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TooNoisy:
Small boy like this. Beating someone's daughter this way?? He should go to jail.

Even if she is cheating, must you beat her like that? Like what kind of humans are in this country? And you lot actually think this is right?

Lalasticla.la, mynd44, please push to front page and let's try and get this boy apprehended.

"Even if she's cheating" that's tells allot about you. Cheating, in your words, is so symplified that it has no associate innuendo of negative connotation.

Though, his actions are not justified. The least the boy in the video should have done was to have excused himself from the relationship.

Nairaland is now a joke...

THE ORIGIN OF OSISI NGWU - POWERFUL TREE IN IGBOLAND:

In those days and at that time, an innocent man was captured and buried alive just to sacrifice him to a God which I will not like to mention its name.

When the family of the man got the sad news, in tears and in grieving ; they went in protest to his grave - all of them bearing different kinds of life sticks, branches and leaves on thier hands.

After much crying around his grave, they are dropped those lively leaves, sticks and branches on the grave of the innocent dead man, invoke his angry spirit to avenge his death, and they went back home mourning him.

Day became week, week became month - year to decade, those life branches and leaves after being beating by rain was now rooted and connected with mother earth later survived and grow to became a powerful tree called Osisi NGWU: Obele OSISI mu ngwunyeru n'ani/ala- buzi oke Osisi.

You may plant an Ngwu tree, and water it after declaring a word, but only God determines the survival of such Ngwu.

Osisi Ngwu bu oke Osisi! Ogwu agworo-agwo adighi atu #Nwangwu. Osisi Ngwu bu Osisi Alusi - Ka aru/alu kwusi. In the spiritual world, Osisi Ngwu is referred to as :Okala Ose.

Oma Uma egbu Ngwu, Nma agaghi adiri ya nko - You are wasting your time when you are planning to kill Nwangwu - a person with Ngwu spirit.

Thus, any tree which you may choose to plant after making a declaration; automatically becomes an Osisi Ngwu if it survives.

Our ancestors has planted many Osisi Ngwu which later survived to become a huge powerful-spiritual covenant trees.

There are many types of Ngwu trees : Biblically, the death of man started from a tree in the garden of Eden, and the salvation of man also started from a tree--cross of calvary. Just as a cross is a sacred tree in the life of a Christian, the OSISI Ngwu is so sacred to Onye Omanani.

@Osisi Akpu = It is a huge tree that has torns (Ogwu-Ogwu/akpu-akpu). You cannot climb OSISI Akpu because of the spikes that covers its body. In the spiritual world OSISI Akpu is called Okalete. The OSISI akpu has a male and a female spirit which is invoke to fight a spiritual battle for any NwaAkpu or UmuAkpu people.

@Osisi Ojukwu = special Ngwu with the spiritual power of anti- poison, it stops evil, charm and untimely death. Mmanu ojukwu - ojukwu oil is used to produce medicine, balms, anti-poison and spiritual soaps. OSISI Ojukwu is called Okalaofu in the land of the spirit.

@Osisi Ofo is the spiritual tree of justice and fairness. It is a tree of unity because it binds a group of people together. It is a tree of life - Oji Ofo ga Ana. Everybody is entitled to bear an Ofo, but it is only the Ofo that knows its bearer. Thus, Ofo is not meant for an evil person because it results to Ogoli Obala which means death in spiritual realm.

@Osisi Oji/Orji= Also known as Aka Atulukpa in Afa - divination language; is a spiritual multipurpose tree because it performs a lot of miracle, signs and wonders for any NwaOji or Umuoji people.

However, there are still many other Ngwu - covenant tree in Igboland . Osisi Ngwu bu Osisi di n'iwu - you can't cut such trees anyhow without due consultation and first appeasing the spirit forces residing in such trees.

Other Ngwu trees includes: Osisi Achalla for UmuAchalla, Osisi Udala for Umudala, Osisi Ebenebe, Osisi Ogilishi etc.

Shuaibu Labaran, is Jesus a Christian?

