₦airaland Forum

Revolva:
Look am not saying igala owns anambra state that where u r wrong and being a bigot

Must every state be occupied by a single tribe

Look at Delta State Edo state kogi state rivers and other state

There are other tribe which makes Dem and all other states in naija also

But anambra is 99 percent Igbo no doubt truth there r few igalas amongst Dem but you are here doubting it am I the one that force them there they were there because of proximity and have been there even before you and I was born hundred years ago and they speak igala till date so you mean they are not igala abi people that know where they came from in kogi and even the attah of igala is aware of this

Do you think attah of igala and obi of onitsha are not good friends

Forget politics and think like a human being shame on you

May that demonic bigotry in ur heart be wipe off cos you are part of the bigger problem we have in Nigeria

Revolva:
See igala language has element of Yoruba in it a few but I must tell you that igalas share ancestry with some igbos as I have proven the historical fact to you

From the Eri to onoja who founded idah

Kogi state is a state created by politics ok to assemble many tribe together because the igalas tibe can't be a state due to the population

So if you are saying igalas are closer to Yoruba well no wahala na you talk am but historical fact prove it that some igalas have ancestry with igbos

Simple

Again not all igalas have Igbo ancestry there are some other people that migrated to assemble in idah also there by adding up
Guy relax I will school you deeply on igalas ok you are just a bigot Igbo

Revolva:
I truly know anambra is 99% Igbo I don't argue with that

All am saying that there are igalas there 1% simple truth you won't accept it is it paining you Mr anambra

Even the 1st son of anambra Willie obiano knows that then who are you a nobody

Get lost from my mention

Bigot

Revolva:
Story who told you they are now igbos I laugh your face

The only time if they can be called true igbos is when they don't speak igalas anymore and don't bear igala names

People I know that speak and do all igala cultures and practices are still igalas ok if they are now igbos there won't be any reason to say igalas are in anambra

You guys are funny go to ette in enugu and tell the igalas and idomas living there that they are igbos they will laugh at you .they are settlers from kogi who settled there due to farming so as nzam people ok



Well said but how can Igbo claim ibaji hahaha ibaji are from idah and they settled close to the river Niger after the attah of igala sent them to a war to fight the Benin which later they settled across the river Niger where they are today which is southern part of igala kingdom

Also remmeber some part of igala land share ancestry with igbos

How can an Igbo claim and drag ibaji for wat na I aji only learnt Igbo just because of trading practises amongst them it's not like everyone in ibaji knows how to speak Igbo it's only some of them close to the anambra border so don't say every body in ibaji speaks Igbo ...it's a big lie


http://www.aka-ikenga.com/2007/03/anambra-is-ancestral-home-of-igalas.html?m=1

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/500-years-of-igalas-in-enugu.html

http://naijawacky..com/2016/09/ibaji-theland-and-thepeople-jacobapeh.html?m=1


Igala and Igbo have important historical, ancestral and cultural relationships.
Angulu(1981) note that Igala and Igbo have important historical, ancestral and cultural relationships. Eri is said to be the original legendary cultural head of the Umu-eri, a subgroup of the Igbo people. Eri migrated from southern Egypt through the Igala area, settled, and established a community in the middle of Anambra river valley (at Eri-aka) in Aguleri where he married two wives. The first wife, Nneamakụ, bore him five children. The first was Agulu, the founder of Aguleri (The ancestral head of Eri Kingdom clans) (the Ezeora dynasty that has produced 34 kings till date in Enugwu Aguleri), the second was Menri, the founder of Umunri / Kingdom of Nri, followed by Onugu, the founder of Igbariam and Ogbodulu, the founder of Amanuke. The fifth one was a daughter called Iguedo, who is said to have borne the founders of Nteje, and Awkuzu, Ogbunike, Umuleri, Nando and Ogboli in Onitsha. As one of the children of Eri, Menri migrated from Aguleri, which was and still is, the ancestral temple of the entire Umu-Eri (Umu-Eri and Umu-Nri). His second wife Oboli begot Ọnọja, the only son who founded the Igala Kingdom in Kogi

dirtydiva:
fvck out of here DICKNIFY MAN... You no go mind your poverty stricken state and leave us alone

