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hammerT:
Ur very stupid? If i fit see u now ehn, na chair i go carry throw -way 4 ur head. Idiot!

The truth is bitter. You be Benin man.

Funny people, they find it difficult to believe that their ancestors migrated from Benin to Anambra, Abia, imo etc but they vehemently believe that their ancestors migrated easily from Israel that is found in another continent entirely down here to Igboland. I shake my head for this people.

hammerT:
So the eastern parts is a desert in ur map abi? Ur stupidity is just wow.

Y did u cut that part out, to focus on Benin and Onitsha? Yet the distance is evidently clear. Wat did dey conduct their travel with? Car or Train?

Let us face it, Onitsha is as much Benin, as Ile Ife is Benin.

U people and ur fairy tales never ceases to amaze me.

One minute Benin Prince is wondering to Ife in Osun, the next minute Osun prince is wondering to Benin or is it Oyo(Ibadan) prince. I have added a map for the distance and reality of that journey to be clear.

Then Benin is wondering to Onitsha. Benin just got up from their location and started speaking igbo and crossing rivers to Onitsha.

Bros am sorry but this your assertion is silly. The urhobo, isoko, ijaw, itsekiri and all other tribes in delta don't speak Benin language but they don't deny the fact that they all came from Benin kingdom. The evidence is there, same way the evidence that igbos came out from the Benin kingdom. The Benin empire was vast with different people speaking different languages but they were all under the Benin kingdom. It was as a result of war that made several people to migrate from Benin down to delta State, down to anambra etc.

BornStunner1:
NOW LOOK AT THIS MAP YOU CAN SEE THE DISTANCE OF BENIN FROM ONITSHA!!

NOW THINK ABOUT THE DISTANCE IT TOOK FOR COLOMBUS TO DISCOVER THE AMERICAS OR FOR THE FULANIS TO COME DOWN FROM NORTH SAHARA TUNISIA DOWN TO NIGERIA AND COLONISE THE HAUSAS WITH NO WEAPONS APART FROM THIER COWS.....

TALKLESS OF THE BENIN EMPIRE WAS WELL VAST IN TECHNOLOGY AND WAS AT FULL STRENGHT

EVEN THE BIGHT OF BENIN BESIDE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WAS NAMED AFTER THE BENIN EMPIRE!! THATS HOW FAR THE INFLUENCE OF THE BENIN EMPIRE WENT!!

YOU ARE THERE LETTING AN IGNORANT FELLOW CONFUSE YOU SMH!!

Leave ngozi123 they all know the truth but they are finding it hard to believe.

hammerT:
I am very sorry but i must add that, Nnamdi Azikiwe is a typical fool that would sell his own mother, so as to be liked by people that will never like him.

He gave everything to be liked, but till this day the people he sold the entire Igbo people to dont remember he existed. He died in poverty.

Go and see the mausoleum of First Presidents in Ghana and elsewhere, then take a look at Nnamdi Azikiwe Burial place.

Even with all GEJ did, the site looks disgusting.

Moral of the story is, never sell ur birth-right to anybody. Even God will not appreciate that, becos u handed over wat he intended 4 u to someone that he did not intend to have it, becos they will use it for evil.


Where is Nnamdi Azikiwe mausoleum? smh!

So Nnamdi Azikiwe, the greatest igboman that ever lived is now a fool for saying the bitter truth? SMH

What will he benefit from the binis by saying all what he said?

Ngozi123:
What was Eze Chima's Bini or Yoruba name? I may have missed it while perusing the article but just in case I didn't, do you know it? Was he only given the name 'Eze Chima' once he arrived in Onitsha?

Please forgive me and am sorry to say this but your question is silly. Why? The urhobo, isoko, ijaw and the rest bear names like Akpooghene, Oghenekaro, ebele etc. Do those names sound like bini names to you? Yet it is evident that they are from the bini kingdom. Same with the igbos so stop all these senseless denials. Also, wetin concern Yoruba for this matter? Please leave them out of this.

Nnamdi Azikiwe is an elder state when he made that statement and his grandma knows much about their true origin.

Read his statement again and accept the bitter truth

"One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "

"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents. In the attempt to penalise them, Chima, the ultimate founder of the Onitsha city-state, a prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, , " "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc

Ngozi123:
Nigeria was once ruled over by the British Empire but that doesn't make you or I any more English than the next person. Where have I disputed the bolded?

I know that the truth is bitter but read this from a truthful Igbo man called Nnamdi Azikiwe

History of Onitsha According to - Nnamdi Azikiwe-
Prior to Nigerian independence in 1960 they were known not to have kings except perhaps for the Obi (from Oba: king) of Onitsha, hence the common saying: "Ibo enwero eze" (the Igbo has no king). Individual towns, clans and families see themselves as independent as they are very clannish. They are also known to look down on other peoples, hardly integrating with their hosts though also feigning friendliness. Not surprisingly foreigners see little motivation in investing and residing in their homeland. Indeed the name of one of their most prominent settlements, Onitsha, is said to be derived from Onini (to despise) and Ncha (others), meaning "one who despises others." Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, former Nigerian president and Igbo leader, even described the attitude as supercilious.

Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Genealogy and Nativity

"Thus, in tracing my paternal lineage, I could say that both parents of my father are direct descendants of Eze Chima. As for me, I can trace my paternal ancestry in this wise: I am the first son of Chukwuemeka, who was the third child and first son of Azikiwe, who was the second son of Molokwu, who was the third son of Ozomaocha, who was the second son of Inosi Onira, who was the fourth son of Dei, the second son of Eze Chima, the founder of Onitsha."
SOURCE - Nnamdi A zikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p4
http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/75723-meaning-history-onitsha.html


"I can trace my maternal ancestry thus: I am the first son of Nwanonaku Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)Azikiwe, who was third daughter of Aghadiuno Ajie, the fifth son of Onowu Agbani, first daughter of Obi Udokwu, the son who descended from five Kings of Onitsha. Five of these rulers of Onitsha were direct lineal descendants of Eze Chima, who led his warrior adventurers when they left Benin to establish the Onitsha city state in about 1748 AD.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p5

"One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "

"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents. In the attempt to penalise them, Chima, the ultimate founder of the Onitsha city-state, a prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, , " "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc,
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p 11 - 12



Another Source

ONITSHA: History and Acculteration


Many historical accounts exist about the origin of Onitsha people. These accounts, based mostly on oral traditions and stories passed on from generations to another, tell us about a migration led by Eze Chima, the founding king of Onitsha around the sixteenth century AD. The differences stem mostly from details of what caused the movement as well as a few facts regarding the origin of the migrants, Ile-Ife in Yoruba heartland or Benin.

All accounts,however, agree on the movement from the Mid-West parts of Nigeria with the predominant version placing Onitsha people in Benin at the time of Oba Esigie. The Yoruba accounts claim that the name Onitsha is a corruption of the Yoruba word, Orisha (a deity seen as an emissary of Olodumare - Yoruba for God). The full names, Onitsha Ado n' Idu mark a complete reference to these combined ancestry of Ado (another reference to the Yoruba) and Idu (Benin). The affinity to Benin people is most evidenct in ancient Onitsha customs and Ndichie titles which have undeniable similarities to what exist in Benin as in names such as Iyasele, Osodi, Osuma, Ozoma, Onira, Osowa, etc.

Aspects of the Benin account suggest that Onitsha people left Benin as a result of a strife with Oba Esigie orchestrated by an altercation with the Oba's mother who had trespassed on farm lands belonging to the Onitshas. The resultant unrest forced Eze Chima, the progenitor of Onitsha to move East with his family and supporters in search of a new homeland.

They travelled for years founding many settlements along the way. It was in one such place, Obior, that Eze Chima died but some of his children and followers continued, founding other places that make up the Ezechima clan in the present Delta State of Nigeria. This explains the Kinship with Issele-Uku, Obamkpa, Onitsha-Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Obior, Onitsha-Ukwu and so on. As a matter of fact, some Onitsha villages like Obior and Obamkpa (Iyiawu and Umuase) owe their names to these places and trace their origins to the clans across the Niger.

The modern day Onitsha, however, has become a metropolis consisting of the descendants of the original immigrants and a mixture of hinterland Igbos, the Igalla people and others attracted by the booming commerce, marriage and those whose ancestors were bonded in servitude. The acculturation that followed has resulted in the admixture of present day customs and in some cases loss of certain ethos and norms. Some traditional institutions and customs have however survived this corruption which is why Onitsha kingship remains a revered institution among first class leaders in Nigeria. Other such ancient customs include the Ndichie, traditionally the King's ministers and warlords. Aspects of Onitsha burial rights and names have also survived the cross cultural influence

http://www.onitshasummit.com/History.php

RickyTan:
Benin borrowed the staff and regalia from OUR OBIs in IGBOLAND.

Hahaha, we all know that is a lie. You guys came out saying igbos don't have kings, now the binis borrowed the staff and regalia from you yet you guys go to seek permission from the oba of Benin before taking up the kingship position. What does that tell you? Sorry bro, the truth is bitter. You are all binis, not Jews or Ugandans.

RickyTan:
MAY YOUR GENERATIONS REMAIN POOR & SUFFER FROM LEPROSY FOR THAT UGLY INSULT. FACT indeed.
MORDAFOCKER WE ARE PROUD IGBOS. MAKE THE YEYE ASHAWO MONKEY OBA COME NOW. WHO BORN AM
OBI NDUKA- may YOUR REIGN Be long

It is your head you will use to carry this curse. And if you are proud igbos why your kings dress like the binis? Even the obi of Onitcha dresses like someone from the bini kingdom. Truth hurts

ANAMBRA11:
it is faar better than claiming we are descendants of lucifer the fallen angel who fell from the sky while swallowing amala and smashing his dry skull

Ok, you can tell that to whoever made that claim but the fact remains that igbos are from Benin kingdom.

Ngozi123:
Exactly.

The Obi of Onitcha and these dude are all under the Benin dynaty. It is a bitter truth for you guys to swallow but it is true.

