₦airaland Forum

koondog:
You afonjas don't have sense. You posted the name of an Igbo person saying Port Harcourt is not an Igbo town...lol. It's like Dewale Dosumu or Akinbola or any yoruba person by name saying that Ibadan is not a yoruba town, people will think he is insane.

I'd have engaged you if you made sense.

A Daily Times Newspaper dated July 21, 1956 showing Mr D.K Onwenu (father of musician Onyeka Onwenu) as a principal officer of a well respected union admitting that Port Harcourt is not part of Igbo land.

BKayy:
You people make up stories and call it history while we live the reality.
Just like the other ones that make up folk tale how they have empire, army and fought like lions while in reality we challenge nations

can you discuss with the people in your Ijaw language?
Do you eat the same food?
Do you share the same customs and values?
Work on that and we might have a discussion. Till then bask in your folklore

I thought you would engage me intellectually, however I'm disappointed by the appendage. Your undertone underscores the fact that you are in for an argument and not enlightenment. Sorry, I don't have time for your tirades.

Idiko1:
Ask such your friends if they are Ohu? Only Ohu from Opu Obu (Opobo) and Ndoki can claim to be Ijaw.

Alright. I never really asked for details. But I will ask him the general perception of the average Ibani and Ndoki man.

TarOrfeeek:
Fulani people have guzzled up the small crude oil remaining for Niger Delta people.


But Niger Delta people are still bothered by IPOB including Obigbo in the Biafran map

The Oil from Imo and Abia are being guzzled by who?

Seeeker:
Ori DILECTOR daru.


So, where did Dasuki wannabe get money from to acquire all these properties?


Ladies and gentlemen, Buhari might have prevented 2nd coup on him by deleting the JEGA fellow. I no call name o.

Possibly

BKayy:
They know they can't claim them like they did to Ubani and Opobo (our last born) that's why he is hiding under "Rivers" umbrella.
Anyways jungle don mature

Even romantic historians won't be able to change the facts. They're Ijaws. Deal with it. I can give you an Andoki-Ijaw friend who is going to school you about Obigbo

dared0637:
I don't even care about the e-rants anymore from those clowns, I just want an Ijaw man or any person(s) of minority stock for that matter to come to Obigbo and tell me to my face that I'm not Igbo, na for inside bush the bastard go begin locate him teeth... We've tolerated too much rubbish from these people already.

You're not an Indigene of Obigbo. The Andokis are Ijaws and we don't need to force it on them. I have an Andoki friend. I did screenshot your comment to him.

BKayy:
Leave those nincompoops. They think we don't know what is/really happening/happened.
Their madness of claiming Ndigbo and their land after the fall of Biafra has come to an end. As for those that have been conquered and agreed to stay with them, we dash them and won't bother them about that. People like Ikwerre, Ekpeye, Omuma and Ika have been dashed to the Bini.
As for Igala, those they are after can never be theirs because they haven't been conquered like those listed. That is places like Asaba, Enugu Ezike etc.
As for Ijaw they can manage Ubani if the indigenes still agree to but as for Opobo and Ndoki, we will die there. That one is too late
Let them continue fooling themselves, we all know the story. All the emergency history that was written post 1970 and Nigeria rushed to fan is VOID.
You can't tell me that someone that denounce you, doesn't share linguistic, cultural and even phenotype with you is your people against there will and you expect us that are related to the person to keep quiet because you will call us attache by force? No we will wrestle in that mud you are dragging our brother to. No room for senseless pride. You want madness, we mad together

Surprising, I have an Opobo friend and Ndoki friend whom identifies themselves as Ijaws so we don't need to claim them. They're part of us.

OriakuAmara:
Oga Oyigbo belongs to Asa /Ndoki clans
Of the Igbo race.
Am a proud Asa lady, if you want a challenge, whenever I enter ph, I take you around oyigbo and get you schooled.
Focus on your Ijaw land.
Oyigbo is 100% Igbo land just as the tiny ijaw land in ondo south west still belong to ijaws , state is just a political creation.
Be guided

I don't know about Asa but I know about Ndoki being Ijaw. I have an Ijaw friend from Ndoki who answers Igboid names but acknowledges himself to be Ijaw.

Elliot2:
Bro, don't mind that ignorant boy. I be ijaw and a full blooded Biafran by ideology.

Shambolic

AkalaJ:
Ondo is a Yoruba state so the Arogbos should fall inline or they can relocate to Bayelsa (a majority ijaw state) if they're so offended by the decision. Reminds me of how some people (they know themselves) were wailing when Ambode and the Lagos State assembly passed a law on preservation of yoruba language in Lagos some years ago, even though similar laws had been passed in their own states without anyone raising an eyebrow.

