₦airaland Forum

AlexBells:
Reminds of King Jaja of Opobo, you can as well call him self acclaimed but there are many Igbos who sees me as their premier and if you mess with the traditional political institution of the Igbo people your kingdom will feel the heat, I won't tell you what will happen to you in particular,

Shut the fvck up, self acclaimed premier, try and give yourself respect by 1st leaving nairaland

AlexBells:
I won't insult my fellow traditional ruler (the oba of Benin in retaliation) when I meet him one on one, I will implore him to put his subject in order to avoid any trouble between my province and his kingdom.

Lol your fellow what lol
Self acclaimed premier look here better get a job and stop day dreaming, you wan meet who You think say to meet am na like meeting one of those self acclaimed igwes lol

AlexBells:
Hausas did not do a thing, it was Nigeria/Biafra war not Igbo/Hausa war, I want to categorically tell you that Igbos come prepared for any tribe, you are a disgrace to the Oba of Benin, did he send you on your land grabbing mission, come to Onitisha and say any rubbish about Benin Kingdom and collect the beating you most deserve, when you bring insult to your kingdom don't get offended when we drag your crown on the floor

Are you that pained premier of Ibo land my foot

You are a disgrace to alaigbo

AlexBells:
Ijaws are our neighbours and if we are talking about fishing, swimming etc ofcourse we sought their advice, we are not too arrogant to think that we know it all, but you, instead of fighting to take back Lagos you are trying to intrude into Igboland, lol, what the British did will be a childs play the day Igbos have your time

Lol chest beaters, what the Hausas did in the Biafra war will be child's play the day you lots cross your boundaries

IDENNAA:
Do you actually believe Ika is Edoid ?

I believe it, but at the same time I believe in people making their choices and not others making it for them.

I will never force Ẹdo on any Ẹdo tribe

AlexBells:
Good, you Edos and Igalas once fought a war, Igalas respect themselves to know their people and their boundaries, I think you guys should look up to your Senior brother Igalas in the way to deal with Igbos, Igalas don't intrude in Igbo affairs even when we inter marry,

We will do that when you igbos look up to your slave masters (Ijaws) for advice

AlexBells:
What happens to Nsukka people taking Igala surname,

Ask the Igala people

VirginFinder:
So Igbos also take surnames Edo surnames for that matter

Don't mind them

decatalyst:
They are not applying wisdom at all.

Who told them the new sheriff in town couldn't make them appear in front of disciplinary panel because of this unprofessional conduct??


I wonder if some individuals have any functional/useful substance in their skull sometimes sha.

All of them in that hostel could be sent to hardest of fronts as punishment

Could he have been that bad?

Chogu1:
Irabor is Ika, a sub group of the Igbo nation

You mean a sub-group of Benin

IDENNAA:
I think we have different views on this. Irabor should be out of the norm in Ika because they are overwhelmingly Igbotic. Same applies to the Omozele and Obaze who are also settlers in Anambra.

So what are you implying?

IDENNAA:
Since Agbor is Bini why dont you tell us what Chiemeke, Adigwe , Ikenchuku , Keagborekuzi , Chukwuka , Ifeanyi , Ndidi etc mean in Bini language since they are not Igbo.

By the way , we have names like iyesere ,obaze , omozele in Anambra and I guess that make us Bini since Irabor makes Agbor Bini. una still dey learn work...lmao When other were growing their population you were still one family (Oba and his family) and his slaves(the rest of Bini people and captured slaves) or what you love to call subjects. As far as Bini traditions is concerned you are all slaves of the Oba.

Lol I will tell you when you tell me the meaning of Irabor and as for those other names we are aware and Ezikeoba land will be coming home soon lol. You lots are still learning Land-grabber

RuddyFusion:
And what does Nneka, Chidinma , Ikenna and co mean in Igbo?....those are names beared by Agbor people too......

You bear Ruddy Fusion is that Igbo?
Are you now British?

solmusdesigns:



Can't Ibo be happy for other southerners?! It's Edo and Yoruba's time to lead as COAS and CDS

We all supported ihejirika during Jonathan so why can't Ibos support their Edo southern brother

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Watch when they come to tell you Agbor people are Ibos

But ask them what Irabor means in Ibo they got no idea

Sammy07:
Hehe.
Is okay oo

Leave am for me na me and am today.

He doesn't even know if am Esan

Sammy07:
2. Well, I'm not Esan, can't speak for them.

3. There is no real accurate of correct populations anywhere in the world.

But its alright.

