AlPeter:
Do you know that Ogidi is an Edo name. An the word Ogidi has a Yoruba meaning. Maybe The Ogidi was an Benin Warrior returning from war who settled outside the city remember the benins are well known for their diabolical powers which explains the an being able to invoke a huge rock

Care to explain further

Curlieweed:


From what I understand there are tactical and logistical reasons that militate against the alternative you envisage.

None of the leading groups in the struggle is homogeneous, while advocates like you ( while potentially in the majority) don't have a vehicle.

IPOB should form a political party and drive the agenda of Biafra through the legislature....

Ugosample:




Let's see how you people's pipe dream of Biafra will come into fruition, as referendum of such nature is illegal according to the constitution, and the U.N. cannot compel Nigeria into organising one.


The only second option will be WAR which is not even an option

So let's see how Nnamdi Cownu and his IPOB thugs will disintegrate the "ZOO" (as if they are not also part of the zoo)

A journey of a thousand league begins with a step. Constitutions are made by humans, and so is subject to amendment. The Nigerian constitution is not an exception in this regard. The part of war is not an option, not now nor tomorrow.

Curlieweed:


Frankly, I don't really understand your interest in this issue.

Under what feasible circumstance would Odili as a governor of a multi-ethnic state go about proclaiming and announcing himself as Igbo? This is simply ludicrous.

Ok. Obasanjo never proclaimed himself as a Yoruba man, so he can't be one. How does that sound?

In any case, the article actually indicted the Clarke clown using his own fair weather words because he(Clarke) had earlier declared that Odili was Igbo and therefore unworthy of taking the SS chance as the VP.

P.S @Ugosample. The writer of the article is actually very anti-IPOB (mainly because of the multi-ethnic Biafra issue. He prefers a homogeneous Igbo nation). He is also Igbo Deltan.

Kanu should sit back and rethink his position.... He sure need to don his thinking hat on.
Leave Ugosample. He is on a journey of no return. He thinks he can be more Nigerians than those that regards Malian or Negerians a brother than him.

nengibo:

Odili is the most popular Ndoni man I know and he never Identified as Igbo, why? Why is it s.easterners dat are always doing attache, when indigenous men from this Recognized Tribes say they are not Igbo

You are on your own Nengi. Odili knows that he is Igbo, and he doesn't need you to tell him where he belongs. Your hypocrisy stinks to the high heavens. Anyway, did you go through the link? The writer is a proud Ndoni son. Are you saying you know something he doesn't know

Modified: When did Ndoni group denied Igbo?

itchie:
I am from iselle uku (delta state) and I don't know who is more Igbo than me. The same people who have called me "bendel Igbo" all my life have suddenly turned around to tell me I am no longer Igbo in my adult age. Clark and his likes must think we are so dumb that we can't think for ourselves and so they must think and speak for us. My people are called Anioma(The good land in Igbo language), we speak our own dialect of Igbo, we dress like and eat the same food as Igbos, we bear the same names as Igbos, even our four market days are same with that of every other Igbo community and yet I'm not igbo? So I have no right to Identify with my own Igbo ethnic group but every Ijaw man including the Arogbos from ondo state must be recognised as Ijaws right? Nonsense!!

Exactly the reason Nigeria will continue to remain a cess-pit... when they keep maintaining a double-standard towards Indi'Igbo, how will they progress for goodness sake. Oji'madi l'ali, jio'onweya.
Lol, an Ondo aropo is Ijaw, but an Igbo from Delta is not Igbo but Deltan.

nengibo:
There are no Indigenous igbos in Rivers period, Odili never identified himself as an Igbo man, Amaechis ikwerre people hate igbos more than any tribe in Nigeria sef...liepods
Pa Edwin Clark please keep exposing and educating dem

"For instance, the Aboh and Ndoni ancient towns were
first founded by the Igbo-speaking elements from Nri or Awka zone. For Aboh, they were the Akala or Akalai party whose eponymous ancestor was Ogidi who magically invoked down an imposing rock (salvivic water deity) that aided his party to cross the Niger from Isala axis, a reason why the ancestors of Akili never drowned in the river. In Ndoni, they were the Obonya elements, whose ancestor was Awka, father of Aguukwu to Ezenwocha and Anyaogwu. Both Ogidi and the Awka were reputed to have arrived at the banks of the lower Niger about the 10th century or before."

Oral history of Ndoni people. Read and get educated. The article was written by a known Ndoni son.
http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2014/03/21/appraising-kingship-in-ndoni-11/

Ugosample:





Nobody is scared of anything

Just so your thing and let those from the other side do their own thing too.

Everything does not have to be paranoia, and unhealthy competition

I have a reason why I mentioned you to this thread. If you don't wake up from your sleep, you might have yourself to blame. I'm a full blooded Biafran. I'm not deceived by Nigerian politics. Even though, I do not subscribe to IPOB and her ideology.....

