Read this with open mind, make your research and come back with your conclusion.





IKWERRE, ETCHE, EKPEYE, OPOPO, IBANI(BONNY),URATTA,OGBA, NDOKI ARE ALL INDIGINEOUS IGBO EXTRACTION IN RIVERS STATE(RIVERS IGBOS).BEFORE INDEPENDENCE THERE WAS NO IDENTITY CRISIS AMONG THEM.THIS IS WILLINKS COMMISSION REPORT TO QUEEN OF ENGLAND 1958.

HERE IS THE WILLINK COMMISSION REPORT OF "1958"

1. “More than 98% of people who inhabit this area (the ‘Igbo Plateau’ of the Eastern region) are Igbo and speak one language, though of course with certain differences of dialect. There are nearly five million of them and they are too many for the soil to support: they are vigorous and intelligent and have pushed outward in every direction, seeking a livelihood by trade or in service in the surrounding areas of the Eastern Region, in the Western Region, in the North and outside Nigeria. They are no more popular with their neighbours than is usual in the case of an energetic and expanding people whose neighbours have a more leisurely outlook on life.”

2. “Though there has been no great kingdom or indigenous culture in the Eastern Region, the coastal chiefs grew on their trade with the (European merchant) ships and they adopted customs, clothing and housing more advanced than those of the peoples of the interior on whom they had at first preyed for slaves. They came during the 19th Century to regard the people of the interior as backward and ignorant, and it was therefore a blow to their pride, as well as to their pockets, when the Ibos began to push outwards into the surrounding fringe of the country and particularly into the Calabar area, to take up land, to grow rich, to own houses and lorries and occupy posts in public services and in the services of large trading firms.”
“It was among the Igbos, formerly despised by the people of Calabar as source of slaves and as a backward people of the interior, now feared and disliked as energetic and educated, that the first political party formed.”

3. “It is important to remember that of this (Ogoja) Province’s 1,082,000 inhabitants, 723,000 are Ibos, almost entirely in Abakaliki and Afikpo (Divisions), while the census classifies 350,000 as “Other Nigerian Tribes.”

4. The Rivers Province …includes the two divisions of Brass and Degema, both overwhelmingly Ijaw, and the Ogoni Division. The former Rivers Division also includes over 300,000 Ibos of whom 250,000 are in Ahoada Division and 45,000 in Port Harcourt. Port Harcourt is a town of recent growth and of rapidly increasing importance; it is built on land that blonged originally to an outlying branch of the Ibo tribe, the Diobus, but is largely inhabited by the Ibos from the interior who have come to trade or seek employment….Of the total 747,000 in the Rivers province, 305,000 are Igbos, 240,000 are Ijaws and 156,000 are Ogonis.”

5. “The strip to the south of the Igbo block, is physically, divided by a block of Igbo territory, tipped by the important Igbo town of Port Harcourt and tribally divided between the Ijaws and the Ogonis.”

6. “In the whole of this non-Igbo area there is present in varying degree some fear of being over-run, commercially and politically, by the Igbos….. if Ahoada and Port Harcourt, which are really Igbo, are considered with the solid centre of Ibo population, there are 54 seats for the Ibo area and 30 for COR (Calabar, Ogoja and Rivers) in (Eastern Regional House of Assembly).”

THE FEARS AND GRIEVANCES OF MINORITIES:
7. “It was suggested (by non-Igbo petitioners) that it was the deliberate object of the Ibo majority in the Region to fill every post with Ibos (in public post and services).….when, however we came to consider specific complaints about the composition of public bodies, we found them in many cases exaggerated or unreasonable.”

8. “The allegation was put forward by counsel (to petitioners) that the Judiciary (when not European) was predominantly Igbo, with the implication that this caused fear among those who are not Ibos. But it was clearly stated in evidence by Dr. Udoma, the leader of UNIP, that no occasion could be adduced of the judiciary acting with partiality. The fact is that the legal profession is largely Igbos and the reasons for this do not seem to be Government action. It is therefore inevitable that there should be an Igbo preponderance among Judges and Magistrates. Further, it is the declared policy of Government that the Judiciary should be federal and this does not indicate a desire to control it. Again, the operation and composition of Public Service Commission here, as in the West, appeared to us in no way open to reproach.”

9. “In the Police, which in this region alone is wholly Federal, the number of Ibos in the higher appointments is not out of proportion to the Ibos in the region. The force is now federally controlled and although there are a large number of Ibos in the lower ranks, this is due to the fact that it has for long been a tradition among the Ibos to offer themselves for recruitment in this force in far greater numbers than any other tribe.”