Attn: Mi Brethren Uche Nworah

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NZE, OZO AND NDIICHIE

The primary religion in the old igbo society was the worship of Ala or mother Earth, thus every good igbo strove to respect and keep the natural laws and taboos that guarded the sacredness of the earth, that is the origin of the phrase imeru ala or aru (to soil the earth)
This sacredness of earth and cult of mother Earth is the origin of Odinani amongst the Northern and Western Igbo and Amaala (secret knowledge of the earth) amongst the Southern Igbo groups.

the custodians of the earth and her sacredness had the Nze na Ozo at it's helm,

Nze comes from the root Nzerem, it means one who dodges or abstains, that is to say one who abstains from evil deeds or deeds that soil the Earth, because the earth is hallowed Alinso)
The word Nze goes hand in hand with Nso which is something that is avoided or hallowed,

Contrary to popular belief Nze title is not an institution that came from Nri, it is a vocation that is as old as Igbo culture just as much as Eze is, thus one becomes an Nze firstly by recognition as a powerful and upright man by the people and elevation or investiture by the Eze. Thus Nze does not have the same meaning with Ozo.

The Nze primarily functioned as adjudicators and protectors of the shrines and keepers of the religious affairs in the community, as such they functioned as minor priests while the Ezes where the chief Priest, the living deity itself. One cannot become an Nze without the Eze's recognition.

To understand more about Ozo, one has to first understand about an Igbo practice known as Igbu ichi.
Igbu ichi is an ancient practice of ritual scarification done primarily on the forehead to the temples or from forehead to chin,
It represents the rays of the sun and by extension divinity,
In the ancient igbo cosmology the Sun "anyanwu" as it's name implies the "eye of rays" was a window through which the divine rays of Chi hits the earth, the rays represents the energy or spirit force from Chi, that is why daylight is also known as Chi and daytime is Ubochi, while night time is Ujichi,
To embark on this ritual scarification is the first process in the divinization of the title seeker, divinization is the process of taking on the qualities, spirituality and purity of Chi, in which the living being becomes a spirit amongst men, that is the origin of the term i-chi, and why we use ichi echichi to refer to title taking, although now obsolete, ichi scarification was the first step in every title taking process in igbo land, it was a test of endurance, a path of pain to emerge later as a walking spirit.

THE OZO SYSTEM:

Title taking was not a deep rooted institution amongst the Southern Igbo groups, Eze and Nze were just natural vocations assumed by men qualified for the post and it did not involve elaborate rituals and ranks,
amongst the Northern and Western Igbo groups, owing to their elaborate systems the Eze Nri organized title holders who were Nze into a guild known as Ozo.

The Ozo system were a guild of Nze and Eze title holders, they were at the top cadre of Odinani and spirituality in the Northern Igbo communities,
It was formed by the Eze Nri hence it spread to all the areas of Nri influence including Western Igbo where it is known as Ichi Mmuo.

Ozo is from the root word meaning to struggle or to contend, a root word from which Ozo or savior is derived, thus this combative description means that the Ozo are the shields or protectors of their community, adjudicators and custodians of the worship of Ani.

Since the propagation of the guild from Nri/Nshi the guild has developed variations in rituals of initiations, but the central structure remains the same.
In areas where the society is elaborate and well developed, there are 6 levels, divided into two the Nnukwu Ozo and the Obele Ozo

The Obele Ozo is divided into Eyisi, Ezuzo and Okpala,
The Nnukwu Ozo is divided into Dunu, Dim and Ezeana,
Ozo society may also further be divided into Ozo efifie, Ozo Alo and Ozo Owulu, with Ozo Owulu being those at the height.
At the top cadre of the Ozo system are the Ezes the most prominent of which is the Ezeana/Ezeani
The Eze occupies the highest level or rank in the Igbo spirituality above the Nze, the Ezes are the Chief priests.

The procedure is begun by informing the head of the Ozo system of ones intention to join their ranks, he is then examined, if he is upright in character, of great achievements and no mediocre human being he is accepted, he the proceeds to olulu ani and uke which are the processes of informing his family first and then his kindred and entire clan and holding a feast for them, all this is known as ibu ego Ozo,
Then come the inyedo Mmuo, which is the rituals done to ani and to the ancestors,
Then the aspirant enters into a period of occultation(hiding) for a number of days, in which his body is first covered in dirt or uhie significant of his past position of impurity and then ima nzu signifying the new purity that he now attains as an Ozo.
Then comes the Ozo conferment proper, the isekpulu ani, where one declares fealty to mother Earth, to walk in the path of purity, abstain from stealing, murder, adultery and most especially from lies.
And the offering and appeasement of ancestors,
It also involves the mmacha Ozo and ina Obibi where the initiate has to enter the sacred groove or forest at midnight.
In the old days, these rites were mediated by a priest from Nri known as nwa Nshi(the original name of Nri)
After the Ozo rituals has been concluded, the initiate undergoes a period of rest, after which he emerges in the afia Ozo ceremony,