Ugosample:
But the person who wrote this article is also unwise...


Sounded like a typical Ipob member

Even if he is an IPOB member. The message is more important here. Have you asked yourself why Nigerians are so scared of the unity of Indi'Igbo? Most Igbo deniers do it for the sake of political convenience perpetuated by the Nigerian government. This is where I'm having issues with Kanu. If Nnamdi Kanu will focus on Igbo unity, he will gain more support than ever.

Mynda44, I saw you peeping. Kindly push this article to front page. Lets the world see and know that the Igbos are not the aggressors.

The hypocrisy of Nigerians over the make up of the Igbo ethnic group is one of the root of her problem. Igbo balkanization started from the British, when the balkanized western Igbos from their kins in the East, with Nigerian government doing same over the years. If this issue is not properly address, agitation will keep springing here and there.

cc: nonaira, ikechukwu, Ugomba, pazianza, Ngozi123, Ngokafor, pchukwudi, Ugosample, cheruv, conductor1, malawian, abagworo, chiwude, chino,etc.

“In honest hands, literacy is the surest and the most effective means to true education. In dishonest hands, it may be a most dangerous, in fact a suicidal, acquisition.”
– Obafemi Awolowo






Recently, Ijaw elder statesman, Pa Edwin Clark had featured himself into some Nigerian news media, saying things you ordinary wouldn’t want to imagine he’ll say despite the fact that age is telling on him. First, Pa Clark was quoted as saying the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable. I believe many learned and honest Nigerians assume that to be his personal opinion and hence refused to comment on such illogical and unintelligent assertion by Pa Clark. While the living kept quiet and chose to ignore such a reckless and relevance –seeking comment by Pa Clark, the memories of Pa Clark’s ancestors and Ijaw men and women who died in one way or the other resisting the British imposition of Nigeria on the Ijaw peoples may not keep mute. The statement by Pa Clark insults the sensibilities of those Ijaw people at Udi, those whose waters are no longer drinkable due to oil spillages from oil explorations that were mostly ignored.

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It seem the first statement did not earn Pa Clark the desired relevance he was desperate to get so he resorted to involving Igbos into it to prove to the rest Nigerians that he means business. While the story of Pa Clark’s existence is currently riddled with all forms of betrayals, selfishness and back-stabbing, one would expect that in his old age, Pa Clark would turn a new leaf and leave at least, one or two good memories behind. But it seem the old man have decided to prove the old saying right; that one does not learn to be left-handed at old age.



Dr Peter Odili, Former Governor of Rivers State (an Igbo from Ndoni group)


Owing to the fact that until this moment, no Ijaw organization had openly declared having delegated Pa Clark as their spokesperson, hence I will treat every of Clark’s assertions as mere personal opinion. If you read the last interview granted to pa Clark, you’ll see how desperate pa Clark have become in his effort to seek relevance and register his name in the good book of this current disastrous APC government – as he had done to previous administrations in this country. During the tumultuous and equally unproductive reign of his kinsman, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Pa Clark was handy to create relevance for himself and got himself attached as one of the parasites of that government. When Goodluck was voted out, Pa Clark as usual, turned around to bite the very hands of his kinsman that moments ago, was feeding him.
This is Clark. Pa Clark was so untrustworthy that Reuben Abati had to personally declare that “Clark is a typical example of people that leaders in power should not have around them.” And that ““I am not necessarily saying that the Ijaw leader should have remained loyal to and defend Goodluck Jonathan because they are both Ijaws; patriotism definitely could be stronger than ethnic affinities. Nonetheless, that E. K. Clark tale about leaving politics and becoming a statesman is nothing but sheer crap. If Jonathan had returned to office, he would still be a card-carrying member of the PDP and the ‘father of the president’ and we would still have been hearing that famous phrase, ‘my son’. Chief E. K. Clark, five months after, has practically told the world that President Buhari is better than ‘his own son’. It is the worst form of humiliation that President Jonathan has received since he left office.” This is Pa Edwin Clark. If there is a dictionary of dishonesty in Nigeria, it must surely be littered with Pa Clark’s name!

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This response however, is not going to dwell on the many deeds of Pa Clark that is evidently ridden with lies, double-standards and selfishness for that will probably take a whole book to describe. I am therefore, replying to Pa Edwin Clark on his infusion of ‘Igbo’ in his latest sycophantic remarks on the Igbo, using South East, Rivers state and Delta state as a yardstick of his unintellectual debauchery. In his remarks, Pa Clark wrongly insinuated that Igbo, began and ended in the Nigerian decimated region known as South East. On a very good day – minus the sad fact that many Nigerians, young and old from the Southern region of Nigeria mistook Clark’s being to schools and wielding degrees as ‘education and intelligence’, Clark’s statements deserves only a disappointing shrug from the populace and a complete review of his alleged educational qualifications. First, there is no doubt that Pa Clark is wholesomely ignorant of geography, History and ethnology. Pa Clark was there when the geographical anomaly tagged South South was created and all of us dragged into it.






