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Promise47:
I'm Delta North Ika South but it turn by turn as you have said 😉 it's good I love all Deltans north Dy are my brothers and sisters

Okay.

Promise47:
you dy talk of governor I'm from delta north all ur people in Delta North done already ready to vote am out he. Can't win delta north again for anything not even senator again sheriff go win re election for sure

Which one is all your people ? Lol. I lived there and I know the understanding between all ethnic groups there. It is turn by turn. It’s natural and I like it.

That’s why I said Nwoko is just wasting his time.

😂. SMH. You can’t still be Governor of Delta State come 2027. Sheriff must win.

Just increase the protein intake of the child. Enough Eggs and milk. My eldest sis had similar, and that was all she took and it straightened by age .

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IkeIgboNiile:
Good. I hope you guys told Obosi people before stealing our ceremony. We observed ours,every 3 years and it's for octogenarians only.

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Agenda must agend. 😂😂. That name “Bandit” really fits him. An award that is not his, has been given to him again. Wonders shall truly never end.

Inter Miami playing world club while the winner La Galaxy not playing.

Make dem go rest abeg. 😂

samuk:
1. History is met to bring people together not a supremacy battle as some of you see it. If history tells us that Onitsha and Benin people are of the same ancestry, how is one superior to the other.

2. The history of Ezechima/his descendants from Benin to Onitsha through Ika land took some time, I already posted a writeup of this journey through Issele-Uku. Names and the language of the people changed along the way.

https://www.nairaland.com/7792922/issele-uku-address-obi-osemene-iii

https://www.nairaland.com/7762239/ezechima-benin-history

Let’s just ignore the supremacy talk. I wasn’t actually referring to you in particular but some of your brothers on tik tok and in reality .

Your links are just funny. 😂😂. That video ? 😂 Eze Ikhimi.

By the way what did the Late high chief David …from Benin tell you about Eze Chima and who he was ? It clearly corroborates with what RedboneSmith been saying about the location and person Eze Chima was.

Nor worry bros. Peace be unto you.

RedboneSmith:
That is EXACTLY what the case would have been. If you look at Ukwunzu in Aniocha for instance. They are of Yoruba descent (and today they still speak a Yoruba dialect together with Aniocha dialect of Igbo). When you look at a list of their kings, you will see that the earliest kings had Yoruba names, then later you start seeing some Benin names, reflecting a time when Benin influence there was high; then later, from the 19th century or so, Igbo names began to appear in the kinglist.

It's the same thing in Russia. The earliest Russian state was said to have been founded by the Swedish, who speak a Germanic language. And this is reflected in their kinglist. The earliest kings had Germanic names, then as they became more and more "Slavicised", Slavic Russian names began to appear in the Kinglist.

But in the case of Onitsha, you have a kinglist that is Igbo top to bottom, except for one random Esan name in the middle of the list, and these people don't want to ask themselves how that could have been so.

💯. It can’t be so hard. I feel they know these things but quest for supremacy is just what they want to achieve, but unfortunately for them it’s not in this generation. Even that Ukwunzu, I was told a story about the original inhabitants of that place, and how they began to speak lukumi, unfortunately he hasn’t given me the proof yet which he has with him. When he does, I’ll surely drop it here.

samuk:
Unfortunately no state or region in Nigeria is free from the bolded, the situation in the east is even worse with the activities of the unknown gunmen.

Rather than retort to insults, it would have been better if you had used the opportunity to tell the readers the reason/motive behind the claims by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and the author (Arthur Glyn Leonard) of the Lower Niger and Its Tribes. Both of them did agree on the Benin Origin of Onitsha and the timeline.

Questions:

1. Of what benefit was it to Arthur Glyn Leonard in 1906 to trace the origin of Onitsha people to Benin? Mind you, Benin had already be sacked and destroyed by the British with her Oba exiled in Calabar in 1897, where he lived until he joined his ancestors in 1914. So it's difficult to argue that Arthur Glyn Leonard was writing in favour of Benin in 1906, in 1906, Benin was perhaps Britain's number one enemy in Nigeria due to the reasons that lead to the Benin massacre in 1897.

2. Of what benefit was it to Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1970 to trace his lineage and that of his Onitsha people to Benin. In 1970, Zik had already reached the zenith of his political career, a position no Igbo till date have achieved.

Unfortunately, history is what it is, you guys should just learn to deal with it. It's too late for any modern revision.

Mr Samuk , I’ll just let you know I’m not up for back and forth with you. I have seen your comments everywhere and already know the kinda fella you are when it comes to issues like this .

1. The issues I wrote concerning Edo currently, is not to spite Edo people but to let you know that there are more important things to worry about than what you go about trying to prove or argue against when it comes to the History concerning Igbo Yoruba and Benin. Yes I admit there are also issues in the East and the West, that’s why we should put more effort into that for a peaceful and prosperous living amongst ourselves.

2. I lived in Benin for 7 years and trust me when I say I know them very well. I do not hate them. I know how proud they are of themselves and their kingdom because of what it achieved centuries ago. If they are proud now , imagine how proud they must have been centuries ago. Now the question is , if they moved from Benin as Princes, Princesses, warriors , and even had some servants with them, why will they set up a Kingdom and yet we can’t find Benin names up there? Like I wrote earlier if the first 5 names had one or two trust me the story will fly well.

3. As far as I am concerned , Mr Arthur didn’t do a complete research work before writing that book. And as for the Late Azikiwe, his forefathers might have been Royalty but it was obviously not in Benin.

In that same Benin I met some members of the Ogieamen family, I have friends from the house of the Elawure of Usen, I know the stories I heard and read which came with proofs, but that’s not my business for now.

I’ll give you an assignment , if that Kings list up there is not correct , bring the correct one that has Edo names with proof and I’ll accept that these Onicha people are of Edo blood.

If they were truly Benin by blood, then at-least the first 5 Kings would have bore Benin names.

It’s laughable to also think that the proud Benin royalty and people would change their language for another.

The Kingship style and titles from Anioma down to Onicha and Oguta were just copied from Benin nothing more nothing less.

You Edo folks should stop all these looking for kith and kin from other ethnicities and focus on your place. Build Edo and return it to its glory.

Cultism, Prostitution and Scam is becoming the order of day in your state and y’all are coming on here to look for imaginary relatives in different places.