Amongst the Ozo's regalia are the
1. Ofo
2. Nza or horsetail whip
3. Okwachi - five wooden sticks tied together representing his chi
4. Okposi- six egbi sticks tied together representing his ancestors
5. Azuzu - leather fan
Ikenga - his symbol of strength
Owu Ozo - the Ozo would wear a brass anklet and ropes on his two ankles
Osisi afulu - which is broken and buried with him upon death
Osisi ona - which bears brass rings and can be passed onto his son upon his death
The Ozo is given and Oche mgbo or okwukwu which is the three legged stool, and iron staff known as alo and a head gear known as ege, the ege represents the royal python which is a symbol of mother Earth. It is accompanied by two or three fishing eagle feathers (aba ugo) the number depending on the rank attained,
After the adoption of the okpu mmei by the igbo, it is now accompanied by the ege entwined around it,
It is customary for Ozo members to don white symbolizing purity although it's not a must.

To reach the highest level of the Ozo system is referred to as Ichizu mmuo, in which one becomes a walking divinized entity, a spirit, they are the ones known as Ndi ichie, ichie isn't something any common chief or elder carries, it's a purely spiritual term, the ichie are at the top of the government in traditional igbo society, to become ichie is to become one with Chi-ukwu, to become Mmuo, that is why our ancestors are primarily referred to as Ndiichie because it is believed they have achieved that divinization, and for the living to chieve such nd become a living ancestor he had to gbuola ichi and culminate in ichizu mmuo.
Becoming an Ozo was not cheap but a very expensive venture, this one not only has to be upright in conduct but also very hardworking and enterprising, those who were known to get their wealth via unscrupulous means we're denied..
That was at least then, when we still had integrity. When a good me was better than riches.

Source:

https://www./httpsyoutube.comchannelucwgna8mhaahnoxhhxlpi/permalink/6837971932941349/

Will the failure of a head is state pass it to law?

MEGAWATCH:
Was Awolowo not declared a terrorist when he was sent to Calabar prison and he was later given a ministerial post?

My friend that' your brain is not for fancy abeg this is Nigeria.

You even have the strength to correct these children of hate.
Both the descendants of afonja and Uthman Danfodio will always reason alike, that's is, through their anus...

aanuoluwami14:
With the current situation in Nigeria, even with management, #50k can't be enough for all of you including your mom. Your wife might be so fed up with the triplets consumption, a woman who will take good care of triplets should be very well fed, it's not a easy task at all. Endure with her, let your mother endure too, pray for more income, there will no more fight again.

If this is all you got to offer, you should apologies to the chief dullard for all the I'll words you have doled out against him.
So, you know the enconomy is hash and you can't suggest that the woman should look for the least side hustle?

This is not the period to be a house wife ..

She's got nothing to bring to the table yet she's frustrating the man. That's not fair
The man should let the wife taste the life on the other side by going back her parents.
How can she deliberately frustrating her husband?

Is it not time to change the name of this forum from nairaland.com to afonjaland.com?

This ethic group that betrayed their only outspoken activist in the person of Sunday igoho.

BIAFRA is no longer IPOB affair.
It's now in the heart of the people..

We are now more resolute like never before...

Buhari can't be approached with civil mindset...
Going by his last statement on Nnamdi Kanu, it's clear the president has no plans of listening to anybody on Kanu's release.
Amaechi, has not said anything about Buhari's statement on Kanu's release yet. And has not also made any comment on the slained Biafrans in Nkpor, Obigbo, Aba, Onitsha, and Asa.
The solution is a referendum. That's the only way there will be a lasting solution to all thee rhetorics...

We all know that Nairaland is officially the media wing of the APC and ACF and NEF.

In the end Biafra will come.

PrinceOfLagos:
This Biafra people should rest

Why can't they forget Kalu the way We yoruba abandoned Sunday Igboho to rot away in Benin republic prison

We don't leave our own behind....

(Onye ahala nwanne ya...)

