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I taught BMC zombies held all the notorious monikers. Why are you people now crying. So you want us to support you guys in suppresssing the truth. Over our dead bodies!

Don’t get it twisted, many of us dislike IPOB but when paid guys like you want to paint a dog bad inorder to kill it, we speak up. We speak against evil!

When the EndSARS happened we spoke up. When thugs and hoodlums hijacked our genuine protest we didn’t keep quiet. When the army began shooting at protesters we spoke up! When the EndSARS in Rivers turned to a tribal battle we spoke up. I made sure IPOB bore the brunt.

And now that the army have turned themselves to killers in Oyigbo, do not expect us to keep quiet.
We will never fold our hands and allow another Odi happen in Oyigbo. Not in my lifetime. The security operatives have no right to commit extrajudicial killings on anyone without being tried and found guilty.

This is a new generation. Even if you people regulate the social media, we will always speak in condemnation of the nonsense happening in this country.

solonazzy:
is it true dat 6 soldiers and 4 policemen were killed and some burnt?...wonder wat some ppl think wen dey Initiate certain things.... Thought d bayelsa sad incidence is still fresh in memory....

And what happened to apprehending the culprits? Why must the military carryout another Odi in Oyigbo? What is the correlation with army invasion and shoot at sight order?

Exmilitant:
The progrom of '66 is about to be repeated. Mess with Wike and see how prepared we are. bleeping wanderes.

And what will happen if Wike is messed with? Is Wike not smart enough to understand the antecedent of the army when it comes to dealing with non-northerners?
Which 1966? This is 2020 bring the gbege. You never see anything. Na noise you just dey make. No use mouth talk wetin go clear your doubts.

RedPhoenix:
Emotional rants and juvenile guilt-tripping.


Keep applauding IPOB when it goes on innocent killing spree na. Ewuu

You need to watch your mouth. So IPOB must be killed according to you

Aregbesola is really a trickster. Minister of interior cannot claim not to know what happened in Lagos. Now the dots are connecting.

I bet Tinubu attack dogs and BMC didn’t see this coming. To even think they rushed to blame IPOB for the destruction in Lagos is quite a shame to their political sophistication. Only an insider can pull this job, and that person is not far from a Tinubu’s right hand man.

What about Kelly Handsome? The maga don pay crooner. He released a banger recently after years in absentia.

Juliusmalema:
Who made Enugu the heart of igboland.
Mtcheww

A state that is nearly 65 percent muslims

Who let this one our from Yaba? Does the topic relate to what is ground? Whoever made this video should be appreciated. Most especially now that a lot of touts fix their ears to Radio Biafra forgetting that we are known to respect visitors in our land. Igbos are lovely people and this woman in the video proves that.

See dem. Fools

Ibadansun1:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520426?seq=1

Here this should help you.

You’re right. Made the correction. But every other mentions is verified. However, what you call the Fulani are Jihadist of different tribes. And majority of the Jihadist were Nupe and Baruba.

Ibadansun1:
You are busy spweing trash sir

Google Elite shitta, there is enough scholarly Journals on his raid of Oyo empire.

You still don't want to learn. Maybe you want me to reply boldly.

Ibadansun1:
You are high on some thing cheap sir

Even Ajayi crowther was captured and and sold in one of such Fulani raid of Oyo.

Emir shitta raided Oyo and it's well documented fact.

Fulani after raiding Oyo pushed down South and were only defeated in Ogbomoso by Ibadan warriors.

In fact, Jeba a town shared by Nupes and Yoruba in Kwara still stands till today


Nupes are still in Oyo state in the Ibarapa section

Yorubas still live amongst Bariba in Benin republic and Nigeria.

You don’t want to learn and that’s a problem. Dump that book you were taught in school, keep time to study well researched works.

1. I just checked. You were right. Ajayi Crowther was captured by Fulani.

2. Emir Shitta ruled Ilorin. Now are you aware that Oyo Ile still exist in present Kwara state. Oh, you think they were all chased out? Infact, only the family of the Alafin, his Chiefs and others fled. Some fled to found Ibadan, while other fled to found modern Oyo town. However, those who remained in Oyo Ile converted to Islam and were spared. The present Oyo Ile is under an Emir and the territory is under the Shonga Emirate in Edu LGA. As I told you before, the Emir of Shonga during a courtesy visit to our NYSC camp told us this. The people are Yoruba and Nupe but are ruled by a Fulani Emir.

3. The Jebba town is a chiefdom under the Borgu Emirate. Jebba became recognized after Borgu joined Niger state.

4. The Tapa people are in Ibarapa I know. They are found in many parts of Yoruba land. You can find them in Okokomaiko in a place called Ago Tapa. They are also found in Lagos Island and in Oshodi.