10. “we noted that in five years, 1952 – 1957, from a total of 412 secondary scholarships, 216 were awarded to persons living in the COR areas, while the figures for post-secondary scholarships were 211 out of 623. The latter is about the right proportion of one-third, the former considerably in excess. It was suggested that scholarships awarded to non-Ibos were of an inferior kind and that the best scholarships went to Ibos, but we were, unable to see that this claim held any validity. On the evidence before us, we conclude that the allegations of discriminations in the matter of scholarships are unjustified.”

11. “It was further suggested that loans by the Eastern Regional Finance Corporation, the Eastern Region Development Board, and the Eastern Region Development Corporation were made with some degree of preference to Ibos. It did appear that most of the loans made by these bodies were to Ibos, but that is not to say that this was necessarily improper. Ibos constitute two thirds of the population of the region and have a bigger share of financial and commercial responsibility than their numbers warrant.”

12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.”

13. “The question of land was repeatedly raised, it being resented by the Efiks and Ibibios that the Igbos should acquire land at all in their territory while the methods by which it was obtained were also questioned. There is no doubt that on the Igbo Plateau there is insufficient land for the people and the Igbos are thrusting outwards where possible they acquire land and use it either for cultivation or building…..This is a matter which will require legislation sooner or later and it will be delicate to handle, but the economic process is in itself healthy and we had little sympathy with a witness who remarked that there is much undeveloped land in the district and he was anxious that it should not fall into the hand of the Igbos… We believe that Governments in Nigeria should be careful not to try to protect minorities by introducing measures that would restrict development and progress.


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You think Igbos are being maltreated now, you can imagine the treatment they got after the war ended. Clans that could deny and erase their Igbo roots did so for the sake of survival. And Stupid IPOB is trying to start an agitation out of hatred and threats, that tactic will definitely fail and the result will be more clans dumping the Igbo Tag..
Drop MNK he's not resourceful enough he's an embarrassment

BigSarah:
You think Igbos are being maltreated now, you can imagine the treatment they got after the war ended. Clans that could deny and erase their Igbo roots did so for the sake of survival. And Stupid IPOB is trying to start an agitation out of hatred and threats, that tactic will definitely fail and the result will be more clans dumping the Igbo Tag..
Drop MNK he's not resourceful enough he's an embarrassment

Ok, more like saying more clan denying their heritage,,, which child will disown his parents?

Indigenous ipob op what are you taking lizard poo I guess.

RisenJoe:


Ok, more like saying more clan denying their heritage,,, which child will disown his parents?

It has happened before and it'll happen again, humans are built for survival..

RisenJoe:


Ok, more like saying more clan denying their heritage,,, which child will disown his parents?

......Those scared of incurring the wrath of the ‘mighty and all conquering Fulani’, as well as the disapproval of their cheerleaders in the south! That’s according to the moro’n you just quoted!

BigSarah:


It has happened before and it'll happen again, humans are built for survival..

Dear, listen to yourself, does survival means denying your identity No wonder we are having identity crises in our world today,,,, Wike was busy shouting that IPOB should not disturb Rivers state because they are not in the South East thereby forgetting there was a time that the Eastern region was one, it was the divide and rule tactics that made them to create South South, even going as far as carving out some parts of Imo state to Rivers state: don't you know that one as well?

IGBOSON1:


......Those scared of incurring the wrath of the ‘mighty and all conquering Fulani’, as well as the disapproval of their cheerleaders in the south! That’s according to the moro’n you just quoted!

This is not even a matter of a child denying his parents, this is a case of a man denying his name, his identity, his blood group, infact everything about him.... It's a pity

RisenJoe:


Dear, listen to yourself, does survival means denying your identity No wonder we are having identity crises in our world today,,,, Wike was busy shouting that IPOB should not disturb Rivers state because they are not in the South East thereby forgetting there was a time that the Eastern region was one, it was the divide and rule tactics that made them to create South South, even going as far as carving out some parts of Imo state to Rivers state: don't you know that one as well?

I know all that, but still we should be realistic when it comes to that boiling point death or denial. NK has taken so many wrong steps, and other IPOB members aren't helping by broadcasting his rubbish every moment.
I'm part of the SS but proud of my Igbo heritage, but still we shouldn't be too emotional.

You would never see we south south people here , provide proof that igbos marginalized southern minorities they won't

This same commission saw yorubas maltreatment of the minorities in there mix and recommended creation of mid west region


This commission was by the British ooh

BigSarah:


I know all that, but still we should be realistic when it comes to that boiling point death or denial. NK has taken so many wrong steps, and other IPOB members aren't helping by broadcasting his rubbish every moment.
I'm part of the SS but proud of my Igbo heritage, but still we shouldn't be too emotional.