PrinceOfLagos:
This Biafra rubbish has to stop please

Na you be rubbish....
How can call my country rubbish..
U no fear!!!

abouzaid:
Nairaland moderators are degrading the site with their anti igbo propaganda, a faceless fellow wrote a poorly constructed gibberish and it was pushed to the FrontPage with less than three replies on it meanwhile, many useful threads are wasted away due to not making it to the FrontPage. Nairaland moderators should remember how once popular sites and applications like yahoo.com, aol.com, yahoo messenger etc all failed because their owners/moderators behaved as if they're demigods.

They can spread their hate to the meditataneans, we don't care.
The ultimate goal is Biafra.....

Nairaland and it's handlers have brought themselves so low in the post above.

The dog has lost trust and confidence in you guys
Work on rebuilding the trust she once had in you guys.
Develop closure and work on making her comfortable..
Encourage your people to stop being hostile to her...

This Malami of a guy has made himself a huge problem to the nation.

dewaskillz:
I am igbo but I had rather support Osibanjo than Kalu.

Same here.
Though, not a Pro-Nigeria but if Osibanjo contests, I will canvas for vote and as well vote for him...
Dude is a good man..

warripekin:
So says this liar who takes bribe at will and one of the most corrupt among them all. This man collected over 2 million Euro's from a German firm as bribe for the turn around maintenance of nnpc and ate the money without doing anything. His cup is full. He uses his youngest wife at gwarimpa as a front to syphon money. His story is every where. The greediest of them all. Lai Mohammed still dey fear small. Abi na the corruption in chief , the minister for humanitarian affairs, that one is corruption in human skin.

You must be as corrupt as they are to have known them this much..

I strongly believe Osibanjo would make a good president, if not the best Nigeria would have ever had...
He's equal to the task...
I, personally, win canvass vote for him.
Never believed in the Nigerian project. But, with the candidacy of Osibanjo, I strongly will have a rethink.

Ikwere: Igbo or Edo; An Insight into the History of Ikwere People

By

Maazị Ogbonnaya Okoro

The issue of identity is personal. Devoid of political sentiments, this article is an academic research conducted and carried out for the purpose of knowledge and preservation of historical information. Interviews in form of participate observation, were conducted. Different opinions were put into consideration. So, by no means, anyone's throat is forced with an identity neither this research is recruiting people to join any tribe or group.

Now let us make the move...

Are the Ikwere Igbo or Edo?

Before we go into this, the first question we would like to ask is this: what year did Ikwere become a recognised separate group in Nigeria?

1979

9 years after the genocidal war ended. That means, prior to this time, Ikwere had been an Igbo group, undoubtedly. The fictional works of Elechi Amadi, the characters and characterizations depict Igbo society. This group separation is political.

Afigbo (1980, p. 122) opined that: "the links which bind the peoples are as ancient, deep and varied; and therefore, as important as the links internal to each state". With this in mind, this research is more of discussing the yesteryears and not today. We want to research on how things were, life as it was before war and politics played their own game.

About the origin of Ikwere, many scholars regard them as southern Igbo tribe. This is as a result of migration and settlement that took place prior to the time foreign authorities arrived.

The people we know as Ikwere today migrated from different places and settled there. Some migrated from Ọka (Awka), Ọlụ (Orlu).

Even before the civil war, which its after effect changed everything, there was still a widespread belief, even amongst the Ikwere and still those historically informed now, devoid of political motivation that Ikwere is made up of migrants from Owere, Ọrata, Ọhaji, Ngwa, Echie (Etche), Arọ, etc.

The Arọ formed many communities. Any Ikwere man who is historically conscious and aware know about a man called Okpo Ngwagidi. Okpo Ngwagidi was the leader of the Ikwere tribe, an Arọ man for that matter.

The first Arọ settlers migrated through Ozuzu-Echie (Ozuzu-Etche) and settled at places we now call Isiokpo, Igwuruta, Ọmagwa, etc.

Have you asked yourself why all these places speak Igbo language, even when they deny being Igbo? Their dialects are mutually intelligible.

Let me not go into today. Let's still dwell in the past.

Ahịa Oshimini was a major market along the Sombreiro River and New Calabar River were in the past, the Ikwere exchanged goods with people from Okrika, Ụbanị (Bonny) and Kalabari.

There was Ahịa Ụzọ/Apa where the Ikwere traded with the Ekpeye, Etche, Abua etc. Both markets—Ahịa Oshimini and Ahịa Ụzọ served for the purpose of slave trade, also.