Revolva:
Look shut up I know nzam is an Igbo town with igala dweellers ok stop fooling ur self

You can see where the igala descended from idah

Wat is wrong with you do you think an average Igbo can speak igala ..it's is only igalas dat ca speak Igbo as a second language because they have stayed with igbos

So learn you are not an igala am igala and I know where all igalas settler are in these areas

Get lost block head

crackhouse:
it's not matter of respect. It's matter of igbo enwe eze

ILEMUDA:
IGALA are majorly found in Kogi,(ownership state)
Benue,
Enugu,
Anambra,
Edo,
Taraba,
Nassarawa,
Kaduna,
Ebonyi,
Cross River,
Niger,
Abuja,
Delta.

Deadlytruth:
The bearing of Yoruba names by Edo and Delta people was purely in quest for political advantage in the Yoruba dominated Western Region of old and nothing else. It is exactly like how most Middle Belt tribes bear Hausa names when they are actually of distinct tribes from Hausafulanis. Even some Yorubas bear names like Sanni, Bello, etc and I guess that make Yorubas related to Hausafulanis, right?


Now let me tell you the reason why Yorubas lie about that cum the benefit they hope to derive from doing so.
It is natural for every other neighbouring tribe to try to attach themselves to the history of a tribe which is known for her greatness and alluring history.
We all know that all over the world the Bini history and culture is regarded as superior to all other tribes'. In fact the Europeans confessed to meeting civilization in Benin but bringing it to all the other tribes including Yorubas. They added that Benin artefacts rivalled those of Europe and shared similar technological creation inputs to those of their European counterparts. Recall that it is only in Benin that Europeans ever stole handiworks made by black Africans meaning they acknowledged that Benin technology and skills were superior to theirs. You don't steal what you can do a better version of, you know? So this glory is what Yorubas and indeed every other Southern tribe loves to share by attaching their history to that of Binins and Edos in general

Deadlytruth:
Obsession begets obsession. Are you suggesting that you have not seen the loads of threads in which Igbos just attack Edos without any slightest provocation but just out of resentment over the choice of Edo people to be ruled by the APC after PDP nearly killed and buried the state in her eight years unprecedented and monumental misrule supervised by Lucky Igbinedion and Tony Anenih?

Revolva:
Shame on you bigot

You are a fake Igbo and a bad one

Most Igbo I know ..from anambra know dat there r some igalas in anambra in nzam area i even watch it in tv when governor obiano visited that area and he gave the community some hand in some project

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzam


The Igala speaking people of Nzam were the descendants of General Ajida, a notable warrior of Idah origin who invaded the town. Ajida is the father of field marshal Ogbe who was married to Iyida.

History also has it that the land in which the town was located was initially occupied by other aboriginal Igbos, whom they defeated and sent away in fear of possible attack in future. Some later re-emerged to join other native Igbos to repossess the town.

Nzam, is constituted by eight villages; namely Etakolo, Odobo, Enekpa, Echa, Opkoliba, Urubi, Igeja, Uda. The area of the town is riverine, most of the inhabitants are farmers and fishermen. They produce yam, cassava, maize and rice in abundance yearly.

These bolded villages are all igala name hahah you are dumb


Igala not igarra ok igarra are inside Edo state igala is within the river Niger

Your great grand .mother said the truth I swear no mind all these new generation dat don't travel properly only to drink around and can't even research online properly

joeprince23:
Obiano and Ifeanyi okowa of delta are the same. Both are mediocre and media people,even Ifeanyi ugwuanyi and Eze nyesom wike

Revolva:
The wat you write show you are a bigot you are a tribalist and a hater

Why do you hate other tribe for the fun of it here

Look at you shame so you don't know in anambra they broadcast igala language as a third language after reading new go ask anybody who is living in anambra

Go and also read how igalas influenced some part of anambra culture and enugu

See you are just blinded by state created you don't know onitsha and idah were in the same province before anambra was created and Geo political zone was created in Nigeria

You are a kid that is why go and ask an elderly anambra man he will tell you the truth

I have friend from aguleri lga they all know igalas well and because of the closeness igalas have been with their community over a long time they say good things about igalas a lot and because of that they find me as a good friend

I have family friend who are igbos but from igala ancestry they don't speak igala anymore but they trace their root they are from nteje in anambra

While d igala people who are now in nzam community especially igbeudo are ibajis who were carved to anambra state

Go read about onitsha history how igalas and benins played part to make it what it is today

Kfed4ril:
Bros Nawa for you o.

