₦airaland Forum

Truckpusher:
Lol, you came and settled in another man's land and all of a sudden you want to be united to your kith and kin in Abia State ?
Do you know how many miles exist between the next Abia village and Oyibo? Is that why they changed the name to Obigbo too ?
They are clowns - if they want to unite with their folks in Abia state they should pay their transport and go nau. Abi dem wan carry the land ?

You are yet to give me an answer to this

You said it was changed, can you provide the previous name before the change? At least we all know that of Port Harcourt.

Truckpusher:
Was it not the same Asari that used the Niger Delta struggle to enrich themselves ?

If you think that an average educated Niger Deltan listens to Asari and co then think again.

Oh sure he did. Mind you he isn't guilty of this alone. Can you mention anyone who didn't enrich himself when given an opportunity across the nation?

So don't use that against him. He enriched himself don't mean he doesn't know something.

Rose2014:
A million dollar question

Otete go nura?

DiademSh07:
LOL!
Having Ndoki kith in Abia doesn't change the fact that these people invaded Rivers' land under Eastern region!
Note that there were no State by then!

You guys are reallly funny. Where are you guys churning out all this bullcrap from?

DiademSh07:
LOL! You would take the word of an illiterate tout! Shows a kindred soul!

Asari, an illiterate tout?

I can bet that guy knows things that you can only wish you knew

Truckpusher:
@ Candy.rain... The problem with you and your folks in this forum is that you don't know how to separate politics from regional identity and interest

HopeAthand is pro APC while I'm pro PDP but we agree on the same issue of where Igbo territories ends when it comes to defining the Niger Delta.

Wike or no Wike Rivers State is our own and whoever wins we will support for the greater good of all.

Don't you think it's when something is at stake that the true intent of a person/people is revealed?

Truckpusher:
Lol, you came and settled in another man's land and all of a sudden you want to be united to your kith and kin in Abia State ?
Do you know how many miles exist between the next Abia village and Oyibo? Is that why they changed the name to Obigbo too ?
They are clowns - if they want to unite with their folks in Abia state they should pay their transport and go nau. Abi dem wan carry the land ?

You said it was changed, can you provide the previous name before the change? At least we all know that of Port Harcourt.

Truckpusher:
Everyone can do that but what I've given you is what is needed to wake you up from your dreamland.

Good morning

Chaiii!!!

Truckpusher:
Thank you very much for enlightening these folks once again.

Initially they said Etche , Ogba , Ekpeye, Bonny , Opobo , Omuma, Ikwerre et al are all Igbos , some them registered with a new handle and claim to be coming from these places like Chiwude is claiming he is from Ogba .
I don't usually have time for threads of this nature but when I noticed how they've been bullying HopeAthand allover the forum for saying that Ikwerres are not Igbos that was when I had to say it the way it is.
We all can work together after all we run with the same ideology but trying to hide my own identity to be accepted by some few fellows that won't make any difference in my life is something I can never do.

I'll take the words of Asari Dokubo over yours anytime any day bro

With the bolded, where does your Etche , Ogba , Ekpeye, Bonny , Opobo , Omuma, Ikwerre fall? Maybe Ijaw or Ogoni

Asari Dokubo Dares Patience Jonathan: You Can’t Make Wike Rivers Governor



The next governor of Rivers State will not be determined by First Lady Patience Jonathan, according to leader of outlawed Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari Dokubo.

An attempt to make supervising minister of education Mr Nyesom Wike the next governor of the state, Dokubo warned, would not only affect the political fortune of President Goodluck Jonathan but also the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

He said the plan by the first lady to impose Wike on the people was morally wrong in the light of the dominance of the political landscape of the state by the Ikwerre group, to which Wike belongs, in the past 16 years.

“To make Wike a governor in Rivers State in 2015 is not morally right. All the fellows endorsing him for whatever reason should know that it will injure PDP, it will injure Goodluck Jonathan. If Goodluck’s name is brought into it, that he is in support of the perpetuation of an Ikwerre hegemony in Rivers State, which is not right by population, which is not right under any calculation, it will injure him and PDP,” Dokubo stated in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP friday yesterday.