The Ikwere would later have contact with the Kalabari in the business of fishery and buying and selling, especially in the Ikwere part of Iwofe, Choba, Ọgbakịrị, Emohua, Ndele. The contact yielded intermarriage and concubinage. The same go with Okrika and Ikwere contact through Diobu and Ụmụokwurushi.

There was still Ahịa Elechi.

It was in 1913 that Igweọcha became an economic hub. That territory was originally known as Igweọcha and was named after a British man known for all vices, by name Lewis Harcourt. The Port there was named after him, hence Port Harcourt. The name automatically changed from Igweọcha to Port Harcourt.

The Obio is another Ikwere clan, one of the Ikwere Esaa (7 clans that made up the Ikwere land) The Ikwere Esaa include: Elele, Isiokpo, Rumuji, Emohua, Akpọ, Aluu Igwuruta and Obio group. The Obio traced their orijin to Ozuzu-Echie (Etche)

The markets the Ikwere and Echie (Etche) trade include:

Ahịa Ọdụnwe-Etche in Igwuruta, Ahịa Igweọcha in Port Harcourt, Ahịa Ozuzu in Ozuzu, Ahịa Nwonti in Ụmụechem, Ahịa Eke in Egwi, Ahịa Inim in Elelenwo, Ahịa Eketa in Igbodo, Ahịa Aluu and Ahịa Rukpokwu.

Why originally, these markets were known as Ahịa and not anything else related to Bini dialectal word for market?

Let me not digress...

Back to an aspect of origin and Arọ influence, the Arọ traded in palm oil centuries before the arrival of the colonists. Also during the slave trade they migrated and settled in Ikwere through Ozuzu Etche. It could be said that some Obio who claim Ozuzu-Etche origin have Arọ blood. The Arọ who came through Ozuzu-Echie settled in Igwuruta, Isiokpo, Elele, Rumuekpe, Ubima and Aluu.

During the colonial government era, Nwocha Amefule and Osundu Oyo were made warrant chiefs representing Ọmagwa, Ozuaha, Omademe and Ipo at Choba. They were both Arọ men.

In the side of Obio, Okorie Mbeke became the first headman of Ụmụ Evo Aros and Iburaikwu Apara became the head of Ụmụapara Aros. In Elele, there are communities named: Arọ-Omuodu, Arọ-Omodukwu, Arọ-Omuma, Arọ-Ogbogbu, etc. The historical presence of the Arọ cannot be written off.

Let us consider the following names of some towns and villages under Ikwere and also check how they sound: Edoid or Igboid?

Adanta, Agbaọga, Àgwà, Agwara Ahiniri, Akpabu, Aluu, Apani, Ekuche, Elele, Ezeogo, Igwuruta, Igwuruta-Alị, Imogu, Ipo, Isiokpo, Itu, Mbunta, Mgbaọgba, Mgbo, Mgbodo, Mgbu-Ahana, Mgbuanyuri, Mgbuefitibịa, Mgbuhie, Mgbumini, Mgbuodo, Mgbuodukwu, Mgbuogidi, Mgbuokiri, Mgbuokwukwu, Mgbuonyi, Nkaralua, Obelle, Obiti, Obo, Oborum, Ọganira, Ọgbasara-Imea, Ogboda, Okperekpe, Omadene, Ọmagwa, Ọmakụ, Ọmaraike, Omereku, Omesiobi, Omihua, Omizua, Ọmọawa, Omobiri, Omuadị, Omuagụ, Omagubịa, Omuagwewirie, Omuahunwo, Omechagọ, Ọmụchima, Ọmụchetụ, Ọmụchi, Ọmụchinwo, Ọmụchiọlụ, Ọmụdagwa, Ọmụdarị, Ọmụdịda, Ọmụechem, Ọmụegwa, Ọmụehịa, Ọmụehie, Ọmụeke, Ọmụle, Ọmụeze, Ọmụgbala, Ọmụigwe, Ọmụigwe-Ọmụte, Ọmụikega, Ọmụopi, Ọmụketai, Ọmụkiole, Ọmụkpiriku, Ọmụkume, Ọmụkwosi, Ọmụmini, Ọmụma, Ọmụngbe, Omukpu-Omute, Ọmụnkwọ, Ọmụnobo, Ọmụnwọnjọ, Ọmụọbaa, Ọmụọdụ, Omuoduku, Omuoporo, Omuohechi, Ọmụọhịa, Omuohie, Omuokiri, Omuokirika, Ọmụoko, Ọmụọkpa-Omukolosi, Omuolori, Omutu, Omuonua, Ọmụọparaga, Ọmụosi, Ọmụọta, Omuotiua, Omuovim, Omutogbule, Omuueka, Ọmụwehiei, Omuwonini, Omuzua, Onwali, Orua, Ozuaha, Ụmụekpe, Ụbaba, Ubima, Ubiti, Ụbọdụ, Ụmụchi, Ụmụkine, Ụmụkpuru etc.