Yeah bro, by the way I love what Sunday Igboho is doing. You lots should support him let it not be like how we southerners usually betray those fighting for us

ThatFairGuy1:
Esan people dominated the southern Part of Edo, they have more population than Bini people

Igala and Ijaws dominate most part of the east

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ThatFairGuy1:
Benin is not up to 2 million.
The biggest ethnic group in Edo is Esan followed by Afemai.



What are you smoking lately? Go to Uromi and Auchi and vomit this nonsense if they won't roast you

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Sammy07:
1. Okay

2. First time of hearing that, because I learnt Eshan and Benin no gree before.I can't deny my child cos he speaks French

3. 2014 Estimation

2. Do you listen to those paid to scatter Yoruba people? I guess your answer is No. In reality an Esan is as Benin as a Benin man.

3. An estimation? Lol bro estimations are not facts

Sammy07:
Benin can't be more than 2M

Because the whole Edo Is around 5 million in population

1st of all bro, I never said Benin was any number of population, but those digits above is false. You don't even know wether am From Benin or Benin Esan or Benin Afemais?

2nd Benin is Benin, Esans are Benins Afemais are Benins. Lemme ask you this will you deny your child cos he speaks French?

3rd what census did you carry to ascertain Benin population

4th In Yoruba there are different languages yet you all say Yoruba so don't try to divide us, you don't hear us say Ijebus and Ijesa.

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ThatFairGuy1:
You mean our 5 States put together is inconsequential 5%er?
That's incredible

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ThatFairGuy1:
Benin is part of Biafra land. Nnamdi Kanu just clarified

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I love it when you lots wail

You want it but ain't getting it that gives me joy

Your 5 states grouped together ain't up to Edo State in land mass

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engrfcuksmtin:
11. Edo (Benin): 500,000

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1st stage of madness

Lies everywhere

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golddare:
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI BY THE ALAAFIN OF OYO, OBA LAMIDI OLAYIWOLA ADEYEMI III

*Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum*

Your Excellency,

I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver the country to the Promised Land.

My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where Law and Order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured.

That my confidence in Your Excellency remains unshaken to date. In recent time however, I am worried about the security situation in the country, especially in the South West geo-political zone, nay the entire Yoruba-speaking area of the country including Kwara, Kogi and Edo states.

This has to do with the incessant and increasing menace of Fulani herdsmen that have laid siege in almost all the highways of Yoruba land. Whether in Owo, Akure, Ilesa/Ife-Ibadan road or Ibarapa zone and Ijebu area of Ogun state, the story is the same.

I have held series of consultations with opinion moulders and eminent Yoruba leaders across board about the menace of these cattle herdsmen with such assault like raping of our women and in some occasions, in the presence of their husbands. That is apart from massive destruction of our agricultural lands; which ultimately points to imminent starvation.

On top of it all is the menace of professional kidnappers usually in military uniforms. What is more worrisome about the kidnapping notoriety is what looks like impunity which these kidnappers enjoy their nefarious activities.

After due consultations with Yoruba leaders and as the pre-colonial head of the Yoruba nation, we are worried by the audacity of these lawless people in effecting their illegal acts in broad daylight on our usually bushy highways without any arm of security being able to do anything.

Worse still is the confidence with which they demand ransoms and collect such illegal levies atthem designated spots without any arm of security being able to lay siege on them as it was the practice in the recent past.

Now, we cannot even talk of parading suspects, when in actual sense, no major arrests have been made in this part of the country. Without arrests, we cannot talk of their facing of the law.

Unfortunately, and painfully indeed, in the face of the apparent helplessness of our security agencies, where do we go from here?

It is at the wake of this manifest frustration of our people that our people have found it unavoidable, even though reluctantly to resort to alternative measures to safeguard their lives and property.

Suffice to say that is most part of Yoruba land, their pre-colonial military structures have not been totally collapsed. Hence, such structures like Odua People’s Congress, Agbekoya and other vigilance groups.

Having stated the above, and having established my premise as a stakeholder in your administration in the firm belief that we all believe in the Nigeria project, kindly permit me, Mr President, to make the following points and submissions as the Alaafin of Oyo, the King and Head of all Yoruba at home and in the diaspora and the Chief Custodian of Yoruba culture and values.

The people of Yorubaland in the traditional six State of the South-West geo-political zone and extending to some parts of Kogi, Kwara and Edo State live in palpable fear because of new wave of insecurity of life and property they now witness on a daily basis and which is alien to them. This new uncomplimentary development is not unrelated to the new wave of criminal activities usually associated with banditry, armed robbery and lately, kidnapping and rape of genuinely innocent and law abiding citizens.

