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afrodoc: i feel the same.and from what i have seen of him he is talented no doubt bt i am nt sure he has d toughness both physically n mentally to succeed in a high pressure club like chelsea

shymmex: It's funny how threads like this about Yoruba are created by igbo posters (obiagu1) - and most of the clowns who troll, and post dumb comments on the same thread are igbos... You guys are inbred with tribalism, and hatred for Yoruba people..

When has Yoruba people ever claimed any minority group?? We don't even claim Yoruboid groups like Ilajes, and itsekiris in Delta - yet, an Igbo poster deem it right to open an idiotic thread to ask a silly question..We don't even claim Yoruba subgroups in both Kwara, and Kogi states - the OP, and Obiagu1 need to get a life.. Worry about igboid groups denying their ancestry, and leave Yoruba people alone..

Keep writing letters to Ikwerre people begging to claim igbo ancestry, clowns - and keep Yoruba out of your mouth.. What do Edo people have that's beneficial to Yoruba anyways.. We may share the same ancestry, but we're different people..
This is bvery very irrelevant.
Stick to the topic and do not derail.
The letter you are refering to was written by an Ikwerreman to his Ikwerre organisation.
Thogh you did say Yoruba is different from Edo, but I want you to say that Edos do not see themselvesw as Yorubas. Even third generation Edo people born in Yorubaland do not see themselves as Yorubas. What an abomination.

Donbrig: The Edo people don't see themselves as yorubas, but the Edos are the closest to Yorubas in various ways. An Edo man will never betray a Yoruba man to another tribe. A very big part of Edo people's heart belong to the Yorubas. As an Edo man, I can sincerely confirm that the Edos love and cherish the Yoruba people so much, that is why whatever affects them affects us.. And once it comes to politics, both tribes always watch each others back.

alj harem: Dude I am not your average Nairaland, I work with reality. In your life don't insult my religion

I know your name and where you live Cheta so shut up and don't let me expose you.

alj harem: here comes the andre uweh aka Oturugo aka Abadaba aka Ngodigha

all of una welcome to the party

Sam_Ikenna: I wonder what we dont know about England, is it that Nigeria doesnt have the capacity to be bigger than England economy-wise? Is it that if we get our heads out of our behind now we wont be able to have England (in about 20 years) suck up to us like we've been doing since 1862?

What is it that we dont know about this old empire that we grew up with. And please dont tell me about football or English language. Japan neither speaks english nor plays football better than Nigeria but their economy is bigger than UK's. The only thing that'll secure the future of a nation is if the youths take science and math seriously, not if that nation speaks english or plays football. If Nigeria commits herself to education and provision of infrastructure, I guarantee you that in the next 20 to 30 years we'll be providing aid to England.

Nebeuwa: Someone said the British have nothing to lose, but they do. They will lose out on the future oil revenue.

Scotland has found vast amount of oil reserves in the North Sea. That is not being mentioned much in the media.

Plus, this will be a blow to the United Kingdom prestige, because other regions may follow suit such as Northern Ireland which remains a contentious issue.

I know William Wallace would be proud.

afrodiva: Abagworo ,u could never ever know more than i do regarding my state , rivers state and its constituent ethnicities .
Yu all throw out these language, culture and religion argument which is faulty and controversial. However the. Fundamental issue here is the ikwerre mans sovereignity and right to call himself as he pleases. It is irrelevant if the civil war or non civil war caused the divide , its not about similarity in culture or language, heck even within the ikwerre clans there are differences in language and cultural practises the ikwerre wants to be identified as ikwerre not igbo. Even if he was known as igbo before which is still controversial, the ikwerre now wants to be known as such they no longer want to be submerged in an igbo identity.
Someone mentioned the itsekiri differentiating from Yoruba since the 16 th century. So does the length of time invalidate the wishes of the ikwerre. ? The contention should be between the ikwerre who are pro igbo and those who are not.
Andrew uweh claimed ahoda when his username was abadaba until he was nabbed.
see all the insults from uweh, why does this issue always make u guys so bitter? So full of bile over this issues. It beats me why the Almighty igbo kwenu give themselves sleepless nights over ikwerre people.is it post traumatic stress syndrome caused by the civil war.

