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helium44:
Guys! I need help understanding what mikel is doing in my team.i do not stand correctd in my opinion after watching him play these seasons in chelsea.i expect mikel to be in the class of iniesta,xavi nd d rest.i refuse 2 accept the popular notion that morinho changed his style.even if true then hes not professional enough for a man to render him completely redundant in his team.forget the passes,thats not enough to keep him in a team like mine.Mikel is completely useless in chelsea,hes no threat to any opponent and his creative passes(i bought him for) is fast diminishing.mikel upgrade to your 2005 version before , All im saying is that mikel's current style of play is not enough to keep him in the champion's team.HE'S JUST TOO ORDINARY FOR CHELSEA! GBAM!!!

Please let go Michael Obi. You know the chap can afford you 500 times. You should be more concerned on why your left leg is shorter than your right leg. Are you not ashamed of that?.

West Ham having lost their two previous epl matches so far, will put up a good fight against Man U. It will be explosive. At the end of 90 minutes, scores may be 2:2.

[quote author=onye_ngbu link=topic=503449.msg6648518#msg6648518 date=1282897609]I believe that most posters in nairaland are just bunch of 6 years olds looking for trouble.

Even if someone has claimed something you dont agree with on another thread, why cant you take him on that thread rather than open another thread and hoping that your compadres will come and help you.[/quote]You are a no brainer at all, have you ever checked if the thread is locked or not?. Some one made a mistake which I think was not intentional and it was corrected. Since then, we have moved on. People with brains have preached peace here and guilty parties accepted their guilt. Why should a Sshit licker like you fan animosity when none exist. Plural fool, go and screw your self, I and Beaf belong to the same campus brotherhood which both of us are aware of.

Onye ozuzu aturu oma--The good shepherd.

jalether:
I feel sorry for the young chap. wishing him well in his future endeavours

Does anyone fancy us to win this seasons UCL? Barca and inter should be the favourites.

We are going to need a decent defender and GK for extra security at the back if we are to excel this season

Chelsea do not need defenders. Left back A. Cole/Zhirkov; Right Back Bosingwa/Ivanovic; centre half-Terry/Alex/Ivanovic/Mancienne.
What Chelsea needs most is a decent centre forward who is capable of turning things around when our forwards are not performing. Remember what happened to Chelsea against Milan last season at the Bridge.

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=503449.msg6646200#msg6646200 date=1282850449]NIgga shut the hell up, u old fool! Family affair, my nuts! Ure a hypocrite and you've been exposed one more time. Hang urself![/quote]Boner sucking LovePeddler, keep on deceiving yourself that you a toddler, because you still suck your mother's bosom makes you feel you were born yesterday. You are always stupidd, not that you are making a special effort today, Zombified ddick licker.

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=503449.msg6641974#msg6641974 date=1282805124]Beaf, neutral? lol. Not to be mentioned in the same sentence! That said, Beaf is tons better than that freaking psycho, hypocritical tribalist called Andre Uweh. Thank God he's showing his true colors! The old fool![/quote]Whoopsy,
Your intervention is not required here, iidiot. If at all there is any issue between I and Beaf, it is a FAMILY affair, and should not concern such a mystical beast as you. Jobbless freak, let me catch you run your stinking mouth more, then you will know that you are just a sadass and no body will come to your aid when the drum starts to beat.
Ndogho Sikugu, go and figure.

Beaf:
Abeg NL, make una come o!!!
This is getting very funny. Will opening threads on NL change facts on the ground.

Please, abeg, if I insulted you or stepped on your toes elsewhere, forgive and forget. This style of opening tribalistic threads will not help anybody.

Sorry, I was replying Asha80. His reply to my post looked insultive.

Beaf:
Thank you my brother, I don't understand this thing at all. Imagine him saying we are suffering Igbo's. Me, Isoko man! How many are we?
Many people in Nigeria have never even heard of Isoko people.
I am really shocked at Andrew Uweh, because he is somebody I respect.

@Beaf, with due respect, I do not mean any hostility neither has there been any between us. A lot is going on in that region, and it hurts a lot.

asha 80:
Then allow the so called aniomas to make noises for it for others to support.

Anya bewe, imi ebewe (Igbo proverb). What affects one Igbo in the West affects the other Igbo in the east.

asha 80:
I never believed i will type this but Andre you are danm too old for this.If you have issues with beaf on another thread then take him on that thread.All these attention seeking topics are getting annoying.

Or better allow the aniomas to battle their fate in delta.

My brother, do not insult me for coming up with a rebuttal to lies about my people.  Some folks in Delta Igbo region are quick to buy lies told them by enemies of Ndigbo.

It is an established fact Ndigbo are the majority in Delta state. They deserve a state of their own.
If you are in support of a state for Ndigbo in Delta state, please represent.
Anioma shall be.

There is no better map than that. Well done Chyz.
Upon their large size, they are the most marginalised group in Delta state.
The most thing to happen to Delta state is to create Anioma state out of the existing Delta state.

chyz:
The Igbos of delta state are the Single largest ethnic group in delta state. Also check the percentage of igbo spoken in the state,it is larger than any other tribal language spoken in the stake. Prove me wrong I beg you.

Thanks Chyz.
Yet Beaf has somewhere in another thread claimed that Ndigbo are the third largest ethnic group in Delta state.

