₦airaland Forum

jimyjames:
Banga soup is ofe akwu in igbo, so how will you say it's not igbo soup? The name banga is just popular it's indigenous to igbo too, and do you know the name okra originates from okoro, okuru okwuru in igbo

They may have same source, but Ofe Akwu is entirely different from the Banga soup made in the Delta, different ingredients, methods and tastes differently.

And besides Igbos don't eat starch (if you have been to the east, you will notice how starch are being disposed easily) not to talk of combining such with Banga, banga for most easterners goes with rice, but the OP made mention of Banga soup and Starch.

pozehnani:
When afang and oha is there? Nothing special about Banga.

You probably haven't tested Banga soup before, I mean the one from the Delta. Banga is one of Urhobo's major meal that when diluted with starch, you'd forget your worries and sorrows.

Banga soup no get mate for naija.

baconline:
Forget reviving it, who will buy the steel? Except u want to export it or make just reinforcement for structures. Blacks are not industrialists. They want finished products ,they can't manufacture products themselves. If u see any manufacturing company here its just an assembly plant nothing more

We do not need to export, let's meet our local demands, we import most steels used in constructions, Nigeria is a developing nation, so there will always be need for steel.

alphaNomega:
I don't really think we had a steel industry to begin with, there is nothing to revive

We had Aladja steel company that produced 900k metric tones of billets and 300k metric tones of rolled product when it was operational until its collapse in the last 90's.

So yes, we had a steel industry.

There's is need for us to have our steel plants working if we are serious about an industrial revolution in the nearest future.

During the 80's when Delta Steel company was functional, alot of Nigerians were occupied and the economy of Warri and its environs benefited heavily from it.

It's been decades since its collapse and no one has shown any series attempts in getting these plants operational.

Would love to hear inputs from Nigerians on this.

CSTRR:
The Islamic revolution.

Iran and America were actually best of friends once upon a time, and the Iranians prospered as a liberal, progressive country.

Until some mad men carried out an Islamic revolution which led to many Persians leaving to exile and the females that remained in Iran subjugated under the yoke of backward islam.

Backward Islam ruined that beautiful country.

The Shah was no better, it's funny you called Iran a backward nation.

We are talking of a county under decades of crippling sanctions, under sanctions, they built a self reliant country, they became one of the strongest nation in the region, if not for Big brother (US), no nation in the region can dare counter Iran.

Thing with you blacks is that you let religion cloud your sense of reasoning. You can't think properly when religion is mentioned, the reason you call Iran backward is because it's being ruled by Islamic clerics, not because they are backward in the real sense.

Scientifically, no nation in the region, except Israel and Turkey can match them, the Arabs even with all the support they are getting, still laggs behind.

The Islamic mullahs are dickheads, but they have done well in taking the nation to a whole new heights.

ransomed:
Stop misinforming the public.
Edo state is the largest producer of Palm oil in Nigeria. The state can boast of Okomu oill plantations and mill, Presco Oil plantations and mill aside local mills and palm oil estates. Agri palm plantations at Ovia North local government.
Cross River state has Biased plantations and mill in Akamkpa local government , JB farms and oil mill in Akamkpa local government as well apart from local estates
Ondo state has Ore-irele plantations and mill and local holdings that churn out large produce.
Rivers state has SIAT with big plantstions,
big mill and refining capacity. The state has small holdings that can rival Akwa Ibom state.
Name the big players in Akwa Ibom state or you remain silent for ever.
Palm Oil Forum Of Nigeria (POFON) can attest that Akwa Ibom) has no capacity to produce to the level of fake statistics you displayed in your post.

Akwa Ibom can't match Delta, Edo and Ondo, seeing his 70% claims, I just laughed out so loud.

Igboid:
Imo state seem to have more medium and small scale as well as estate plantations than Akwa Ibom.
While Akwaibom have by far the largest wild groove.

Don't tell me you believe this paid agent's claims that Akwa Ibom produces 70% of Nigeria's palm oil.

Where do you place Delta? Edo? Ondo? Abia? Delta has more wild groove than Akwa Ibom, no way a state produces 20% of Nigeria's total output not to talk of a whooping 70%.

Nigerians and fake statistics

Hammyaladin:
Bad economic policies devalued Naira, Fiat currencies devalue with time ( paper money), And our dependency on Dollars as backup currency reserve all contributed to Nigeria's present woes!!!

Us not being productive killed the economy, during the early 80's, we had several industries, so we imported less, meaning little stress on the naira.

But in the early 90's, due to corruption and mismanagement, several companies collapsed, leading to Nigeria depending on the dollar to import every gaddam thing, including steel and petroleum.

