Ebubu2:


Arrant nonsense. Then why do Onitsha people refer to Igbo people as “Nwa Onye Igbo”, as though they are not part of them?

Stop trying to assimilate them. They simply had no Igbo ancestry, and it’s fine for non-indigenes to be in Anambra after all Igala are in Anambra and also in Enugu officially.

Onitsha families do not have Igbo ancestors.

Ositaufere nwa abakaleke stop discussing what you don’t know

PressMyButton:

Ijebu igbo is the forest areas of ijebu. Igbo being forest/bush. The pronunciation is also different from igbo(tribe).

good.....so are we now disputing what the Obi said?

muykem:
Onitsha people are immigrants from Yoruba land.

Yoruba built Onitsha.
Funnily enough, that is the only place all Igbos claim to come from.They love Onitsha.
Yorubas are really good accommodators both in the West and in the East.

Story for the gods

maybe they went as slave

or escaped from slavery

muykem:
Onitsha people are immigrants from Yoruba land.

MightySparrow:


What do you think Yoruba can benefit from you igbos.

Yoruba as a people towers over every other black race in the world on spread and achievements.

True but it a GRACE from GOD.

Meaning Onitsha are Omoluabi too. There is enough room in our heart to love you our beautiful siblings.

NiRfreak:
The reason most Africans are so stupidly neck deep into tribalism and war against themselves is basically because they don't know their history
Now look at how this king is tracing a historical relationship btw an Igbo people to Ife (Yoruba) and Benin...yet these three people insult each other on the basis of tribalism for no reason..,May Africans have sense someday so that they CAN unite to do the right things for themselves and nation

Sadly it’s fact, anywhere you hear the name Obi, has Yoruba origin. In fact, I heard that Nnamdi Azikwe people, originated from the Yoruba land.

Nonybb:
Who says that Onitsha is not part of Igbo or Biafra? They have continued this propaganda perpetuated by Gowon during the war when he gave the Eastern governorship seat to Asika Ukpabi, an indigent of Onitsha in order to spite Ojukwu who declared Biafra. Ukpabi then rallied around his people and declare their non interest in Biafra

Since that time, some people rode on that ploy that was sanctioned by the northern oligarchs to divide the Igbos. They have successful brainwashed Ikwerre when Gowon visited Port Harcourt in solidarity during the war to distant them from Ndigbo. Till today, that propaganda still stood. They divide and they rule. I know you people might say that Nnaemeka Achebe is a custodian and should know the facts but cultural, linguistically and virtually otherwise, we are not the same with Bini people. If everyone claim to be Bini like Ikwerre people do, then where do Bini from? From the sky? (By the way, I don't even believe that Ikwerre people are not Igbos, because it's like saying, I am from Mbaise, I am not Igbos)

We call God Chineke, and they have theirs. Must everything be linked with the Bini people. Even Lagos State is proclaimed to be Bini original dwelling place, so Yorubas came from Bini too? What is so special about them that everyone else have to come from them? Then change the name of Nigeria to Bigeria

History only made us know that Benin came from Ife,the Yoruba source,so they are partly Yoruba.
The immediate late king,who was a writer himself,tried to change the history but the Ogiamiens would not take that because it is a fraudulent makeup which will eventually affect their royal house.
This present king had gone back to the authentic history that Oranmiyan from Ife was the first Oba of Benin.
Bini,Anioma,Igbo,Ikwerre etc all came from Ife.

Ebibedike1:
Onitsha is not part of Biafra. Know this and know peace.
Oduduwa republic is actually bigger than you all know.,and we will claim and accommodate all of them

Why not try to take Ilorin from the fulanis first

Otuegbe:
Reno, Onitsha has always proclaimed they are not Igbo.. Not a new revelation. The city is Igbo City but the people migrated long time ago. I remember when I used to live at bishop onyeabo, inland town.Every other person is referred as 'nwa onyi igbo' by them.
So calm yourself down. Not a new thing. Now we have integrated
You can see Igbos are accommodating. The obi is even the chairman of the committee of kings in Igbo Land. If you have lived in Igbo Land you will notice the love and care for strangers. NB: obi said they passed through Ife and Benin and not that they originated from there.

Which Reno are you talking about , this is what he once wrote

Putinofrussia:


Even Zik and other real Igbos confirmed this history except the fake Igbos like Anamb.ra1stson,Bestmanfornow and co.
Yorubas own the South.
Kith and kin.

Go and take back Ilorin from the fulanis first

BadBradley:
good.....so are we now disputing what the Obi said?

I don't have an opposing view to dispute what he said about Ife but for Ijebu igbo, he was wrong because the 'igbo' does not refer to 'tribe.'

So Yoruba is the owner of Onitsha like this?


Yoruba lagba, awa lo ni Onitsha.

NaijaPrince18:

If oduduwa was Benin then why don’t the Yoruba speak Benin language? Why is there not any Yoruba king who claims they have Benin ancestry apart from Lagos

Your question showed that you really do not know how ancient kingdoms were established.

SS777:


He's not Igbo just like Obi of Asaba, but Igbo always want to force themselves on people's.

there is sha nothing like obi of asaba

SS777:


No wonder Igbo will never rule Nigeria.