Right Hon Chibuike Rotimi , Former governor of Rivers state (An Igbo from Rivers State)


Because not everybody is aware that Pa Clark is selfish, and a very good candidate on issues of double-standards, it will be good we quickly unveil the personalities of Pa Clark to those set of people who mistook him for ‘elderly statesman’ or a well-informed patriot. Pa Clark told his interviews that there were no Igbos in Rivers state. One would have taken him serous and maybe, challenged him to a debate he will lose at the begging, but Clark had already shot himself on the foot on the topic on several occasions. During the 2007 PDP presidential primaries, Pa Clark was very vocal in declaring Chief Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state an Igbo and claimed that Igbos should not represent the Niger Delta. Odili is an Ndoni man, Ndoni is clearly an Igboid subgroup in Rivers state. In the days of Okocha versus Uduaghan in Delta Stae, Pa Clark was also very vocal in asserting that Okocha was an Igbo man and he Clark and the ‘real Deltans’ cannot afford to have Delta state capital in Asaba, Igboland and as well have Okocha, an Igbo man as governor while the ‘real Deltans ‘ watched. In Rivers state, men like Chibuike Amaechi had continiously reminded the Clarks’s that they are Igbo, but Pa Clark believed he is the right person to define them.



“Clark is a typical example of people that leaders in power should not have around them.” And that ““I am not necessarily saying that the Ijaw leader should have remained loyal to and defend Goodluck Jonathan because they are both Ijaws; patriotism definitely could be stronger than ethnic affinities. Nonetheless, that E. K. Clark tale about leaving politics and becoming a statesman is nothing but sheer crap. If Jonathan had returned to office, he would still be a card-carrying member of the PDP and the ‘father of the president’ and we would still have been hearing that famous phrase, ‘my son’. Chief E. K. Clark, five months after, has practically told the world that President Buhari is better than ‘his own son’. It is the worst form of humiliation that President Jonathan has received since he left office.” This is Pa Edwin Clark. If there is a dictionary of dishonesty in Nigeria, it must surely be littered with Pa Clark’s name!


One silly part of Edwin’s claim was that the Igbos of Rivers state and those of Delta state are no longer Igbos but Rivers people and Deltans. On the same ground, Pa Edwin Clark insists that the Ijaw in Rivers, Delta Edo and Ondo are as Ijaw as the ones in Bayelsa. In other words, the Ijaw in Rivers is not Rivers man/woman like their Igbo counterpart, but Ijaw. The Ijaw in Delta state are not called Deltans, but Ijaw unlike us the Igbos in Delta who must become Deltans and not Igbo. In this line of thinking, Pa Edwin Clark is not alone, with him are many gullible humans in our region. One would have asked Pa Clark exactly why the Ijaw outside Bayelsa are Ijaw while the Igbo outside South East are no longer Igbo, but then Pa Clark was not honestly gullible. His double-standard is well intended and we have seen enough of it already. The right question is why did Pa Clark tag Ibe Kachikwu, Peter Odili and Okocha Igbos when it helped him deny them of their political ambitions and untagged them when it favors him? The answer remains the same: Pa Clark is a liar. One more thing: while did Asaba become Igboland when it suits Clark and becomes just ‘Delta’ when it suits him also?



Dr Ibe Kachikwu, GMD, NNPC an Igbo from Delta state


I will advise the handlers of Pa Edwin Clark to guide him accordingly especially now that people’s utterances are recorded in the internet. It is not the duty of Pa Clark to tell us when to be Igbo and when not to be. He should focus more on helping his Ijaw people get at least clean environments devoid of oil spillages from the federal government. He should not be allowed to publicly display his ugly linen in public. Even a kid would laugh at Clark claiming that A Chinwendu in Asaba is more related to a Pa Edwin Clark or a Diepriye of Bayelsa than another Chinwendu from Onitsha. Maybe Pa Clark is not intelligent enough to know who is his ethnic brothers and sisters and depends on the Nigerian political boundary makers to tell him who his ethnic brothers are. Evidently, if a new boundary adjustment is made including Ondo state in South South, Yoruba people will probably become ethnic brothers and sisters to the old man and his like. We know our ethnic brothers and sisters when we see them.






Chief Ralph Uwechue, (late) Ex Ohaneze President from Delta State


And to those forming a RONDEL, this goes out to you: if you depend on the Nigerian political mapping to know who your ethnic brothers and sister are, you are simply gullible and mostly ignorant. To Pa Clark, your current age deserves rest. Go and have a lot of rest. If there is anything a youth can learn from Clark, it is to avoid everything that Pa Clark did.