Edo is Yoruba, but a tiny bit of Igbo can’t be found in Edo According to you.

Revolva:
Stop.being a bigot there r igalas shared by boundary to Anambra ok and google nzam community and also google ette in enugu they are igalas speaking

Why is anambra broadcasting reading news in igala after English Igbo is igala they use next you guys are just biased you know noting about igala history with Igbo before state of creation divided everybody

Maybe you are just a kid go and ask an elderly anambra man especially those from anambra north aguleri and see how them and igalas know themselves

Cos ur own part of anambra is not close to the border of ibaji in kogi that why

Google things and read ok

For your information no Igbo in kogi state ok the ibaji people are not igbos o they are igalas from.idah that settle in that zone because some of them adopted Igbo name does not.make Dem igbos ok

I know my people




Illushi is igala also they are originally from.idah and ibaji who settled there across the river Niger and they were also with ebu who are now carved to oshimili north in delta

It's was when state creation began every body was seperated we were carved to anambra border Edo and Delta

That is igala for you

Deadlytruth:
The only people to whom Edos have close blood ties are the Urhobos and Isokos. All else you hear are fabrications for political profiling.

Revolva:
Pls stop this please you are misleading people where have u heard a large population of igala in anambra if not for d broder side which is just 1percent speaker a place you are not from you know better than us that are igalas by tribe

Again what do you mean large population of igbos in kogi where na u out them there or wat stop misleading people

Large population of Yoruba from Edo

Well all I know Yoruba ancestry are from Benin but not Benin from Yoruba

Deadlytruth:
There is nothing like a larger family of Yorubas to which Edo belongs. According to Bishop Ajayi Crowther who was himself a Yoruba and an authority on Yoruba Anthropology, the Yoruba appelation is a very recent invention aimed at unifying previously unrelated ethnic groups occupying the Southwestern parts of the territory now called Nigeria. Prior to the advent of that appelation the Edos had been known as a distinct and cohesive people. So how does Edo which existed before Yorubas suddenly fall under the so called Yoruba family?

Deadlytruth:
So it takes a mod to say something for that thing to be true. The said mod once erroneously claimed in another thread that no part of Edo State is a hilly terrain and hence exposed his ignorance about the state he so speaks of with authority.
Unfortunately you have not given any specific citation or instance of the similarities you allege between Edo and Yorubas, yet you claim eyes can see them.

I have rather pointed specific examples of similarities between Yorubas and you Igbos.
In all his Yoruba irredentism Awolowo the most knowledgeable Yoruba man to ever walk on earth surface, never targeted anywhere in the present Edo State because his personal reserch visits made it clear to him that there is really no cultural or linguistic affinity between Edo and Yorubas. The only place he targeted is the Itsekiri enclave whom he helped install/impose their Olu as the Paramount ruler of Warri hence the intractible Warri crisis. But it continues to beat common sense why you Igbos focus on Edo in your search for Yorubaness but abandon Delta with the obviously Yoruboid Itsekiris and Olukunmis. How doesn't this prove clearly that it is all aimed at political blackmail?

The bearing of Yoruba names in Edo doesn't make them Yorubas any more than their bearing of Nupe names like Damisa, Daniyan, Attah, Dirisu, Daudu, Mayaki, etc. make them Nupes. All these are just due to cross-cultural interferences through trade or war and conquests.
Yorubas too do bear such Nupe names, and it doesn't make them Nupes.
Igbos never really had interactions with many other tribes prior to colonization hence the less frequency of adoption of names of other tribes.

delishpot:
They founded the town together. So they are not settlers they are Co owners of the land....... The Yoruba there should take note.

inyenejo:
What about my Igbo speaking tribe in Cross River ?

RemiOAjayi:
Why should Yoruba lie about that ? What benefit zdo we derive from having Edo called Yoruba? Are Yorubas bearing Edo or binis Names ? Being sibling does not necessary mean one have to work together but it doesn't deny the fact that they are related .is only fact that Edo and Yoruba are related , we need nothing from u guys