Ibadansun1:
I am tired of responding to you bruv

Raiding of Old Oyo by Fulani is quite different from conquest of Ilorin which they achieved with the help of Yorubas.

Emir Shitta who happens to be the third Emir in Ilorin raided old Oyo.

This is what I’m correcting. The Fulani did not conquer Ilorin, they only installed an Emir after the death of Afonja. The Fulani did not even raid old Oyo. Those who raided old Oyo we're the Nupe and Bariba. Jihadist can be any tribe who fight for an Islamic cause.

victons:
Ibadan Warriors at Oshogbo?
please explain, because it doesn't seem Ibadan and Oshogbo are demographically close.

It’s not about how close Oshogbo is to Ibadan. The main thing that bonded both was the former Oyo empire. After the fall of Oyo, Ibadan became the heir to the former empire. Ibadan was the city where the refugees of old Oyo converged. Therefore, Oshogbo had no choice than bow to Ibadan. In that sense, fighting a battle in Osogbo was similar to fighting in Ibadan soil.

mrmachine:
Borgu used to. In fact, the Soun Ogbomoso came from Bariba, he was given land when he overcame a dissident that was disturbing Oyo mesi in those days.

Borgu was never a vassal to Oyo. The Bariba people who dominate Baruten LGA were under the Kiama emirate before it was joined with Bassa emirate to form the larger Borgu emirate by the British. If you say Kaiama was a vassal under Oyo, we never know because history didn't record so. History only recorded that Borgu kingdom hosted Oyo when Tsoedo from Nupe invaded it.

But one thing we know was that the Bariba, Nupe and Oyo live side by side. Even till now if you visit towns like Share, you would not know the difference between Tsaragi and Share. Tsaragi is the Nupe derivative, while Share is what the Yoruba call it. Share falls under Ifelodun LGA, and Tsaragi is under Edu. There is no common boundary between both. The same is applicable to Jebba a Yoruba town, close by to Moro in Niger state, separated by the River Quorra (Niger). Even Lafiaji and Shonga towns, host both Yoruba and Nupe who live together. The Yoruba call the Nupe Tapa while the Nupe call the Yoruba Oyo.

Ibadansun1:
Sir Borgu was actually conquered sir

It was when Oyo was conquered than Baribas were conquered.


And Yes Ilorin was never recognized as an Emirate until the arrival of British on Nigerian soil.

Borgu is even far larger than Bruten and Kaima in kwara state, they occupy a decent portion of Western Niger state and Northern Benin republic.

The history of that area is muddled if we even go deep. Let me break it down. The Fulani did not really come down to conquer those areas as people may think. Only a few Fulani fighters joined the push. But majority of the Jihadist were indigenes. In Bida for instance, the leader of the Jihad was a Nupe. He was even the first Emir of Bida Emirate until a Fulani leader spring up to take power.

Consequently, in Ilorin Afonja lead the Jihad there. Rebelling against Oyo was to make Ilorin an Islamic town. A lot of people don't know that Afonja was a Muslim. He joined forces with Alimi to achieve this task. However, the palace coup that happened in Bida, was what happened in Ilorin. Alimi plotted against Afonja and had him assassinated. It was in the demise of Afonja that Alimi made his son Abubakar the first Emir of Ilorin. It was he Abubakar that structured Ilorin into the Balogun houses. But inspite of Ilorin being ruled by Alimi it wasn’t recognized by Dan Fodio until the coming of Sultan Bello when Abubakr went to collect the Jihad flag. And it was this period that Islamic scholars added Ilorin to the Banza Bakwai Hausa history.

For the other Emirate such as Borgu, it was the British who joined the Bassa emirate in present Niger with that of Kiama emirate in present Kwara into what we know as Borgu emirate in 1954. However, it was the Bassa emirate that fought Lugard tooth and nail before they were defeated. That was why Lugard made Bassa the head of Borgu Emirate. For the Baruba people, there are scattered in Kaima and Bassa. But they dominate Baruten LGA in Kwara north.

Ibadansun1:
You are mixing things up and history.

First of all, Nupe raided Oyo in different century from Fulani conquest of ilorin.

The Nupe were rightfully defeated after Oyo re grouped and pushed Nupe towards River Niger.

Borgu fell into Uthman Dafadio hands when Oyo army was defeated in Ilorin.

Why do you think Bariba have an Emire today?

Oyo army had the chief of army of Bariba nicknamed the wolf. I think it was emire shitta that defeated Oyo army because other Yoruba army generals like Ijesha left Oyo army alone in a crucial moment because they felt Baribas were given to prominent role in the Oyo army.