Some places in Port Harcourt such as Ụmụeme, Ụmụokoro, Ụmụokwuta, Ụmụibekwe, Ụmụigbo, etc are now written as Rumueme, Rumuokoro, Rumuokwuta, Rumuibekwe, Rumuigbo, respectively, with the belief that they are rewriting their history which the Igbo bastardised when they dominated and colonised them.

Did Igbo colonised Ikwere?

In the history of mankind, the Igbo have never for once colonised anybody, impose his culture or history on anyone. How can Chukwuemeka whose language is Igbo claim that he is not Igbo but Bini, when asked why he has no Bini name or language, the only lame excuse turns out to be that the Igbo dominated him? Did they force you to take their names, culture and language? Did they do that by using guns and bombs? Can we also say that the names of these markets that existed centuries before the white man came were forced down by the Igbo, to the throat of Ikwere by calling them Ahịa Ụzọ and Ahịa Oshimini?

When Igweọcha was still under Eastern Region, Micheal Ọkpara industrialised the city we know as Port Harcourt today. Trans Amadi Industrial area was the brain child of Dr. Micheal Ọkpara. The Hotel Presidential also. Port Harcourt was built by the coal dug from Enugwu. The Government of Eastern region developed the region, massively.

When the colonists documented everything, and by that time, the Igbo had no infuence over anything, the Ikweres recognised themselves as ndị Igbo. Take for instance in 1957, the Ikwere leaders met before Sir Henry Willinks Commission to present their case before him, Wobo—an Ikwere leader stated that the Ikweres are Igbo and Port Harcourt to Ọnịcha are Igbo land. Prior to 1979, the Ikwere remained the Igbo until the constitution gave them as different group, following the state creation of Rivers, hence the denial which of course is as a result of politics, instead of fact. Colonial documents till date present Ikwere as Igbo. The dialect of Ikwere is an Igbo dialect just as we have Nsụka, Abakaliki etc. There is mutual intelligibility.

Why is it that there is no trace of Bini in the name, language and culture of the Ikwere despite the power old Bini kingdom wielded? Isn't it laughable to say the least, that the Ikwere migrated from Bini? Isn't that a rhetoric, devoid of historical, academic and oral traditional presentation? Why is it no cultural semblance between the Ikwere and Bini? Till date, one bears Amadi, Chijioke, Chibụike, Amaechi and still stretches that he's Edo.

Like I said from the outset, the issue of identity is personal. Having that in mind, the following notable personalities are of the Ikwere origin, they never for once denied their Igbo origin and identity. They were/are Igbo nationalists to the core. See them:

1. Barr. Uche I. Okwukwu— Secretary-general, Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo.

2. Dr. Obi Wali— First Ikwere man to hold PhD, minority rights activist, distinguished senator, literary scholar. The only Ikwere man in the 1978 Constituent Assembly and one of the 50 Wise Men to draft the 1979 constitution. Until death, he fully indenfied himself as onye Igbo and defended it at all cost.

3. Chief Joseph Wobo— member of the Council of Chiefs of Eastern Nigeria. He's an Ikwere man and always proud of his Igbo heritage.

4. Chief Isaac Wonwu— An Ikwere man from Elele who served as Secretary-General of Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo.

5. Sir Jackson Mpi—the first and last Ikwere man to be conferred with Knights of the Order of British Empire, OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in England, 1960. He's from Isiokpo and identified himself as onye Igbo. He worked for the advancement of Igbo course.

6. Chief Jackson Womenazu— He's a member of the Elders of Council, Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo. From Rumukrushi in the Evo quarters.

7. Emmanuel Aguma— the former Mayor of Port Harcourt. The first Ikwere man to head a college. The first Ikwere man to be made a minister in 1979. He's a member of the Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo. Very proud of his Igbo Identity.