Go and relocate the Apois and Arogbo Mr Chairman

Grace001:
Rubbish... Some people just like to create problem where there is none.

Everyone knows Ondo state is YORUBA state, ijaw people in Ondo state should go to back to Bayelsa if you can’t respect the governor’s decision and if you don’t see yourself as part of the Yorubas in their state.

You're very stupid!

owobokiri:
Listen to your treacherous self..
Such a person with such a job will have the time to go and shoot up a police station?

You'll discover that the person that facilitated his arrest could also be Igbo.

PHijo:
You can't divide what is non-existent.

Well Said my brother

Anago55:
Who else noticed the uniform arrival of three self appointed arrival of These three Niger Delta spokes men?

Adakaboro

Phijo

Afriifa

I have this feeling that this three are under the payroll of some powerful igbophobic individuals who are hell-bent on ensuring that there is division in the old Eastern region

Unrest? I don't owe you any facts. Nature will vindicate us when its due.

iamuyiekpen:
I won’t tolerate any insult on my person or on anyone here. You could have made your point without using derogatory remarks. We don’t want you either. We’ve never wanted to be with you and we will never be. Pls get that into your head.

That's their usual rhetorics. They can never be diplomatic with counter views. Never civil. Don't waste your time replying them.

Patrioticbreed9:
Ahoada west ain't igbo's one bit! my mum is from there and she ready to stab you knife if you refer her as one!. on the order my dad is from emohua and he has never for once deny his igbo ancenstry.

Ahoada west is dominated by Engenni Ijaws whom have strong ancestral links with the Edos. So how can one refer to an Engenni person as Igbo? The person wan die? Don't mind the Igbos.

Eastlink:
Rantings of a frustrated Deltan Izon. You're yet to settle issues with your Itshekiri/Urhobo neigbours in Warri, na Rivers matter dey disturb you. Carry your useless INC/IYC to your Ogogoro swamp in Kiagbodo, Amasomma, Patani swamp you came from, but don't bring that Asawana trash into Rivers.

Izon abi na Ijawland ends in Bayelsa. Anybody claiming Ijaw in River state are migrants.

I'm still wondering how one can be so fanatical to the extent of accepting a fowl lie as truth. I weep for your soul

gidgiddy:
I always laugh when I see people calling themselves names such 'South South' and 'Niger Delta' that dont mean anything. Why would someone leave the name of his tribe to calling himself 'South South'? Where is North North?

You're a fool! Biggest one! Ghana is name of a tribe? Is Angola, Algeria, Canada, names of Tribes? Niger Delta is the name. It is not suppose to make meaning to you. You are not part of us.

Cmanforall:
Those are called Geopolitical zones for a reason. This creation has made , for example, an Ikwere man to see an Igbo man more of an enemy because the latter does not belong to South-South, despite both being neighbours. Because of the 'South-South' created by some people in power (and not the forefathers of the different ethnic groups) to probably create discord with the Igbos; thus, Binni man is considered more as a brother to same Ikwere man just because they are in the virtual entrapment of the so called Geopolitical zone.
Should Nigeria divide with NigerDelta having their country, from the look of things the emerging country will be as present Nigeria. There will be much power tussle and the unification in language will pose a challenge.
In developed countries, for example Germany, there are regions that still have their dialects different from Deutsch. For example, the Bavaria core indigenes speak differently, but that doesn't take away German as their official language. What will be the official language for the South-South?
However, if Nigerians division will bring peace without bloodshed, then so be it, irrespective of the number of pieces it splits.

What's the Official Language of Nigeria? Ghana, Gambia and Even your South East?

theTranslator:
and what tribe are you from sir?
I hope you know Niger Delta is not a tribe?

hate me sir
but be reasonable enough to think without delusions

He's Igbo. Just imposting us.

NoFucksToGive:
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How can a yoruba man speak for us in the Niger delta ? Are you sure all is well?
Have you guys sorted your numerous issues or the herds men chasing you lot to be refugees in Benin republic.

It's this presumptuousness that makes people hate your tribe

Focus on odududwa republic and leave us out of your usual Manipulations and propaganda

An Igbo Man Imposting to be a Niger Deltan. Why can't you be proud of your roors?

NoFucksToGive:
[s][/s]. You and I have nothing in common you nincompoop

I dislike ijaw and prefer itsekiri people since you mentioned it.

I am a Bini man to the 5th generation unlike you lot

Even in Niger delta Republic insha allah I don't want ijaws there. You guys are lazy uncouth lot
X

See this liar

sageb:
I have lived in Diobu (mile 2) that area is owned by the Ikwerre people.

Thanks for the clarity

BlackAdam55:
I don't understand why they are trying so hard to tell us where we belong smh

You the mind them? I'm also Ijaw. From Delta though! Please tell me about Diobu, is it an Ijaw settlement in Rivers? I have a Facebook friend from Diobu, she claims to be an Ijaw girl, but her short videos on fb are usually have Igbo-like words.

