speak English. In Belgium, the Belgians are not French but they speak French. [/b]Because most people do not read, they take everything they hear hook line and sinker. Most Nigerians do not read. There is intellectual laziness even on the part of our historians. Some just generalize and write reports that can’t be substantiated. [b]We belong to the language group that cut across the Bight of Benin and even Southern Africa.

“We are Ikwere people. We are distinct in culture and many areas. Our distinctiveness can be seen in our kinship and anthropology. When people talk about dialects, there are no dialects of English language. So the issue of dialect does not come in. The French language is embedded in English just the way the German language is embedded in English, but these are two different nationalities with different identities. Since Igbo is a language of trade, it is widely spoken just like the Hausa language.

Today, we even have a wrong coinage, Hausa-Fulani, but there is nothing like Hausa-Fulani. You are either Hausa or Fulani. In the Niger Delta, we have a lot of ethnic nationalities. The Urhobo and Isoko are two different ethnic groups. There languages are similar but they are not the same ethnic group. Isoko people are Isoko people while the Urhobo people are Urhobo. It is in that same manner that Ikwere people are Ikwere while Igbo are Igbo.”


(Vanguard)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/ikwere-people-not-igbo-says-wabali/

Golan007:


Gordon Brown former prime minister of Britain is Scottish.

Perhaps Brown in his name suggests he is English to you.

gidgiddy:


Im a bit confused here. The same Andy Wabali said that Ikwerres are Igbos in the video below. Or are there two different Andi Wabali?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkLJoj_SAk&t=894s

Golan007:


Gordon Brown former prime minister of Britain is Scottish.

Perhaps Brown in his name suggests he is English to you.

jerseyboy:


Igbos made him a target for Unity Begging after that write up. On this video day he caved to pressure. He has since clarified. He wants no part of Biafra.

Acidiously:

Is anyone arguing with you? Any Brit can be the PM. Be it; Irish, English, Welsh Scottish.
Being PM is not exclusive to English.
Even Wes Brown ex Manchester player was English while Celtic captain Scot Brown is Scottish

gidgiddy:


This is not about Biafra, this is about what the man said. Thats the ethnic confusion that grips Ikwerre people. Here is Andy Wabali in this video saying Ikwerres are Igbos, then he is quoted in Vanguard as saying that Ikwerres are not Igbos. Confused man! In the morning you are Igbo, by afternoon, you are Ikwerre and "distinct"

I tire for Ikwerre people, some of them have serious identity crisis

Golan007:


Gordon Brown former prime minister of Britain is Scottish.

Perhaps Brown in his name suggests he is English to you.

jerseyboy:

Igbo ambition in the Niger Delta is becoming a concern as surely Nigeria is breaking-up. Igbo wont let go these insane hallucinations for people's land who are beginning to hare them more and more HATRED of Igbos for this delusion on the map of that puts WARRI on the map of Biafra. When on a Mid-West Movement call early May the talk was dominated by raising money to buy weapons to repel an expected Biafra invasion I noticed it was led by 2 Anioma Bendelites.

When a handful of Ilorin clerics declared themselves Yoruba Fulanis of Northern Nigeria, Yoruba Nation aggitators took Kwara out of consideration and set stiff terms as to condition under which they will be allowed into the new nation despite 95% of Kwara Yorubas wanting to be in Oduduwa. Now that's a people with pride. Not so for Igbos.

A majority Yoruba House of Assembly in the first republic voted to allow the Mid-West referendum. Only Yorubas allowed the new region promised minorities in their own region. The agitation for COR Region was just as loud as the Mid-West but an Igbo dominated regional assembly would not even allow a bill to get to the floor. Yorubas have class and honor. Igbos are becoming really scary people.

By the way Anioma recorded the highest percentage in the 1963 Mid-West Referendum with 93% for YES. The never discussed joining the East. Even when Ojukwu capture the Mid-West, he did not annex Anioma into Biafra. When on September 20, 1967 Ojukwu declared The Republic Of Benin, he did not cut Anioma out. Ojukwu obviously is wiser than many Igbo nairalanders.

topboss:
[s][/s]


WE ARE IGBO, WE DID NOT CONQUER OUR MINORITIES LIKE THE YORUBA DID AND THAT IS Y SOME OF U NOW THINK IT IS YOUR DUTY TO CONQUER THE GREAT IGBO RACE.


PUTTING YOUR STINKING MOUTH IN MATTERS THAT DONT CONCERN U.

jerseyboy:
Ikwere People Are Not Igbo —Andy Wabali.
By Victor Ajihromanus

An opinion leader in the Niger Delta, Mr. Andy Wabali, has clarified that the Ikwere of Rivers State, are not Igbo irrespective of language similarities.
He also said it is wrong to describe the Ikwere as Igbo, saying the ethnic group is distinct from the Igbo ethnic group.
In a chat with Vanguard, Wabali, backed his argument with contemporary examples in the country.
His words: “Clearly, the Ikwere in Rivers State which I am one of them are a very distinct people. We are very different from the Igbo. Yes, there are similarities in language but that does not make us Igbo.

We bear Igbo names like Nnamdi, which has no meaning in my language for instance, when the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was the President, some of our people were given the names. Even Goodluck J
“That does not make him Igbo. My people are not Igbo. Culturally, we are different. We might be in the same language group, but that does not make us Igbo. Don’t forget that Igbo language was a language of trade just like the Hausa and Yoruba languages that were used as trading languages in the past. People might be describing us as Igbo, but that is an error because we are different from Igbo.

For instance, in the United Kingdom, the Scottish people are not English, the Irish are not English but they all speak English. In Belgium, the Belgians are not French but they speak French. [/b]Because most people do not read, they take everything they hear hook line and sinker. Most Nigerians do not read. There is intellectual laziness even on the part of our historians. Some just generalize and write reports that can’t be substantiated. [b]We belong to the language group that cut across the Bight of Benin and even Southern Africa.

“We are Ikwere people. We are distinct in culture and many areas. Our distinctiveness can be seen in our kinship and anthropology. When people talk about dialects, there are no dialects of English language. So the issue of dialect does not come in. The French language is embedded in English just the way the German language is embedded in English, but these are two different nationalities with different identities. Since Igbo is a language of trade, it is widely spoken just like the Hausa language.

Today, we even have a wrong coinage, Hausa-Fulani, but there is nothing like Hausa-Fulani. You are either Hausa or Fulani. In the Niger Delta, we have a lot of ethnic nationalities. The Urhobo and Isoko are two different ethnic groups. There languages are similar but they are not the same ethnic group. Isoko people are Isoko people while the Urhobo people are Urhobo. It is in that same manner that Ikwere people are Ikwere while Igbo are Igbo.”


(Vanguard)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/ikwere-people-not-igbo-says-wabali/

pek:
Yea. Same way the Ijesa people are not Yoruba.

topboss:
[s][/s]


EUROPE IS NOT AFRICA.


HERE IN AFRICA WE ARE TRIBAL ANIMALS, WE DONT ANSWER OTHER TRIBE NAMES WITHOUT GENETIC CONNECTION, EITHER BY A PARENT OR BOTH PARENT.


WE MAY ANSWER EUROPEAN NAMES, EVEN ARAB NAMES, BUT NEVER OTHER TRIBES NAMES.