Stop mentioning MNK cos even if he used foul languages, he still made it clear that he is after referendum which would determine those who will stay in BIAFRA and those who wouldn't....
But I have a question, do you cut off the head because of headache

Op
Don’t ever in your life try to impress

Igbos all over Nigeria in respective of their state and location knows themselves

Yoruba people since the days of Awolowo has tried to divide igbos because of geographical location and how igbos will be much bigger than Yoruba nation
And votes will count during elections

It was Awolowo idea to Gowon to create 12 states and cut off igbo land putting up administrators in rivers

Yoruba elderly human knows the history but has twisted it into Yoruba narratives to suit themselves

The primary aim of Awolowo is avoid situation where the whole old eastern region is not igbo speaking

Same aim he went to Hausa land and started doing his yorubatic moves .. trying to break Hausa tribes so that Hausa language won’t be North general language

Northerners realize this and stop his helicopter from flying and the idiot from distributing pamphlets all over the north in name of education

Today
The whole north understand Hausa and speak Hausa
From kogi upwards

Yoruba people are still fighting that same battle
Only that they stylishly added Edo Ondo to Niger delta thereby forcing alignment that was never was to old eastern region.. cutting it off and naming same south south

The fear of igbo dominance is the beginning of Yoruba people

Today you see them shouting we the south south
Take south of your Biafra
And so many propaganda daily unleashed on igbo

It’s funny the muscle and energy deployed in all this have left same Yoruba states cites villages as ghosted area

No human, except herdsmen that have become lords all over yoruba land

If you’re writing this to proof a point .. then it’s meaningless
They will soon be here with their Yoruba narratives as told by their TUFACE idibia great grand parents

Even here when you argue with a Yoruba their post will display high level of ignorance and wen try to correct them.. they do come with very heavy insults

They believe they know .. but they know nothing

Everything they know is via propaganda... yes government propaganda

They believe propaganda and NBS statistics or any that their people lead

But in all Nigerians know them and their revisionist issue

So understand the purpose of this thread

They will derail it with insults and abuses

BigSarah:
You think Igbos are being maltreated now, you can imagine the treatment they got after the war ended. Clans that could deny and erase their Igbo roots did so for the sake of survival. And Stupid IPOB is trying to start an agitation out of hatred and threats, that tactic will definitely fail and the result will be more clans dumping the Igbo Tag..
Drop MNK he's not resourceful enough he's an embarrassment

What reason made Britain give Nigerian Independence?

RisenJoe:


Stop mentioning MNK cos even if he used foul languages, he still made it clear that he is after referendum which would determine those who will stay in BIAFRA and those who wouldn't....
But I have a question, do you cut off the head because of headache

Last thing Nigeria will do is to conduct referendum

Yoruba people even the Sunday IGBOHO will be the first to go against it

Do you understand wht will happen to this human if Biafra leaves and a referendum is conducted in today’s bAyelsa Rivers Akwa cross River..

Bro minorities up north and Yoruba will kick against referendum same way they’re doing so against Biafra

Forget the Muslim North

They already have their plans against a biafra nation

Don’t ask me what

RapLawd:



What reason made Britain give Nigerian Independence?

Because they felt like it

Now I know you’re either drunk or probably mentally imbalanced. Ikwerres, Opobo (Ibani), Ndoki, Ogba & Uratta have never been Igbos. Why this desperation to claim people who despise you? I’m very sure there’s something fundamentally wrong or negative about being Igbo for these groups to constantly & at every given opportunity deny you. The earlier you wake up the better for you. Ndoki & Opobo are Ijaw territories. Ikwerre, Ogba, Ahoada, Omoku & Uratta trace their ancestry from Benin. This emotional blackmail will not help your cause cos none of these territories will join your useless Biafra. Biafra lane starts from Asaba to Anambra, to Abia to Ebonyi to Enugu and ends in Imo. Don’t say you were not warned. Your dream referendum will only be conducted in the SE. You guys should get lost.

Asgard73:


Last thing Nigeria will do is to conduct referendum

Yoruba people even the Sunday IGBOHO will be the first to go against it

Do you understand wht will happen to this human if Biafra leaves and a referendum is conducted in today’s bAyelsa Rivers Akwa cross River..

Bro minorities up north and Yoruba will kick against referendum same way they’re doing so against Biafra

Forget the Muslim North

They already have their plans against a biafra nation

Don’t ask me what

Bro, pls let's not keep repeating mistakes by calling names and insults, you made a viable point but I believe you can do better without adding insults to it, not that am asking you to massage their ego,but I want us to act civilized cos many things are at stake here.

iamuyiekpen:
Now I know you’re either drunk or probably mentally imbalanced. Ikwerres, Opobo (Ibani), Ndoki, Ogba & Uratta have never been Igbos. Why this desperation to claim people who despise you? I’m very sure there’s something fundamentally wrong or negative about being Igbo for these groups to constantly & at every given opportunity deny you. The earlier you wake up the better for you. Ndoki & Opobo are Ijaw territories. Ikwerre, Ogba, Ahoada, Omoku & Uratta trace their ancestry from Benin. This emotional blackmail will not help your cause cos none of these territories will join your useless Biafra. Biafra lane starts from Asaba to Anambra, to Abia to Ebonyi to Enugu and ends in Imo. Don’t say you were not warned. Your dream referendum will only be conducted in the SE. You guys should get lost.