Mrs Jonathan had ignited a controversy over the governorship ticket of the PDP in the next election in Rivers State on Tuesday when she said Wike enjoyed her backing in his gubernatorial ambition.

The first lady, in a statement issued in a reaction to a report that she had dumped Wike for a candidate from the riverside area of the state, preferably one from her Okirika stock, in the countdown to 2015, said she was solidly behind the minister in his bid to occupy the Brick House, Port Harcourt.

She said, in a statement issued by her media aide, Mr Ayo Adewuyi: “In the case of Rivers State, the First Lady wishes to state categorically that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, is the leader of PDP in Rivers State and he enjoys the followership of the people of the State. The First Lady is solidly behind Chief Wike.

“The people of Rivers State are also solidly behind Chief Wike and are prepared to follow him. It is therefore mischievous to insinuate that Mrs Jonathan is working to ensure that the governorship candidate comes from one of the riverine areas of Rivers State which may not be where the people are going.

“It is also imperative to state that the First Lady is always with the people and will continue to go with the wish and expectations of the people. Mrs Jonathan has not withdrawn her support for Chief Wike at any time and will always work for the interest and the good of Rivers people. As far as the First Lady is concerned, there is NO SHAKING in Rivers State.”

In yesterday’s interview, Dokubo insisted that Wike could not become the next governor of the state in view of the interests of the three ethnic clusters in the state.

He said an Ikwerre man had no business in Rivers Government House in 2015, adding that it would amount to political suicide for PDP to field Wike in the next election.

Dokubo said the Ogoni should be supported to produce the next governor in the interest of justice and fair play, adding that it is only the Ogoni cluster that has not produced the governor of the state.

“As far as we all know, there are three ethnic clusters in Rivers State: the Ijaws, the Igbos (Ikwerre is part of the Igbo cluster) and the Ogonis. After Bayelsa was excised from Rivers State, the Igbos have ruled for many years. Odili was an Idoni Igbo; he ruled for eight years. Omehia/Amaechi, who are also Ikwerres, by 2015 would have ruled for more than eight years, making over 16 years,” he explained.

Insisting that it is impossible for an Ikwerre man to emerge as successor of the incumbent governor Rotimi Amaechi, he said: “It is morally wrong for any anybody to say that Igbo cluster should produce the next governor in 2015. I am an Igbo man also, by virtue of my origin, and so I am not against the Ikwerre people or against the Igbo. I repeat, I am an Igbo man; I can narrow it down: I have Ikwerre blood flowing in my veins.

“Having said that, the next cluster are the Ijaws, made up of the Kalabaris, the Obolo and Ibani people, the Wakrike; Okirika is just one town in Wakrike, Ukoro and others. These people have produced a governor. In terms of local government spread, they are in 11 local government areas out of the 23 local government areas; the Igbos are spread in eight and the Ogonis in four local government areas.

“In terms of population, when you remove the cosmopolitan population of Port Harcourt and Obiakpor, which is about 80 per cent of the population, is non-indigenous of those local governments. That is old non-Rivers indigenes and Rivers indigenes, who are not indigenes of Port Harcourt and Obiakpor local governments. If you remove those populations, the Ijaws are the majority as a single block.

“When you look at that, for somebody to say another Ikwerre man should become governor is wrong. Yes, constitutionally, he has a right to aspire, everybody is free to aspire, but it is not moral, it is not right. Something can be legally right but it might not be morally right.”

Making a case for the Ogoni, Dokubo said the age-long domination and oppression of the Ogoni people must end in 2015.

According to him, it would be unjust and unfair to continue to exclude the Ogoni in the scheming for the highest political office in the state. The Ogonis are the only people who have never produced governor because the whole Bayelsa that left were Ijaw people, he stated.

“So if we are saying there should be justice in Rivers State… if we are crying against domination by others, we should not also oppress other people. The people that morally should be allowed to produce the next governor of Rivers State is the Ogoni cluster made up of the Ogonis proper and the Eleme people.”

Dokubo expressed surprise that Patience Jonathan feigned ignorance of the homogenous nature and political reality in the state by openly identifying with the minister to clinch the top job in the state in 2015.