The relationship between Oyo and Bariba is even more pronounced in current Oyo state as some towns in Oyo state was founded by Baribas.

I actually did my NYSC in Kwara. I knew all these history first hand as a Librarian in KWHA. Borgu, Bida and Ilorin we're not actually conquered in the same way like Kano Emirate. Each of them invited the Jihadist. In the case of Bida and Borgu, both collected Jihad flags from Dan Fodio. In simple sense, Borgu as an emirate was not even recognized until 1954 when the British joined Kaima and Bussa emirate to form it. The recognized emirate by Sokoto in that axis was Lafiaji before the Emir was demoted to a chief by the British. Today Lafiaji as a chiefdom falls under Shonga Emirate created when Borgu town joined Niger.

In the case of Ilorin, it was not recognized as an emirate until the coming of Sultan Bello (Heir to Usman Dan Fodio).

yarimo:
BORGU is in north central, a local government in niger state. kainji dam is located in BORGU. the late emir haliru dantoro who was senator when bola Ahmed Tinubu was senator also . the late emir was BUHARI best friend.

You are right. Borgu is a local government in Niger state. The present Kainji falls under it. However, Borgu was once under Kwara until the people asked to be joined to Niger state in 1991. The Borgu emirates spreads from Niger to Kwara. As a matter of fact, Kwara North Senatorial zone falls under the old Borgu emirate. There’s even a Shonga Emirate in Edu local Government of Kwara north. I guess, this Emirate oversea the people of the whole Kwara north if I’m not mistaken. During our NYSC camp in Edu, the Emir of Shonga (A good man and former Army Colonel) who spoke fluent Yoruba visited us. He told us he’s the paramount ruler of the towns in Kwara north and that the old Oyo we knew about is what is known as Shonga.

Ibadansun1:
Borgu were known as Bariba which once was a tribute state to Oyo empire.

Yes, Bariba are hausa cousins.

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

Bariba as a name is even Hausa. Baribawa is the full meaning, just like Nupeci and Yaribawa. Bariba is the name of the people, Borgu is their emirate, while Borgu LGA is the headquaters of Borgu emirate. Borgu emirates consist of several tribes, which includes the Bariba, Nupe, Fulani and many others. In Kwara state for instance, Baruten is seen as the remnant of Borgu emirate. Borgu emirate stretches from Benin republic, to Kwara north and up to parts of Niger state.

In the old Oyo empire, Borgu was an independent kingdom that had the same status as Nupe. Both were allies to Oyo. In fact, when Nupe under Tsoede invaded Oyo, it was in Borgu Kingdom Oyo people fled to. When Oyo finally got themselves after year's of rebuilding, that a new Alafin rose and took the battle to Nupe. Oyo never conquered Borgu. Rather both were allies who helped advanced the Oyo empire. However, when the Fulani began their Jihad, the trio of Nupe, Borgu and Oyo fell to the jihadist.

It was even said that Nupe and Borgu never really fell to Dan Fodio, but rather a few Nupe and Borgu sons solicited the flag from Sokoto to which they used in claiming their kingdoms to the Islamic fold. But when the deed was achieved, the Fulani sons within plotted their removal and installed Fulani Emirs in both Kingdoms, similar to what happened in Ilorin.

After cementing their claim to the throne, each Emir rallied the indigenes of both Borgu and Nupe to match towards Oyo. In fact, the army Alimi/Afonja used in fighting Oyo was gotten from the bulk of Nupe and Borgu kingdoms. Even when Oyo fell, it was these two kingdoms that continued the match down south, terrorizing Yorubaland until they were defeated in the hands of Ibadan warriors at Oshogbo.

orisa37:
GOD WON'T APPROVE IGBO PRESIDENCY UNTIL NIGERIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY RESTRUCTURED.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO HAVE A GOOD LUCK COME BACK.

Which yeye Goodluck. The one who failed the Niger-Delta by sleeping in office for 6 years with no tangible achievement. Jonathan is now past tense, join hands and support the Igbos for Presidency.

Ibadansun1:
Borgu kingdom use to be under the Oyo empire and the Jagaban of Borgu was the right hand of Aare ana Kankafo(army chief of Yoruba land) in fighting wars against Oyo enemies.

Jagaban is the simply the army chief of Borgu Kingdom.

Are you sure about this? Jagaban has an Hausa meaning and was used in the Fulani emirate of Borgu (part in present Benin republic). It has nothing to do with Oyo empire. As a matter of fact, apart from Bida emirate, they formed the main marauders that terrorized Yorubaland after the fall of Oyo.