Bro honestly I've been waiting for you, and you didn't fall my hand, I would reasone with you only if you stop using insults and abusive words as it won't get us any where....

Now I have a question for you, but before that question I want you to make a research on ojukwus declaration of BIAFRA.... Or if you claim to know all about the declaration, then signify.

RisenJoe:


Stop mentioning MNK cos even if he used foul languages, he still made it clear that he is after referendum which would determine those who will stay in BIAFRA and those who wouldn't....
But I have a question, do you cut off the head because of headache

No, but you cover your head with a icebag till the headache goes away

RisenJoe:


Bro, pls let's not keep repeating mistakes by calling names and insults, you made a viable point but I believe you can do better without adding insults to it, not that am asking you to massage their ego,but I want us to act civilized cos many things are at stake here.

I don’t insult..

Truth is painful and always sound bitter.

Not me.

BigSarah:


No, but you cover your head with a icebag till the headache goes away

Now in all sincerity do you think that denying your heritage is akin to covering your head with ice( even though you could still take a panacea for headache)

-Osu amaka

BigSarah:
You think Igbos are being maltreated now, you can imagine the treatment they got after the war ended. Clans that could deny and erase their Igbo roots did so for the sake of survival. And Stupid IPOB is trying to start an agitation out of hatred and threats, that tactic will definitely fail and the result will be more clans dumping the Igbo Tag..
Drop MNK he's not resourceful enough he's an embarrassment

The Benue boy who called MNK for help did so because of the over enjoyment the killer fulani herdsmen are giving them. It is just a matter of time before more minorities down south and those who denounce igbo links will be visited with such enjoyments. For now let us just pray for the fall of MNK so that the enjoyment will come quicker.

RisenJoe:


Now in all sincerity do you think that denying your heritage is akin to covering your head with ice( even though you could still take a panacea for headache)

My answer is do what you can to improve your living conditions..
Do you know the travails of obigbo in Rivers state, I'm from rivers state Ikwerre. But obigbo residents are marginalised because they're the most pro igbo clan amongst all igbo clans in rivers..

If the SE acts like other regions when dealing with the North politically, I mean being submissive... They'd have gotten something a bit better than what it's on ground..

BigSarah:


My answer is do what you can to improve your living conditions..
Do you know the travails of obigbo in Rivers state, I'm from rivers state Ikwerre. But obigbo residents are marginalised because they're the most pro igbo clan amongst all igbo clans in rivers..

If the SE acts like other regions when dealing with the North politically, I mean being submissive... They'd have gotten something a bit better than what it's on ground..

Did you seriously wrote this We should be submissive To the caliphate

Do you know what being submissive to the North means? It means being submissive to the sokoto caliphate in the north which is a religious entity, do think that you can tame the beast by being submissive to it?

Honestly, I am ashamed of you!!!!

BigSarah:


I know all that, but still we should be realistic when it comes to that boiling point death or denial. NK has taken so many wrong steps, and other IPOB members aren't helping by broadcasting his rubbish every moment.
I'm part of the SS but proud of my Igbo heritage, but still we shouldn't be too emotional.

What wrong steps did he take? Raising biafran flags and getting killed? Or setting up BSN against killer herdsmen raping and killing in the east? Which is it?

RisenJoe:



Did you seriously wrote this We should be submissive To the caliphate

The fact is everyone else does it, that's the key to getting it in Nigeria Politically... I don't know why some people don't understand how powerful the caliphate truly is, you can't topple that by verbal threats or emotional blackmail.

BigSarah:


The fact is everyone else does it, that's the key to getting it in Nigeria Politically... I don't know why some people don't understand how powerful the caliphate truly is, you can't topple that by verbal threats or emotional blackmail.

Am shocked reading this!!!

2elliot:
What wrong steps did he take? Raising biafran flags and getting killed? Or setting up BSN against killer herdsmen raping and killing in the east? Which is it?

Establishing BSS Biafra secret service, THE ESN WAS A GOOD MOVE
Insulting some tribes and openly declaring them enemies of Igbos
Supporting the stupidity of UGM
Speaking about Death like he has the power to give life

BigSarah:


The fact is everyone else does it, that's the key to getting it in Nigeria Politically... I don't know why some people don't understand how powerful the caliphate truly is, you can't topple that by verbal threats or emotional blackmail.

How powerful do you think they are Now let me tell you, their major strength came from the division they caused among us. Thy aren't as powerful as they make themselves appear to be.