I remember when these nefarious activities were first noticed in Oyo/Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, I took proactive steps to stem the tide and to amicably normalize relations between farmers and herders. Our initiative succeeded because we were dealing with genuine farmers and herders who had a commitment to Nigeria and who were interested in promoting their economic activities in a peaceful, prosperous and united Nigeria.

However, it is becoming obvious that the nature and character of banditry and kidnapping today are different from what they used to be.

Today, it is not merely infraction in the course of doing business, but blatant and criminal violation of the constitutional right to life and liberty of innocent citizens of Yoruba land. A few publicly known instances will suffice.

Certain individuals were kidnapped along Erio-Aromoko road, Ekiti State. They were tortured and exposed to danger in the forest for upward of two weeks.

These victims included the Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikole Branch, Adeola Adebayo whose decomposing body was eventually found after a ransom price of four million Naira had been paid.

Two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps both Yoruba were picked up along Ilesa-Akure highway. In the process of this kidnap, an unnamed individual died.

Musibau Adetumbi, a legal practitioner based in Ibadan was going to attend an Appeal Court session in Akure when he was kidnapped along Ilesa-Akure highway. Professor Adegbehingbe, a surgeon at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife was adopted along Ibadan-Ile-ife highway. Dr. Muslim Omoleke, the Administrative Secretary of the National Electoral Commission was kidnapped around Ilesa, Osun State.

Mr Ayo Oladele, an employee of Guinness Nigeria and an Old Student of Christ School, Ado-Ekiti was adopted and taken away and lately, Dayo Adewole, son of a member of your 2015-2019 executive council and Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole was kidnapped on his farm at Iroko, a village along Ibadan-Oyo road.

There are many other instances of kidnapping, raid, rape and banditry not publicly known but which were reported to the Police and other law enforcement organizations.

As ugly as the picture above seems to be, the people of Yoruba land have remained generally peaceful and have resisted concerted efforts to push them into civil disobedience or adopting self-help mechanisms to protect themselves in their homeland.

They have demonstrated confidence in you and in your ability to stem the tide of these criminal activities. Yoruba have been restrained from believing the new found Islamization or Fulanization theory.

I am therefore writing to you, as a concerned stakeholder in your administration, to alert you and demonstrate to you, the urgency of the need to quickly respond to these and other issues concerning Yoruba land.

There is a general impression among opposition group that you are not known to take decisive and proactive steps in many matters of national interest and that you are not usually too disturbed about the gale of insecurity in Yoruba land.

May I also share with you the outcome or product of my wide consultations in Yoruba land to let you know, beyond what official security reports will make available to you, that there is a growing feeling of frustration, disappointment and despondency among our people, which if not immediately addressed, could lead to other serious national catastrophes and security challenges.

The present state of insecurity is posing enormous challenges to people’s engagements in other economic activities. The incessant and increasing menace on our highways and farms in Yoruba land is making farming and other economic activities hazardous and dangerous.

I recall with sadness that the Old Oyo Empire disintegrated because the slave trade introduced insecurity that made all other economic activities which had supported and enhanced the prosperity of Oyo to decline. It is never my wish that any part of Nigeria will ever go through this harrowing experience again.

Apart from massive destruction of farms and crops planted on them, the new wave of Fulani, pretending and disguising as herders have unleashed a reign of terror on Yoruba land.

They destroy crops, they kidnap men and women, violate and rape our women, right in the presence of their husbands. What this portends id definitely more than the simplistic interpretation of farmer/herder clash but the deliberate acts of hostility and criminality.

What makes it worrisome is the fact that for reasons best known to the Police establishment, they have not been apprehending or pretend to be in the defence of victims.

There is always a tendency to blame the victims and demonstrate helplessness in apprehending and bringing perpetrators to book to face the full wrath of the law.

It is even said, Mr President that these criminal pseudo herders go about their nefarious activities in broad daylight and many times in military uniform. They carry sophisticated weapons, the likes of which are only available to state actors.

There seems to be no doubt that the security apparatus of the country is both overstretched and rustic.

The philosophy of policing the State, protecting life and property and ensuring the existence of atmosphere that is conducive to life and living in Nigeria is lost on the security personnel. In Yoruba land, we are scared and worried about the outrageous audacity and effrontery of these criminal elements in carrying out their activities and without any challenge by security operatives.

In situation where money exchanged hands, the Police are adequately equipped to trace every paper money issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Intelligence gathering concerning money paid as ransom should lead, finally to these criminals since they would eventually make transactions with the proceeds of their illicit and criminal activities.

As no major arrest of Fulani pseudo herdsmen has been made till date in Yoruba land, suspects cannot be paraded, let alone arraigned.