The result, a weak naira and a poorer population. If we don't fix power, start an industrial revolution, in the year 2050, a thousand naira will on get you a bag of sachet water.

Never knew Ondo state has gas deposits, I know of bitumen and crude oil but not gas.

What happened to Ondo state? During the early 20's and 30's the state was leading in palm oil production, that was when palm oil trade funded the Nigerian economy.

It was during that time that the Urhobos migrated heavily to the Ikale part to exploit the palm oil business.

Crude oil made us all lazy, we abandoned agriculture, killed all companies and started importing everything.

Then we wonder why poverty level kept on increasing.

I notice houses built in the west last very long. Hardly will you find a house this aged in Nigeria still standing tall.

The 80years old building in my town is almost dead, how do they do it? What are we not doing?

Duru1:
Again Ejoor had no such powers to deploy soldiers in Midwestern region. This fact applied to all military governors in Nigeria during the era in discuss. Military unit commanders in the four regions of Nigeria were the only characters vested with the power to deploy soldiers.

Thanks for the correction, will look into this.

I know the commanders had powers but never knew they didn't take instructions from the governor.

Duru1:
This is hilarious. The same Ogbemudia who ran passed his father's compound and hid at Onicha while thinking that Lt Bukka Dimka was still in his pursuit. Ejoor was the military governor of Midwestern region but was never the commander of military unit in Midwestern region. Such honor goes to Col Nwawo. Ejoor had no such power to deploy soldiers within Midwestern region.

Lol, sorry had that laugh, that was the 1966 counter coup, Dimka was vexed at how Major Ogbemudia handled him prior to his release, so he organized some soldiers who chased him till he escaped at Ondo. He was clearly outnumbered, that doesn't take away his brave deeds during the Midwest invasion as that's our center of discussion.

Ejoor deployed soldiers when he was the governor, during the police action, he had some barricade set in Asaba, but due to the fact that majority of the commanders were loyal to the East, they didn't follow his instructions.

But he was still in charge, his unwillingness to side any part almost cost him his life.

jimyjames:
What could ogbemudia had possibly done to prevent the Midwest igbos from assassinating Ejoor if they wanted to? as you know his guards were mixed what does it take to assassinate someone? Wasn't it same type of assassination nzeogwu ifeajuana etc carried out in the North,south West , besides that the time the biafrans invaded Midwest how many Guards were there at the government house protecting Ejoor? Just 15 men the captain of those Guards was sunny tuoyo , can 15 men possibly fight 5 thousands biafran troops? What army did ogbemudia have? They all ran away including this ogbemudia guy you are trying to make a hero of.

Assassination was just simply impossible, like I have said earlier, Ejoor had escaped several attempts on his life, he could have been killed during the coup but managed to escaped.

He was smart, intelligent and proactive and having Ogbemudia as the Quarter-guard commander was a plus to his life.

Not all Midwest Igbo Soldiers were loyal to Ojukwu, it was Lt. Col. Ochei that specifically attacked the Government house in Benin, Ogbemudia got info of the attack and replaced the guards who later defended Ejoor.

After the war, Lt. Col. Ochei was tried by the Nigerian Army Headquarters for involving in a coup d'etat against the Midwestern region of Nigeria.

Ogbemudia never ran away, he fought a guerilla warfare till support came in, a bounty was placed on his head, even at that, he raised thousands of soldiers who later went on offensive.

So yes, he was a hero of the Midwesterners.

Killing or capturing Ejoor was never or part of the military objectives of the biafrans as you claim, the invasion into Midwest was as easy as a walk in a park, it was never a war zone or a war target, And if you claim only the igbo speaking parts sent a message of support to ojukwu , why didn't the biafrans kill all the elders chiefs of this other tribes for refusing to support them, ojukwu was not that stupid to kill Ejoor, what exactly will he tell the people of Midwest and the international communities for killing Ejoor, cause there were already propaganda by the Nigerian government that ojukwu forced the minority tribes in the eastern Region to join biafran against their will, killing Ejoor could have confirmed the accusation as true, ojukwu was not that stupid

I'm not claiming anything, we are discussing about history and I'm vast with what happened in my region decades ago. No Urhobo, Isoko, Isan, Bini or Ijaw chief sent any support to anybody. These people maintained neutrality from the beginning of the whole crisis.

Kill elders for refusing to support them? This logic is lame, these part I mentioned were neutral till the very end, they never sent any help to anybody, don't rewrite our history.