“The first lady need not to be told that it is morally and politically wrong for her to support another Ikwerre man by 2015, after the Igbo bloc would have spent over 16 years. She has every right to support who she wants but that must be done in a morally and politically correct direction and manner.”

Debunking the claim of his Ijaw kinsmen to the coveted seat in 2015, he said: “The arguments of the Ijaws are weaker. That an Ijaw governor should come in 2015 is weaker because Ada George and Melford Okilo have been elected governor; they can say it was old Rivers State — even in old Rivers State, the Ogonis should be in the right position to contest for the governorship. Yes, I will prefer an Ijaw man to become governor any day, anytime but when you are fighting oppression, you should fight it anywhere you see it. When you fight discrimination, you should fight it anywhere you see it.

“And in Rivers State, I believe the people who have the moral authority to produce the next governor of Rivers State are the Ogonis.”

Dokubo, however, expressed optimism that the contentious issue would be amicably resolved by the relevant stakeholders at the appropriate time and “wiser counsel will prevail”.

Some elders of the PDP in Rivers State had, last week, warned against ethnicising the party’s governorship ticket.

In a release, signed by Chief Ferdinand Alabraba and Chief Maxwell Tasie Amadi on behalf of the group, the elders frowned at a situation where people were fanning the embers of ethnicity in their jostling for the gubernatorial slot in the state, adding that it could become divisive and detrimental to the unity of the party in the state.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/asari-dokubo-dares-patience-jonathan-you-cant-make-wike-rivers-governor/

Rose2014:
I like this
There's a reason u're my buddy

Thank you

Rose2014:
I don't remember ever seeing you this angry. I know those guys can be very annoying n insensitive. Same thing with Ugo.mba yesterday or two days ago. He got so upset and I was surprised too hence I gave him palmy to calm him.

*hugs n kisses him on his forehead to see if that will calm his vex cos this one is too much*

I'm sorry btw

These guys have really gone too far with this thing and they need to be put in their place

Truckpusher:
Of course you'll believe me the moment I shout 'I'm Igbo please forgive me ' smh.

I can tell you a million things that distinguished me from the yoruba or hausa/fulani man. from the Ijaw or Benin man.
So once again is that all you can muster?

Truckpusher:
I'm an Ogba man which is a distinct ethnic group with my own identity just like the Hausa , Yoruba and Igbo man has their own identity .
You get it ?

Seriously is this all you can muster?

DiademSh07:
Not all the Egbema lga were carved from River state! The Ogbas and Ndoni are definitely not ibos!

Read and get enlightened

BTW Peter Odili is from Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area

Dr. Peter Odili, And The Ijaw Question

Sometime in June a group calling themselves the "Niger Delta Coastal Guerrilla's" (NDCG) issued several advert's in Nigerian newspapers where they claimed Dr Peter Odili is a "non native" of Rivers state and could not use the South-south ticket for the presidency, just as Olusola Saraki can not use the Northern ticket for the presidency, they insisted that Peter Odili is an Igboman, and threatened that if he get's nominated for the presidency they would blow up the oil wells and make the country ungovernable.

In recent times I have noticed an increasing trend where Ijaw commentators routinely refer to people from the Igbo speaking areas of Rivers State as "non natives". In an article written by SB Tienabeso and forwarded by Sabella Abide titled "Dr. Peter Odili honorary doctorate from lincoln University" published in NVS on the 15th of june,the originator of the article Mr SB Tienabeso also referred to Dr Peter Odili as a non native of Rivers state.

There seems to be an emerging consensus by the Ijaw to brand people from the Igbo speaking areas of Rivers state as non natives. The irony or rather what makes it funny, is that the Ijaw are always quick to exploit the internal divisions within the Igbo nation, to tell us that the Ikwerre's or Etche for example are not Igbo, the obvious fact notwithstanding. The divide and rule game that is being played, is that the Ijaw's claim that the Ikwerre or Ndoni are not Igbo when it suits their political calculations, and remembers they are Igbo when it does not suit their political purpose. This should serve as a lesson to those Rivers Igbo charlatans who make themselves pawns and clowns in the hands of their enemies by denying their identities. When the chips are down they would be reminded by their very enemies that they are Igbo.