Even threatened a sitting traditional ruler and asked him to comply with certain directives go about as if they are indeed above the law and beyond arrest. It is unheard of that the State could be seemingly helpless in the face of these criminal assaults on its integrity and capacity to carry out the most sacred of its mandate; preserving life and property.

Mr President, let me assure you that the Yoruba people traditionally have what it takes to defend themselves and interests against all enemy attacks. What is of immediate concern is the possibility of these traditional self-help mechanisms of defence to conflict with legal and constitutional framework of the security organizations.

This is indeed my greatest fear, recluse the situation is fast degenerating into what could trigger complete breakdown of law and order under a constitutional state arrangement. Thus latent frustration must be nipped in the bud to avert a breakdown of the state system in Yoruba land.

I am aware that members of the Odua People’s Congress scattered all over the world are already being mobilized to stand in the defence of their land and are ready, willing and able to raise an army of volunteers as was done in 1968 by the Agbekoya.

It is trite saying that a stitch in time saves nine. For me, and relying on ancient wisdom, the dilemma of a possible breakdown of state authority and power could still be manages and the slide to anarchy arrested.

Historically, and even now, ethnic relations between the Yoruba and the Fulani had been managed adroitly through excellent statesmanship and participatory administration of inter-ethnic group relations. I have had many instances of settling farmer/herder disagreements in my Palace to the extent of instituting workable modalities for inter communal conflict management and peace building.

What is strange is the new wave of criminally minded Fulani groups. What is again disappointing is the ease with which these criminals will leave our country should there be anarchy in the land.

They have other places to return to, but Nigerians don’t have another country apart from here.

This is a serious national emergency, when Fulani herdsmen are engaged in criminality all over the country and the sitting federal government seems helpless and generally unperturbed by what is going on in the security organizations. There is no doubt that some leaders of these security organizations are either incompetent or bankrupt of ideas. Some are even compromised to take any decisive actions against criminals.

What we are witnessing in Nigeria is an anomaly because it is inconceivable that in the 21st century, when the whole world is making appreciable progress in providing enhanced standard of living, Nigerians will be living under the fear of banditry, brigandage, rape, kidnapping and terrorism.

Insecurity is posing a direct threat and imminent danger to living in Nigeria. It is capable of de-robing the country in the comity of nations and passing it off as uncivilized and barbaric.

As more and more countries issue travel restrictions to Nigeria and parts thereof, it is just a matter of time for Nigeria to lose whatever gains it has made in repositioning itself for more decisive participation in the international system.

I trust that you will not allow this to happen and will quickly and decisively take immediate steps to re-established confidence in your government and demonstrate the capacity of the state to protect all legitimate interests.

I wish you God’s guidance, courage and wisdom to do what is right, appropriate and necessary to build the Nigeria of our dreams, where no ethnic group is oppressed or taken for granted.

While urging you to take out time to read and consider this letter as coming from a stakeholder in your administration, I wish to assure you of the warmest regards of the Royal stool.

NB. THIS LETTER HAD BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE DAILIES, JUST A REMINDER

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Aladdin abi na Alaafin sh*t your trap, Ẹdo no be Yoruba land

gregyboy:
Did i hear benin is a biafra land, what nonsense

MelesZenawi you have to call your brothers to order, if it was the otherway round you will already be crying pity


Half of biafraland is historically edo land, we all will rather all go into extinction than go with Yoruba or igbo republic


Edo nation is big enough to stand as a country
Lagos, ontisha ekiti, ondo, Delta would be enough to form an edoid nation

We dream off

And if they decide not to go with edo, we will stand on our own as a country

Edo would only voluntarily join southern Nigeria anything beyond that would be meant with fierce resistance


The shit we took from the idiot awolowo in western region and the sudden invasion of the toothless ojokwu on Midwest state would make we edo never stretch hands of friendship to our enemies

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Slawormiir

Exactly, we will rather go into extinction that go with any of them.

If the other Ẹdoid tribes will not come with us, it fine we will go alone.

Long Live the Sovereign Kingdom of Benin

ThatFairGuy1:
Said by who? From Edo South to central, it's own by Biafrans

Bia-fraud miscreants

an0daGuy:
Nobody needs you in biafra.

We’re just saying you should close your gate so the marauders won’t follow there and enter your land then jump fence and enter our own

Dazzall

They can follow through Benue you know

an0daGuy:
Divide and conquer tactics. Edo state pipo should not mind this news. Secure your lands oh. After they are finished with SW and begin moving to the SE they will first have to conquer you guys oh. Be wise

We dey secure our land, but we not Biafra