Delta Igbo local councils:
Oshimili north
Oshimili South
Ika north east
Ika South.
Ndokwa east.
Ndokwa west.
Ukwuani.
Aniocha north.
Aniocha south.
Who can be that?.

Ndigbo in Delta state consist of Nine local councils and has the highest number of councils in Delta state.
: How can an ethnic group with nine local councils in Delta state be the third largest in that state. You want me to believe that the Urhobo with eight local councils and Ijaw with two local councils are bigger than the Igbo. Incredible.

yarodin:
Everything this OSU has stated is totally rubbish.  These outsiders are probably some slaves that escaped from somewhere and ended up in Igboland.  Thanks to the good gestures of their Igbo hosts they were able to settle down and start anew.    All of a sudden this bunch of nut cases are claiming that they defeated various Igbo villages blah blah blah blah.  To all these I say bull crap, these "THINGS" were known to sneak around and kidnap unprotected men, women and children,  and sell them into slaves.  These "THINGS" called Arochukwu introduced backstabbing to Igboland, so I guess they accomplished something afterall.

Yarodin, your post above is offensive. I only expect such a crap from guys on the other side of the great divide. Not from you my dear.

Our languages must not wither away. As a result, Igbo Youths UK offers free Igbo lessons to young Igbo people in the U.K. If you are an Igbo and interested in Igbo language, join for free at: www.icsn.co.uk

@Jarus, many happy returns. Whom the cap fits, let him wear it. The cap fits you, so wear it. I would have quit Nairaland if not for your timely appointment as a moderator.
May your days be elongated like that of Methuselah. Amen.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200905040497.html

The president general of Arochukwu town Union here is saying the same thing which I posted. Abam warriors sold the slaves to Aro people.
@Ezeuche.: I will post the link of Eze Aro's rebuttal on slave raids, am going to work now.
@Ezeagu--The oracle was for settling disputes, however, corrupt officials at the sacred place sold some of their clients, not that the Aro did. It is like the policemen on Nigerian highways extorting money from Nigerians without the knowledge of the IGP.

Dike na Agha--Great in battle.

Odumegwu Judah-Lion of Judah.

ezeagu:
I think you may be right, although I wouldn't go as a far as saying they never raided place. They did use religion to capture people though.

The bolded was for dispute resolution.

Ibime:
BTW, Jaja's real name is Mbanaso. . . Jubo Jubogha is his slave name. . .


Interesting story about Abam, Umuebulu, Bonny and Okrika. . . looks like the Abam guys were some cold blooded mercenaries. . .


Okrika traders used the Imo River which rises from Mbaise hills in Imo State, forming a confluence with Otamini river at Umuebulu where they purchased palm oil and kernel. According to Diebo Fiberesima, born at Umuebulu in 1944, the Umuebulu reported that they had previously given Bonny people a portion of their land as trading post. It was alleged that the Bonny traders later assisted Abam people in Abriba of the present Abia State to behead Umuebulu people for rituals and festivals. The Okrika traders settled this matter through the District Officer at Bonny. They refunded to the Bonny traders the sum of 15,028 manilas, being the sum they had paid for the land. The Okrika traders, on their part, assisted to ward-off the intrusion of Abam head-hunters in Umuebulu. For this reason, the Umuebulu people compensated them with more lands. From this time the Okrika settlers are said to have lived in peace with their host, except for minor disputes on land boundaries. According to Diebo (2006), negotiations began in 1888 and agreement was reached in 1911.


http://ijawhistory.com/Ami%20Pro%20-%20CHAPT25.pdf

Correction.
Imo river did not rise from Mbaise Hills, if at all there is anything as Mbaise Hills, Imo River rose from Okigwe hills.

ChinenyeN:
Andre, you're not serious. The raids were all Aro-initiated. It was all an Arochukwu operation. Arochukwu people were also present during raids. So, you cannot justly reduce the Aro to 'mere traders'. They captured people. The simple truth.

Stop whitewashing history; trying to exonerate Aro of something it is clearly guilty of.

Objection. Aros were not present during slave raids. Aros might have been involved indirectly by the use of Abam mercenaries, but were never physically engaged in slave raids. Never.

@Face, you are right. Abam were mercenaries and bulk of slaves sold in the Bight of Biafra were captured by Abam warriors, then sold to Aros and then to Europeans stationed at the coast.
Arochukwu people have a very unique and long history. At the palace of Eze Aro, you will still find archives of markets and stations where Aro people acquired their slaves and other comodities that were sold to the Europeans. Some Aros who escorted slaves to the new world kept records of Aro activities as well.
Please any one interested in Aro history should visit the palace of Eze Aro and Arochukwu as well.

Ibime:
Which Abam? Are they related to Abam House in Okrika?

No. Abam is an Igbo group of old Bende division.

Onlytruth:
No I thought Abam is the Ohafia. Could be wrong though.

Presently, Abam is under Ohafia local council.

Ibime:
^^^I said Jaja was sold [/b]to Anna Pepple house. Everyone [b]knows Aro captured Jaja.

Objection. Aro never captured anyone and hence did not capture Jaja.
Arochukwu people were mere traders. They were not involved in raiding communities for slaves. Their role was to buy slaves and other commodities which they later resold. They were mere business men. The Abam were reknown for plundering villages for slaves and not Aros.

Eze ndi eze--King of Kings.

They were rewarded with street names in their states of origin. I can remember that there is Chukwuma Nwoha street in Owerri. Imo state govt of then fulfilled her own promise.

The idea to reward them is welcomed.