I'm from Ahaba
And, I repeat, you are mentally ill

The Obi is right about alot of things but also very wrong about alot of things.

First and foremost, Onitsha people ran away from Idu Kingdom because of Oba Abo.

This are two separate migration but related and hence the confusion.

Bini was originally Igboland, and their kings Ogiso was Igbo title with Igbo meaning in Idu.

Till this day in Igbo land, they sing songs like Obi, Obi, Obi ka geso. Ogiso which is a term used to identify a leader to be followed.


The reason they ran or left Idu which is present day Bini was because of the invasion of Oba Ado from ife and the subsequent war between Idu N Oba.

Where did Igbo come from, well Eri account is the most accurate.


Igbos are Israelites and the word Igbo is a corruption of Hebrew.


We are not yoruba people though have relations with them.

NaijaPrince18:

If oduduwa was Benin then why don’t the Yoruba speak Benin language? Why is there not any Yoruba king who claims they have Benin ancestry apart from Lagos

Very illogical question to ask.

Can one man change the language of a people?

When Oranmiyan came to Benin, did he change the language of the people to Yoruba?

saddler:


Very illogical question to ask.

Can one man change the language of a people?

When Oranmiyan came to Benin, did he change the language of the people to Yoruba?

When two tribes meet the language changes as they communicate with each other and understand the different words and adopt them.



Take for example today kpai is widely used today in Nigeria to refer to death or kill.

This was not the case some years back.

U get people speaking broken english infused with kpai which is a yoruba word.


That is how easy it is for language to change.

The language today in Bini is Igbo mixed with Yoruba and Portugese.


The Bini's today will tell you that their language is mixed.


Bini is originally Igboland before Oba Ado.

Bliss4Lyfe:



When two tribes meet the language changes as they communicate with each other and understand the different words and adopt them.



Take for example today kpai is widely used today in Nigeria to refer to death or kill.

This was not the case some years back.

U get people speaking broken english infused with kpai which is a yoruba word.


That is how easy it is for language to change.

The language today in Bini is Igbo mixed with Yoruba and Portugese.


The Bini's today will tell you that their language is mixed.


Bini is originally Igboland before Oba Ado.

You didn't answer the question.

Can one man change the language of a group of people?

The answer is No.

Rather, he will be the one to learn their language and communicate with them.

saddler:


You didn't answer the question.

Can one man change the language of a group of people?

The answer is No.

Rather, he will be the one to learn their language and communicate with them.

Go to Bini and see the power of the Oba of Bini.


Oba of Bini is even more powerful than Sultan of Sokoto in Edo

SS777:


He's not Igbo just like Asagba of Asaba, but Igbo always want to force themselves on people's.

Corrected

SS777:


He's not Igbo just like Obi of Asaba, but Igbo always want to force themselves on people's.

WhizdomXX:

Corrected

The Obi told you he is not Igbo?

U are very useless.

Bliss4Lyfe:


The Obi told you he is not Igbo?

U are very useless.

U are a fool, I corrected you on how to address my King. You are here fooling yourself, did I tell you I don't know my history? Be gone, idiot.

saddler:


Very illogical question to ask.

Can one man change the language of a people?

When Oranmiyan came to Benin, did he change the language of the people to Yoruba?

Yes they change the language. Like how you’re speaking English now. Yoruba is not from benin. You are delusional

muykem:
Onitsha people are immigrants from Yoruba land.

This is not news. My late grandfather who was a prominent member of NCNC told us that Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe always reiterated that Onitsha people are from IFE, settling at Benin. When their progenitor died, they stayed for a very long time at Benin before migrating to several places and finally settled at Onitsha.

The Ga people of Accra Ghana are also from IFE. Ekuabo, Ekwuabo , Ekaabo means welcome in Yoruba in various Yoruba pronunciations.

When the late Oba of Benin wrote a book and gave a new history about Benin and IFE relationship and said Oodua is Ekalalederhan a Benin Prince. He said Oodua is not the first person to settle at IFE. He said Oodua met some people who were already living at IFE . The puzzle he left was for historians to find out those early settlers at IFE before Oodua arrived.

His Highness, Oba Akinrutan ( OBAT), the Olugbo of UGBO land in Ondo State claimed those early settlers are UGBO people referring to his people.

My question to His Highness, Oba Akinrutan is to find out if there is any relationship between UGBO people and the present Onitsha people.

Difrent

The king looks more like a Benin palace chief than an igboman
And his title is Obi
While other igbos kings are known as Igwe. The heavy influence of Benin in Onitsha cannot be overlooked
But also we can't take away the fact of Exe Chima also being a founding member of Onitsha along with igalas.
Simply put Onitsha isn't igbo but benin


You're wrong. Onicha was one of the founding members of ile ife. Even the oni confirmed that igbos helped form his kingdom.
Eze chima was a wealthy man whose family helped form ile and benin. They were igbos when they left ile ife and benin.

mankan2k7:
So Yoruba is the owner of Onitsha like this?


Yoruba lagba, awa lo ni Onitsha.

They (Onitsha) migrated from IFE. So many tribes migrated out of IFE.

That has been the history from time immemorial. Even when the late Oba of Benin wrote his last book and rewrote the Benin and IFE relationship, in the hot debate that followed, he was reminded that Onitsha people migrated from IFE and settled at Benin.