The Borgu emirate is headquartered in Baruten in Kwara state and once ruled present Kwara north senatorial zone upwards towards Kainji in Niger state. It took Lord Lugard both blood and firepower to conquer them. Infact they mounted the highest resistance than any other emirate in the ancient Fulani sultanate. Even more than Kano and Sokoto.

Vanzcharles:
Neither did I see mine . I only grew up to seey great grand aunty who died at 110, 2010. They believed she was older than that but no one knew her age.
My grand mother still dey alive going to 90

The dude is right. Fani-Kayode’s Great Grand Father had same story as Ajayi Crowther. Both were Sierra Leonean with Yoruba origin who were educated by the Anglican mission in Freetown. The same way Ajayi Crowther traced his family to Iseyin, was the same way Rev Kayode traced his to Ile-Ife. Ajayi Crowther luckily met his mother, whom he converted to Christianity and changed her name to Hannah. Rev Kayode might have seen his own family too. I once read a book when during the fracas with Awo, Fani-Kayode’s father was accused of not knowing his village in Ife. However, this does not take away his blue blood. Fani-Kayode is among the few privilege Nigerians with a strong Aristocratic lineage. Imagine having a Great Grand Father with a Masters Degree from a British University.

The Fulani link is actually Fani-Kayode’s Grand mother.

slimfit1:
[s]Those days they didn't have information now forget it. Don't forget that our soldiers can't face Boko haram Igbos will be well prepared now.[/s]

You and who will fight the war? Count Igbos out of your stupidity. So the on going wahala in Oyigbo is not enough, you people want to cause another bigger problem.

Meanwhile receive sense

NNEWIsuper:
Seriously you said my mind.. [s]I am Igbo myself but not an unreasonable one[/s].. Someone orders them to kill army and take their weapons and they do so without even reasoning that every action has its consequences.. For one I'm in support of the military and army because of ipob is allowed to continue with their rubbish, before u know it they create chaos in East and the Nigerian army will flood everywhere with soldiers while someone somewhere will be happy to use it for propaganda for his selfish gratification.. To me any ipob member should be taken down.. Nonsense

Keep deceiving people who don't know this moniker.

sageb:
Ika south and Ika north east don't want your potopoto biafra. Egbema will not join you

You don drink ogogoro. Imagine the stupidity. So na you we go join enter bondage.

Abaman001:
The said land belongs to Ogonis

Which yeye Ogoni? What stop the Ogoni’s from claiming it. Don’t introduce this nonsense here.

Igboid:
Wike like all Igbophobic Nigerians now hide behind IPOB to release their Igbophobic actions. Before then, they hide behind Biafra.
Some of us are not blind.
I think you are letting emotions of personal relationships with few Ikwerre people becloud you rationality. You need to watch it.

Go through Wike press release on Obiigbo issue and read it well. Its full of many cryptic Igbophobic hints and shades carefully hidden behind fight against IPOB. Someone of us are not stupid and can pick even the most subtle of these hints no matter how disguised they are.

Amaechi is no different from Wike in his Igbophobic hints too. But because Ndiigbo have bunch of brainless people at the helm of affairs in IPOB and Ohanaeze, Amaechi flies under the radar.
It was Amaechi who asked GEJ if they (his Ikwerre people and Rivers state) were Biafrans, in response to losing Soku oil wells to Bayelsa.
Subtly reminding GEJ that certain state sponsored marginalization were exclusively reserved for Biafrans( which before the rise of IPOB was a good way for Igbophobic entities like Amaechi to to refer to Igbo without appearing obvious).

That Ikwerre are very Igbophobic bunch every right thinking Igbo must take cognizant of and ensure we take necessary measures to keep ourselves safe from them is a fact backed by past and current events.

But as usual many of us prefer playing the ostrich.
I have always known Wike for who he is even when brainless IPOB hierarchy were singing his praises and cautioned that Ndiigbo stay away from such Igbophobic entity and should not be associated with him.

Well, I’ve heard you bro

Reno is insane. All he keeps talking about is Lekki Killings, he should also lend his voice to the Oyigbo killings too.

As a matter of fact if things were done right in this country. All of Shettima, Nnamdi Kanu, Asari Dokubo, Junaid Mohammed, Adeyinka Grandson, and others should be in jail by now.

Tejuri:
It is quite amusing reading news coming out of Rivers state over the past couple of days, especially considering that the same group of people who cheered Governor Wike on like he is some messiah during the reelection campaign for Godwin Obaseki against the APC are now bearing the brunt of a merciless military campaign due to inter tribal clashes in Oyingbo during the end SARS protest. There was a clash between cattle farmers and IPOB members who are mostly Ibo's, guess who the military is currently dealing with right now when it was a case of "two fighting"?