Eastlink:
You Bayesa clown. So it has gotten to dragging the good people of Rivers state with your skirmishes with Awka-Ibom people.

I can see how you and Tonye with his alternate moniker have been dancing naked publicly. Be careful Mr Man else we begin to bring up Ijaw matter as well in P/H. Just one day will be enough to demolish all your ramshackle in our watersides. The one Amaechi didn't complete is still in the pipeline.

So if humans are talking, Bayelsa Ijaw clown sef go put mouth. I guess the Batcha you dey manage for Bundu don dey make your head swell. In your superiority battles with the Akwa-Ibomite never you drag us into it. Next time bring up Yenagoa your godforsaken capital and leave P/H alone.

You're a Big Fool! Rivers Pikin indeed. Shame on you for claiming another man's state as yours, just to feel relevant. Your Dad must be proud of you

Eastlink:
Ijaw owned port my foot. In Alagoa’s expansionist book I guess. I asked you to show us Kenneth’s Dike’s Ijaw lecturer and you couldn’t defend your claims.

You are now making another spurious claim to the ownership of Bonny and Nembe as Ijaw ports. Please can you show us any historical document from 1700 to 1950 where these afformentioned areas where called Ijaw port? Bonny for one had their own distinct identity which was globally recognized. Bonny were known as Bonny, Obani or Okoloma. Nembe was known as Brass or Nembe despite the mass encroachment by Ijaw migrants. The European recoreded the Ijaws and never mixed both. And there was never a time Bonny and Nembe were know as Ijaws until the coming of Ijaw landgrabbers from Delta/Bayelsa.

The only thing we knew about Ijaws in Bonny were that they came as slaves and canoe workers. And as time went on populated Bonny with their hungry population from Bayelsa/Delta who needed other staple food other than fish for survival.

Will your ranting ever change facts?

Ekealterego:
Understand that IYC is like Arewa (not everyone in Arewa is Hausa or Fulani as there are many other distinct minorities under the umbrella). It is more of a conglomerate of ethnic groups living in close proximity and Ijaw seem to be the largest or most politically active... Engenni language is not even in any shape or form related to Ijaw... not even in basic words... They are more like Edoid language.. If you go to Mbiama, there are a lot of intermarriages with people from Edo state, they believe (and rightly so) that their ancestors are from Edo state.. To make things even worse, 90% of them speak Igbo as a second language (the older ones 100%) and you can hardly find anyone speaking Ijaw, except one of the parents are actually Ijaw.

I just discovered that you are in for an argument. They don't speak Igbo. They are somewhat Edoid, which is true, in Niger Delta most of us had settled in Edo before moving to our present area. It does not make us Edo. we're inter-related. look at Bonny for instance.. Will they tell you that they are not Ijaws?

Ekealterego:
Oniso! That is not entirely true.. Mbiama for example, is just by the border with Bayelsa.. I know these people like the back of my hand... Engenni people are a small tiny tribe with not so many communities.... In Ahaoda West, they share with Ekpeye, and in Yenegoa, they share with the closely related Epie.. Everyone knows everyone... Some might identify with Ijaws because there are many intermarriages with Ijaws, but they are also a lot of intermarriage with Igbos and people from Edo state... An average person from Jankrama, Mbiama, for example, speaks impeccable Igbo as a second language, and from my survey, almost none of them speak or even understand Ijaw. Yeah, many from the Riverine side may share that riverine culture, but most are into agriculture. And they refer to Ijaw people as Ijaw people and do not include themselves as being Ijaws... They clearly refer to Ijaw people as a different subset of people.

Good morning and Happy New Month. My best wishes for you and your entire household. Now, back to base. I don't want to argue that. As an Ijaw kid from Delta state, I have had the privilege to withness the presence of my kins in Mbiama to some relative extent. I can never call them non-ijaws, because their case is very similar with the African slaves in America. even if they don't understand one African language or culture. They are still Africans.

Ekealterego:
I have Engenni inlaws.. Stop parroting nonsense... Engenni people are more related to Edo people than Ijaw. Their language is like Urhobo.. They are not Ijaws.. No real Engenni man will tell you they are Ijaws.. Their language is not anywhere close to Ijaws.

What you have said here cannot be rebuffed entirely. I want to say you are somewhat correct. But they still identify with Ijaws because they are Ijaws, however, due to the proximity, I would say, that clan or sub-group (Egenni) of Ijaws were greatly influenced by other brothers (Edo) from Niger Delta. There could ave been historical affliations that were not documented presently.
The bottom line is, they're Ijaws, but were culturally influenced by our Edoid brothers to some extent.