Cire80:
Who is more confused? The Aniomas that say they're from Bini or the Igbos that think they're Jewish because they're Christians. Igbos don't seize to amuse me

Those guys are over confused. They reject the fact that they are from the Benin Kingdom despite the evidence in the dressing, rather they choose to lie that they come from isreal, japan or even uganda. This people never seize to amaze me.

One thing for sure, tradition and history will always be there. They cant hide the truth, even Nnamdi Azikiwe said that the Igbos are from Benin Kingdom and as usual they attacked him for that.

These people are a disgrace to this country.

This needs to be on front page let everyone know how useless the government is. They are now playing with the dialogue when these boys resume they will be blaming them up and down. Lalasticlala come and see ooooo

martineinstein:
and one ipob will claim delta ibos are ibos..when we can clearly see Benin culture

Dont mind them. The igbos are from the Benin Empire but they choose to say that they come from far away isreal or uganda...This picture is the true evience.

The Igbos are from the benin kingdom, it is evident here.

Alhkerimu:
Nice one brother,
Ibori is a disgrace to delta state.

Ibori, Uduaghan and okowa are a disgrace to delta State.

shegz24:
stop talking rubbish, how will u say Buhari n El Rufai ll be happy to see this?

Where were you when El rufai said he was paying the Fulani herdsmen to stop attacking people in southern kaduna? Is he supposed to be paying them or getting them arrested since he knows them? Buhari is worst as he is silent on the issue and will never do anything about it. Guess what, both El rufai and Buhari are fulanis. They enjoyed the killings done by their fellow brethrens on innocent people.

okonja:
No I am not. Go n learn how to respond to questions.

You can see your miserable life. You removed all my other comments because you couldn't handle the truth. Shiooor

The dullard wan beg.

okonja:
Of what reason?

Why are we always blaming our leaders and not ourselves. What about the said Fulani people, why don't you blame them?, what joy do they derive in killing fellow human being...I really tire for this country oh!

Are you dumb? Where were you when El rufai said he was paying the Fulani herdsmen to stop attacking people in southern kaduna? Is he supposed to be paying them or getting them arrested since he knows them? Buhari is worst as he is silent on the issue and will never do anything about it. Guess what, both El rufai and Buhari are fulanis. They enjoyed the killings don by their fellow brethrens on innocent people.

ajepako:
If by definition of afonja...and you mean the Yorubas...

Well l am Yoruba and l am here on this thread... condemning this barbarity towards fellow human being in its entireity...

My dear, you are not an Afonja joor. We know you well. The real Afonjas like modath, sarrki and Quotasystem are the Afonjas that will support this evil act. You will never see them condemn this act by their masters. They are through with the Shiites in kaduna, next are the Christians in southern kaduna. El rufai and Buhari days are numbered. RIP to the innocent souls

This happened in just 1year...Who is the minister of petroleum? Oh I forgot, it is the same dullard, muhammadu Buhari.

Omenka, modath, Quotasystem and sarrki come and see daura wonder.

Donvictor75:
Op that's not true.. .the man called it off before the lady posted It on her fb Page get the fact right.. ..meanwhile she at deleted it after many insult she got from people who visited her wall.

The girl no fine sef

GEJ

El rufai and Buhari will be happy to see this. Very evil set of people.

Lalasticlala over to you.

What is a 33years old lady doing with a matured house boy? Can't she take care of the house herself? She doesn't even have kids yet. Ladies nowadays are lazy.

RIP temidayo.

QuotaSystem:
You are definitely not the brightest bulb in the box. Have the armed forces been withdrawn from the creeks?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/4674940_64af61cbae974293b035a15d06e36838106700000225c94e415etmp_jpeg7524489b98352a43f8225407e7dae978

This is just dumb. You claimed that Buhari will never negotiate with them. What is he planning to do now? Nonsense

QuotaSystem:
So who is seeking negotiation now? Buhari or the militants? Jokers.

You can keep fooling yourselves that the ND militants can withstand a full military attack if Buhari orders it, but be rest assured that when necessary, you will get what you have been wishing for in good measure. Our able air force have already shattered the myth that knowledge of the creeks is necessary to spit fire on fleeing creek rats.

The militants however, should now be listened to as they have decided to now embrace the path of sanity.

Either you don't know how to read or you are just being deliberately foOlish. Where were you when Buhari agreed to negotiate with the militants?

Am sure you didn't see this thread https://www.nairaland.com/3538970/let-us-talk-president-muhammadu/2#52263540

Also, if you check the title of this thread it is a reply from the militants to Buhari. Buhari is the one feeling the heat and will be booted out come 2019 to his village to rear his useless cows. You can join him there since you are his zombie

Freedom2016:
Afonja and their imaginary SS. Call an Ibibio man SS and see how he will slap out that divisive afonja in you.

Shut up. Trying all possible best to divide us. It won't work.

God has truly blessed the people of SS with so many natural resources, cultural resources and most of all beautiful ladies with handsome men.

God bless Nigerdelta.

Haters gonna hat e