The threat being issued by the so called Niger Delta Coastal Guerrilla's against the candidacy of Dr. Peter Odili confirms that there is a subtle ethnic war of supremacy being fought within the Niger Delta. However it is pertinent to note, that such a move coming at this time, that the South-south is struggling to get the presidency is counter productive. The South-south by it's very nature is a conglomerate of different ethnic groups. The only way they can achieve anything within a vastly unjust Nigerian federation is by being united, which was what they demonstrated until recently when some Ijaw militant groups introduced a divisive ethnic dimension into the South-south struggle for the presidency.

I have tried to understand the reason why the Ijaw continues to see Ndigbo as a threat. Various historical researches have not thrown up even one instance where the Igbo ever had any armed conflict with the Ijaw, inspite of having been neighbours for thousand's of years long before there was any such place as Nigeria. Anybody who visits Bonny or Opobo would be surprised to see how intertwined Ndigbo and Ndijaw are. Opobo itself was founded by an Igbo slave "King Jaja of Opobo". These towns are predominantly Ijaw towns, but because of massive intermarriage between Ijaw's and Igbo's, spanning several generations, Igbo has become one of the languages spoken in these towns. Inspite of this mix and integration, the Ijaw as exemplified by the stand of the militants on Odili's candidacy and several other commentaries, have continued to show great animosity towards Ndigbo.


The abandoned property robbery in Port-Harcourt (technically Igboland) was one area where Ndigbo was stabbed in the back by their Ijaw neighbours, having disenfranchised the Ikwerre.Aided by federal might in the aftermath of the civil war. Since then successive Ijaw Governors of Rivers state have waged a relentless war of cultural genocide on Ndigbo, all the Igbo street names were changed.Umuigbo became Rumuigbo etc, even Obigbo a core Igbo oil producing town that was formerly part of Aba province was annexed to Rivers state, and the Ijaw Governor of Rivers state Chief Melford Okilo changed the name from Obigbo to Oyigbo in a bid to de-Igbonise the town. Inspite of this monumental assault on Ndigbo by the Ijaw who readily and gleefully took opportunistic advantage of the aftermath of the civil war to stab Ndigbo in the back, most Igbo including the leadership have moved on.


Igbo leaders have realised that with or without Nigeria the Ijaw,will continue to be our neighbours as it is not humanly possible to move boundaries. Our destinies are inextricably linked. This has informed the reason why Ndigbo have continued to remain in the forefront of the struggle for resource control which directly affects the Ijaw. In the "National Political reforms conference" only Ndigbo stood with the South-south 100% on the question of resource control.

I believe it is time for a paradigm shift in Igbo, Ijaw relations. The divisive advert by the Niger Delta militants on Odili's candidacy should be condemned by Ijaw leaders, and the recent phenomenon of tagging Igbo speaking indigenes of Rivers state "non natives" should be nipped in the bud and discontinued forthwith. We do not want the kind of crisis that erupted between the Ijaw and Itshekiri to repeat itself in Rivers state. Truth is, inspite of the politically induced identity crisis plaguing some Rivers Igbo, anybody who attacks them will have to contend with the whole Igbo nation.Ndigbo will not tolerate any attack on any Rivers or Delta Igbo in the East, or South-south, such an attack is at best a suicidal move by whichever group initiates it.

Southern Nigeria is too divided, and that is why the North has dominated power to the detriment of Southern Nigerians who are clearly more educated, more talented, and more creative. Until the day Ndigbo, Ndi-Edo, Ndi-Yoruba, Ndi-Efik, Ndijaw, Ndi-Urhobo, Ndisoko, Ndi-Annang, Ndibibio, Ndi-Itshekiri, realise that we are all brothers and sisters from Southern Nigeria, who would have remained Southern Nigerians if not for the criminal amalgamation of 1914, and begin to work together for the political control of our destiny, we will continue to be slaves and underdogs to the Northerners. As the South-south and South-east continues the struggle to keep power in the South beyond Obasanjo's presidency, there is no way it can be achieved without Southern unity. If such ethnically divisive adverts by the Ijaw militants are allowed to continued, it will drive a wedge between the South, and pave the way for the North to return to power with all the negative consequences. A word is enough for the wise!