afrodiva: Mr igbo ur supposed first wife miss ikwerre divorced and dumped ur igbotic ass for better lovers more than 40 yrs ago quit whining and get a life. All these stories of ikwerres being part of ohaneze blah blah blah doesn't cut it.the fact that a letter like this is been written shows the true state of affairs .this ur internet propaganda ain't working. U need to go to ikwerre websites and see how the ikwerres despise Yu guys. Next thing u know Andre uweh will start claiming ahoada but doesn't know the name of his village or if its ahoada east or west.
Fyi rhino is right its a treasonable offence to sell land to igbos in ogbaland ( omoku) . Francis ellah was severely sanctioned
By ogbafolks for trying to drag them into ur ohaneze.just leave the mbamiris alone they are very happy with their fellow mbamiri ijaw lovers

Rhino.5dm:
Truth must be told. No one is going to buy your senseless propaganda. The Ikwerres are NOT Ibos, so quit trying to force yourself on them. Call me whatever you want, it won't change the glaring realities. Funny, most of you writing nonsense here can't even point to one ikwerre man, yet you kept on churning daft theories to comfort each other.

Infact, most of them despise Ibos with passion. Only on the pages of the internet you would see expansionist claiming what belongs to others. In some places, the Ikwerres have placed embergo on selling of properties to you Ibos. Omok in rivers state is an example of such. If you sell your land to ibo in Omok, you die.

ekt_bear: Actually, next year, it will be a Yoruba man (me) who will do the poll, Odumchi.

ezotik: maybe u should leave ekiti for once and go learn about other groups. who says edoid languages are not "mutually intelligible"? esan and bini is almost like one language not to talk of others.

btw, since u are yoruba, why was ekiti and ijebu not separated?

Chyz*:
Hey Mod,

Beaf should be banned or at least suspended. His continuous insults and e-stalking of fellow nairalanders is out of hand. It's not that every opinion made that is not in favor of Goodluck Jonathan must receive curses. Here is one of the many examples of Beaf's great work of profanity,page by page. . .

https://www.nairaland.com/944379/gej-orders-agf-prosecute-those/1

ekt_bear: I knew that my Yoruba people would not disappoint me in this one

Rhino.5dm:
Who decide what to comment on or not? I'm going to allow you say whatever you want, for the fact that I respect your maturity and calmness, and ofcourse, as earlier pointed by my brother herculesO7 in his post. That said.

By the way, take your time and sample the opinion of the average Ikwerre man on your biafra or his alleged Ibon-ess.

Look, the gap is becoming wider and the distrust is shining brightly like mid-day sun rays. I have lived with them for more than four years(on and off, since I shuttle from my village in south west to PH). The only word am going to add here is that, they despise Ibos like some lethal snakes.

Walk to ANY Ikwerre community and ask them if they are Ibos.. You stand the chance of being lyched by angry mobs. So, it baffles me how you guys would decide and pretend to avoid the glaring reality by appealing to your sentiments with facde.
This above idiotic post is laughable. How many times have the Ikwerres killed the Ijaws and Ogonis talkless of killing their Igbo kins. Where you drunk when you chatted the above rubbish?.


Dude, we are not in 18 century AD and the average Ikwerre understands the consequence of not belonging to the "OIL RICH NIGER-DELTA" and the sheer greediness of the Ibos(his so-called brother). There are history and there is transformation which is dynamic!!

The middle-belt is doing everything possible to detached herself from core north and it is only matter of time before she completely denouced her northern-ess. It is up to the Ikwerres to decide if they are Ibos or not.


Give it up, it won't work or atleast not in this life!

bittyend: Igbos and their domineering way of life.. Why are you writing those who don't want to be part of your ethnic group?? You guys are funny people smh..

Have you ever seen a yoruba man write to ebira people to claim their yoruba ancestry?

Have hausa people ever written to southern kaduna people? Why are you guys so forceful and different?

I hope the guy tears the letter. I doubt he's going to respond.