By Chiwndu Carlos...
an Igbo from Delta.

http://www.aekwe.com/2017/07/response-to-pa-edwin-clark-on-rivers-state-delta-state-and-ndi-igbo-by-chinwendu-carlos/

Cooly100:


Tell me any Ibo leader that can pull this crowd without offering money...

This image is obviously Photoshoped. I just took my time to analyse the image... its has repeat pattern. You guys should quit using propaganda to further your course. If you must succeed, stick on the side of truth.

wristbangle:


Lol I no hold u na

E be like say Amaka head dey use style swell

Unu hafur'ie umu nwayi'e eka. Oyini'di

equity1:
ndi oso na edena igbo INA asu bekee. nawaoooo

on purpose, before they claim we are planning another Igbo coup. Those guys are despicable.
Ama ndi'aneze. Ndi nta juru nime social media ubochia... mei'ijri uche de'ive, he jide'ei.

IPOB smh

quid:

Nwa nna, Nairaland ọwụ ala nna gị ochie ?

zionmade:
Let love reign amongst us all. Loving those who hate u makes u unique. It won't stop u from achieving wat u want to achieve. The more people u are friendly to whether Yoruba, Hausa, or Igbo the more connections u make. You never know, that Yoruba guy on nairaland might be the person who would be in position to help u tomorrow .Before u call me names, agurum ihe niile OP dere ebe ahu ma na interview Obi ya juputara na ihunanya anaghi elegide ihe ndi ahughi ya na Anya na eme

The point is not to hate, but to start ignoring most of the bullies. We should rather start countering them with facts, instead of insults, as some are fund of doing... ade'jini eka nmaka a jide ubi.... the cobra is a deadly snake.

I don't think they can translate when we each switch to our native dialect.

Ezu uka ikuru. I look forward to the days we start ignoring most of these cyberbullies, la halilehan nwo onwu mberede.

0b100100111:
They will fix it when they get Biafra!

Infact, they would uproot it and buil speed train going to........ what is the name of that place Ojukwu ran to?

This kind of comments fuels the agitation more. Yes, when we have Biafra, we will be responsible for our infrastructural development, and your useless FG will restrict their taxation to your regions alone.

Freemancipation:
When I visited Ivory Coast 2 years ago, my uncles friend from that country came to visit with innoson SUV.

Lesson to igbos: AFrica is is far much bigger market. The world doesn't start and end in Lagos or Abuja.

True talk Nwanne.

Innoson should up his marketing hub. He needs not depend on government to make sales. He sure needs a strong marketing presence.

ChristineC:

get lost sir

That guy is a yaba left client.

I have a natural pull for intelligent girls. Kudos sweet angel.

stonemasonn:
non existing apparition abi.

Do this research, go to every thread and see how your internet warriors throw insults on entire Yoruba race in every topic on the political section...if the topic is about Buhari, it is afonja this afonja that from the beginning of the thread, if the topic is about SE/SS, it is Yoruba this Yoruba that....and it goes on in every thread even if the topic is about jellof rice.
Even in radio stations when there is a political discussion about fashola or tinunbu or obj or even Lagos state, next your people will be all over the airwaves just to attack the personality of the Lagos leaders. They are even known for their cyber bullying,

With all these, what do you think would happen if one your brothers becomes governor of Lagos or president of Nigeria?

Let me tell you something, a group of people that is so emotionally unstable cannot be trusted with power, they will cause more divisions, distrust and chaos.

How does an online banter translates to domination? I guess you do know the literal meaning of domination.

Kaetoh:
Nnamdi Kanu the anointed leader of the entire Igbo race, The Ohamadike 1, accepted and non politically influenced Eze Ndi Igbo gburugburu 1 of the whole universe. You remain my leader for life.

Na you anoint am the leader of the entire Igbo race Point of correction, leader of IPOB, not Igbos.

Ngozi123, ignore that character. He is a typical representation of his people. chuku chuku their mouth where e no concern them Just ignore him.

stonemasonn:
the fear of domination is not a false perception!

When you keep seeing non existing apparition, it becomes a reality to you. Continue

Ngozi123:


From reading some of her work, I've noticed that a lot of Igbos are in support of an Igbo-only country, something that many on Nairaland like to dispute. I completely agree with her; I personally see very little use for these minorities in our independent country.

I agree with you. But not all ND tribes feed fat on Nigerian propaganda. One very noble character R.Bluejack is doing a wonderful job trying to pull off the veil..... I cringe at the word minority. "Minority" a Nigerian coined term to propagate oppression. Don't use it on them.

A jihad had already been declared on Southern Nigeria. Make una dey there dey sleep for bike.