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/dr-peter-odili-and-the-ijaw-question.html

Truckpusher:
Could you please comment without the insults? When it comes to insults I hold the aces - Don't push your luck, bra.

Ok no insults. Apologies

Rose2014:
And to Tonyebarcanista and some Yorubas that were cheering them on that thread

Honey pls stop mentioning that dumbo when talking to me

Truckpusher:
That's exactly what I want you to ask - Here is your answer, people with close boundaries can share a lot of cultural attributes and still maintain their original identity and that shouldn't be used as a yardstick to send the next man's identity into oblivion.
By intermarriages,trade and acculturation anyone with such close proximity can adopt names and cultures and over years it will almost look the same and sound the same but with slight differences but his original identity is what matters .Got it ?

So what is your natural identity? The English colonized Nigeria, we adopted some of their culture and way of life but we never lost ours. What is your identity?

Rose2014:
Or during riot in the north, he should tell them his name is Obi but he's not Igbo so Hausas can spare him

Abi oooo. I'm feeling so ashamed for him

Truckpusher:
Could you please comment without the insults? When it comes to insults I hold the aces - Don't push your luck, bra.

I'm only just feeling ashamed for you, nothing more

Truckpusher:
There are lots of Igbo guys , nairalanders who knew me on personally to my bedroom and I do not hide my displeasure before them on how ignorant few like you folks are spreading falsehood here.

Once again , I'm an Ogba man Egi man to be precise and my name is obi and I do not have anything in common with the Igbos except as a Nigerian.

Guy your mumulity no be here ooo. So your name is Obi. Pls go tell the yoruba man or Hausa/Fulani man or any non Igbo that your name is Obi and you are not Igbo. Just see how you are embarrassing yourself to the whole world. Tufia!!!

Rose2014:
In Koredo Bello's voice "everything I do na God win o, na God win o, na God win o"

I think my job is done at this juncture

The old troll has finally eaten his vomit. Shame on him

Truckpusher:
Just the way you guys have been determining who's Igbo and who's not.

we will adjust the boundary again and give you back those Egbema folks and the ones in oyibo .
There are no Igbos in the SS except for a negligible few that can always be sent back to igbo land with simple boundary adjustment.

Mkpi so you are finally agreeing that there are Igbos in Rivers and by extension SS due to boundary adjustment. Pls preach this to your fellow no-Igbos-in-SS noise makers.

Truckpusher:
Buhari was basing his information on the effect of boundary adjustments made here and there.

Commot monkey hand for soup o.

When you were busy ranting about how there are no Igbos in SS, why didn't you mention that there were some people that were annexed into SS due to boundary adjustment?

Rose2014:
I'm talking of Buhari
Why asking me to go find out when Buhari that said they're Igbos is sleeping in Aso rock?

Hahahahaha

Truckpusher:
Go find out by yourself abeg.

Okikpo go to Egbema and Obigbo and tell them they are not Igbos. Go find out for yourself as well.

DiademSh07:
He made mention of his River state, not Delta!

Guy you dey fall hands. Your hero truckpusher said there are no Igbos in SS. He didn't say Delta or Rivers

DiademSh07:
LOL! You forgot the part where the Midwest wanted them to rejoin their kins! You are so dull by the way!

This guy you lack manners seriously.

DiademSh07:
Whatever!
I still don't know why the uproar when every man and his dog knows that Aniochaa/Oshimli are ibos! There was even a time the midwest wanted the Aniocha/Oshimili to rejoin their kins in east because the midwest felt they could betray them which they did by the way!

We just want to make the guy see how silly he's been all along and make him choke on his bid to divide our people bro. We all know that they are Igbos.

Rose2014:

Morning boss

How are you doing?

Meet me in BR

DiademSh07:
Was there ever an argument that the Aniocha/Oshimili weren't ibos? LOL!
Ibos are clowns I swear!

Your truckpusher has consistently and persistently insisted that there are no Igbos in SS. Is Aniocha/Oshimili not in SS?

Rose2014:
I think he's just being sarcastic

It had better be because tearing him to shred would have been the next.

Morning sweetheart

IyaIode:
How i wish these two can just destroy each others oil installations

See your prayer. You are wishing them bad so that Nigeria can sell oil abi? Yeye