I sympathise with the victims of this latest crackdown, but the lesson being learnt here is politicians do not give a flying Bleep about you, you where his cheerleaders during the elections in Edo, what is he repaying you back with?

I expected the world to come down on Wike. What I’m seeing in Oyigbo is not what I expected. Truth be told, the army is killing at will.

Igboid:
Wike speaks for Ikwerre people as much as Ogbakor Ikwerre does.

Few Ikwerre friends of yours who probably have immediate link to SE being upright on Igbo matters cannot cover the truth that Ikwerre people on the majority as represented by Ogbakor Ikwerre are a very Igbophobic lots and Wike epitomizes them.

Let Ikwerre people, especially Ogbakor Ikwerre release a public statement denying Wike Igbophobic activities ever since he has been the governor of Rivers.

Unlike people like you, I don't pander to emotions once it comes to Igbo matters, I am usually ice cold.
And you are not the only one with Ikwerre friends.
I once lived in Obio akpor too for a year plus and had many experiences as well as Ikwerre friends.
Don't confuse your personal relationship with few good Ikwerre with Ikwerre Igbophobic disposition as an independent ethnic nationality.

Pazienze I just beg you to focus on the issue. And that is Wike vs IPOB. Oyigbo people are being killed extrajudicially and it pains me. I have not slept since days well. Always calling friends and loved ones in that axis. Two wrongs can never make a right. I beg you not to make matters worst. I’m a Rivers man and know much about happenings in my state than many of you in the SE. Yes, you might have your experience about the Ikwerre people, but take it from me, majority are not with Wike in this particular issue. A lot feel Wike goofed. Don't be surprise if the likes of Amaechi makes this political in a coming days by slamming Wike. Wike allowed Nnamdi Kanu enter his head by rushing with such regrettable actions. I expected that the security personnel were called to arrest trouble makers and not take laws into their hands. But it wasn't as I thought.

Igboid:
Wike is a typical Ikwerre man with deep sitted Igbophobia, which is why I don't take IPOB and Ohaneze Ndiigbo serious as long as both keep entertaining Ikwerres in their midst while delusionally and stupidly claiming brotherhood with a people harbouring more hate for Ndiigbo than even SW and North.
Both groups(IPOB and Ohanaeze) are useless even to themselves, which is why they are busy scrambling while the house is on fire.

IPOB pose an existential threat to Ndiigbo. Because the whole world knows IPOB as Igbo organization while IPOB stupidly admits many non Igbo's from Igbophobic Minority groups in their group.
It means that these non Igbos in IPOB can be compromised to commit atrocities under the banner of IPOB , knowing fully well that Igbos will be the one to bear the consequences.

So you are now judging all Ikwerres because of Wike? Change from this mentality Pazienza. Stop being too narrow minded, it will damage you. Wike isn’t speaking for the Ikwerres. A lot Ikwerre in my groups are as angry as you. Stop this nonsense. Stop this nonsense you are doing? Wike is making a mistake by not seeking advice before acting. Don't make this an Ikwerre affair. The Ikwerre’s are not in support of him.

Change from this sentiments in your head.

Muna4real:
I copied this text from the link you gave me


On the 20th of October ENDSARS protesters storm the streets , moving from road to road going towards ELEME demanding for an end to police brutality.

When some people, civilians like them stopped them and denied them passage. I comfirmed from multiple sources and my sources said those who stopped where of the Hausa extraction. (I don't know why, but their actions must not be unconnected to the narrative that the ENDSARS protest was political motivated, and heavily influenced by now proscribed succession ist group IPOB

Their actions didn't sit well with the protesters as they felt they being denied passage through their indigenous land.

The fracas quickly resulted to violence, in the process one life was lost. An Hausa Man






I bolded the word narrative for you to see for yourself that everything that took place was as a result of a mere narrative. How will they not mention ipob when wike has labelled all the protesters ipob? Have you seen any ipob protester without a biafran flag? Or without ipob printed materials? Why have you decided not to use your brain? Wike is pursuing something else and not ipob. How else will you explain the careless killings of innocent citizens by the army? Imagine going from house to house to harass young men and women. Isn't that the definition of stupidity? Is that how to look for "ipob members "?

Wike is politicizing the happening in Oyigbo and it will spell doom for him if he doesn't call the army to order. I expected the security operatives to arrest those involved in the crisis and not make things worst. But it's obvious things have now excalated. I don't know how Wike would come out of this unscathed? It's not too late for Wike to seek advice rather than keep making things worst for himself.