8. Okogbule Wonobi—the first Ikwere man to be a university registrar; first Ikwere man to be a poet and Paramount title holder of Eze Ohiaemeru. Hé remained a member of Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo and Nzukọ Igbo.

In conclusion:
The Issue of identity is personal, but then, truth will never be swept under the carpet forever. The general truth of identity. Politics has brought about divide-and-rule system that has made people of the same blood look into their eyes and lie to themselves. Self-deceitfulness is the worst sickness on earth as well as identity crisis. The Igbo had never colonised or imposed their ideology on anyone. The British who colonised us did not zap everything in us. We still retain our culture, language, worldview and names. How can people said to have been colonised by the Igbo forgotten their original sense of self if there was any? They still bear Igbo names, speak the language and lie to themselves that they belong to another tribe where there is no trace of cultural semblances. That sounds ridiculous.

However, a handful of Ikwere people still know their root and stick to it, while some have decided to stick to the fallacy, living in denial of who truly they are because of political factor of Nigerian state. Just from 1979 of yesterday. Just after the genocidal war. The Igbo race was positioned for extermination in all angle. Physical war. Historical distortion and what have you. Rivers State was created and all the Igbo people in that axis carved to the new state. A new song of history was sung. For political gains, identity was bruised.

But till date, Port Harcourt speaks more Igbo than English— from the market, bus driver, keke. The Ikwere land speak Igbo. Bear Igbo names. Even the state creation couldn't change that. Even the ridiculous Bini rhetorics couldn't change that. Elechi Amadi, who was contracted to write off his people from Igbo couldn't also write off his name and his children. Still Igbo name. Elechi Amadi has no meaning in Edo language but Igbo. You cry domination and colonization where it didn't exist and still have no other identity than your identity—Igbo. How can you say you dominated yourself?

Now...

The Ikwere: Igboid or Edoid?

You know the answer.

I paused!

© Maazị Ogbonnaya Okoro


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His parents raised him a beast. Trust me, he hasn't disappointed...

When you lose your mum, u go know sey life no easy....
It's a huge kind of loss to bear ..
None is quite easy, though..

IPOB: DSS lied, Nnamdi Kanu is poorly fed, tortured daily -Lawyer

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has tackled the Department of State Services over claims that the IPOB leader is living a luxurious life in detention and not maltreated.

In a press statement on Wednesday, Ejiofor said his client is tortured mentally and psychologically on a daily basis in detention.

Contrary to claims by DSS’ spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, the IPOB lawyer claimed that Kanu is subjected to 23 hours daily solitary confinement.

Ejiofor in a statement titled, ‘Press statement in rebuttal of the wrong narrative being fed the public by the DSS vide their spokesperson’, said Kanu is not also allowed to change his outfit since he was repatraited from Kenya.

Part of the statement read, “Our client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu needs not be subjected to daily beatings and flogging by the personnel of the DSS before he can be qualified as being tortured – No!

“Section 2(b)(iv) of the Anti-Torture Act 2017, defined torture to include:
“(b) Mental or psychological torture, which is understood as referring to such cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment calculated to affect or confuse the mind or undermine a person’s dignity and morale.

“We were unable to find in any place throughout his statement where Mr. Afunanya clearly denied the fact that our client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not subjected to 23 hours daily solitary confinement.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/ipob-dss-lied-nnamdi-kanu-is-poorly-fed-tortured-daily-lawyer/%3famp

flokii:
FFK na man you be

Women hate men with balls but love Simps they can toss around like toys. I hope miss Chikwendu can rest now and stop all the theatrics.

You mean he cannot see his own biological children in person
Her children now na Nollywood movie wey she go Sit Dan dey watch the video for house, abi?

Nonpartisan1:
Published names that came to their minds.

i can see names like "Jide" "Joe" "deceased" no surname, no address.

Abeg make we hear word.

A moronic descendant of Lai Muhammed spotted here..

ab1x:
It is not an enough reason to beat her up. You just succeeded in ruining your life and career that is if you have one in the first place.

Ruining his life, no.
Ruining his academic carrier, yes..

flemsy15:
Nigerian politicians Sabi speak good and big grammar shaaa, See as he is playing with words in a very sweet way. Only if their works are as good as their grammar.

You see that part wey the man say "infantile antics" really shock me...

Evanka22:
thank you dear

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