donofdons:
Where are Ogoni people? They seem to be the most useless tribe in that state. Their Eleme brothers are even worse, but their population isn’t much. How is it that no Ogoni man has been governor or deputy since rivers state was created. Ogoni fought hard for the creation of that state and great sons like Ken saro wiwa fought for south south people, but today, they have been reduced to cultists, killer and farmers. It will be very unfair to them for any other ethnic group there to become governor after Wike.

Calling a whole tribe useless nullifies any point you think you are trying to make. Your type of person is the problem of the black man and you clearly do not know the history of Rivers state. Ogoni has produced great men that has made enormous contributions to not just Rivers State, but beyond. People like Chief Paul Birabi Chief Kogbara, Chief Kobani, Dr. GB Leton, Kemte Giadom who was a strong contender for the state governorship at some point in history and many more.

Ken Sara Wiwa, a great man no doubt, contributed in the creation of Rivers State but he joined people that were already there, much later. People like Chief Harold Dappa Biriye (arguably the father of Rivers State and I believe is not accorded the level of recognition he deserves even in death) from Bonny, Wenike Briggs (Kalabari), Professor Otonti Nduka (Ikwerre), Dr Wakama (Okrika), Dr. Fiberesima (Andoni), Dr. Ekpebu (Ijaw), Chief Oriji (Ikwerre), Capt. Elechi Amadi (Ikwerre) Amatari Zoufa (Ijaw), Wobidike Wonodi (SAN) (Ikwerre), Ngei (Eleme) and many others were already in the trenches fighting the oppressors at the time and for the creation of Rivers State even while Ken Sara Wiwa was still in school.

I believe the Ikwerre's have had their fair share in governing the state so should take the back sit this time and probably the Orashi people (Peter Odili) also, as other ethnic groups in the state deserve the chance to govern too not just the Ogonis.

Goddyj:
There's no point for this argument. I lived in Rivers State from 2006 to 2019. Don't let the online debate about who's Igbo and who's not in Rivers State deceive you. Go and tell Opobo, Obigbo, Etche, Omuma, Egbema, Bonny, Andoni, Ahoada East and West, Onne and any other Igbo speaking parts of Rivers State that they're not Igbos, and see whether they'll take it lightly with you.

Andoni people speak Igbo too?

barineh:


Egbema, Bonny, Andoni, Adoada, Onne speak Igbo? Is this a joke? You even added Opobo. You must be confused

Egbema, Bonny and Opobo all speak Igbo. Some people in Bonny also speak Ibani but the default language in Bonny town is Igbo.

Idiko1:


Eleme is not Ogoni and certainly not brothers.

Everyone knows that Eleme is a subset of Ogoni people. They are like a child tribe of the larger Ogoni group.

Lol

talktimi:
He's a king now, he should sit back in Abonnema and conduct his duties as a royal father