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jimyjames:
And I repeat the biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor, if they were out to kill Ejoor the Midwest igbos who worked hand in hand with the biafrans could have done that long before the invasion into Midwest,
one of biafran Biggest threats was Godwin ISAMA ALABI the biafrans were after him just like you claim were after Ejoor, they captured ALABI why didn't they kill him?
According to ALABI he was the first to know about the biafran invasion, he was the one that informed both Ejoor and the FG capital in Lagos about the invasion, and he threw some hand grenades which killed a dozen of biafran soldiers when they came to his house at night, the biafrans captured him and immediately made him a Lt col in the biafran army, if the didn't kill an enemy like ALABI why will they kill Ejoor? What was the gain in killing a coward like Ejoor? Are you aware most elders and chiefs in Midwest were already sending messages of support to ojukwu back in Enugu, Ejoor was not that important, 90% of the Midwest soldiers were Midwest igbos and Ejoor had no control over them
Every military blunder committed in Midwest was done by those who were in charge of that invasion which banjo was overall head, the road to Lagos was open and free banjo deliberately didn't want to reach Lagos that's why he delayed in Midwest for one week on an operation that should take 24 hours, these whole week in Midwest they kept sending back false messages to ojukwu in Enugu given him false lame excuses why they are still in Midwest while they supposed to be in Lagos,
Ejoor was not in the plan I repeat the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor, ojukwu can not send 5'000 soldiers across Midwest just to kill Ejoor who didn't even have up to 200 guards under him, while Nigerian troops were advancing to capture Enugu No
the plan was Lagos, capital for capital strategy

And I repeat the biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor, if they were out to kill Ejoor the Midwest igbos who worked hand in hand with the biafrans could have done that long before the invasion into Midwest

How can that be possible when guards at the government house were mixed and commanded by Ogbemudia?

one of biafran Biggest threats was Godwin ISAMA ALABI the biafrans were after him just like you claim were after Ejoor, they captured ALABI why didn't they kill him?

You know little about the Midwest invasion, the most wanted man after Ejoor was Ogbemudia, Alabi was already a commander at Asaba garrison and he already had some links and wasn't that much a threat.

Are you aware most elders and chiefs in Midwest were already sending messages of support to ojukwu back in Enugu, Ejoor was not that important, 90% of the Midwest soldiers were Midwest igbos and Ejoor had no control over them

By MOST, you mean more than 50% of chiefs and elders from the then Midwest were sending support to Enugu? What's up with Nigerians and their love for picking statistics from the air?

The Midwest had lots of tribes which includes Urhobo, Bini, Isoko, Igbo, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isan and it was only the Igbo speaking people who sent in support to Enugu, Others maintained the neutrality stand and didn't want to partake any conflicts until they were forced to, so how does this translate to MAJORITY?

And also, 90% of the Midwest soldiers weren't Midwest igbo, but majority of the commanders were, about 75%, so it was hard for Ejoor to control, but not withstanding, the region had fewer soldiers, it was the weakest.

What was the gain in killing a coward like Ejoor?

Lol.. He called Ejoor a coward .

Ejoor was not in the plan I repeat the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor, ojukwu can not send 5'000 soldiers across Midwest just to kill Ejoor who didn't even have up to 200 guards under him, while Nigerian troops were advancing to capture Enugu

Capturing Ejoor was part of the military objective of the invading soldiers. This was war not a romantic movie, accept reality.

jimyjames:
the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor if they were they could have killed him, the plan given to banjo was reach Lagos the capital of Nigeria not to remain in Midwest and cause any harm to them or turn it to a battle Ground as you call it, if to say the biafrans captured Ejoor the highest they could have done was take him to ojukwu in Enugu, cause ojukwu for a long time wanted to speak with Ejoor, at last banjo found out were Ejoor was hiding and secretly met and spoke with him without informing ojukwu back at Enugu, according to banjo's confession , he met with Ejoor and asked him to be an intermediary between him and chief awolowo but Ejoor declined to take the risk,
banjo said later he relayed messages using the sideband radio of the British deputy high commission in Benin , a British official there communicated in German to another official in the high commission in Lagos, which in turn passed his message to chief awolowo , by this time Lt col banjo,Lt col ifeajuana major Philip alale , Sam agbam aborted the mission and were already plotting against ojukwu

the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor if they were they could have killed him

I repeat again, they couldn't succeed in killing him, his escape from the government house was a big blow to those who wanted his head.

the plan given to banjo was reach Lagos the capital of Nigeria not to remain in Midwest and cause any harm to them or turn it to a battle Ground as you call it

If the plan was to capture Lagos, why did some Biafran troops dash to the government house even when the Midwest pose no threat to anyone and had no standing officers except some few guards in the government house who protected Ejoor? why was a puppet governor appointed in the Midwest? What was the connection between Midwest and Lagos?

Midwest gave little resistance, aside from the few hours gun fire, it was Overran easily. They could have continued with their journey to Lagos without any further drama in the region.

if to say the biafrans captured Ejoor the highest they could have done was take him to ojukwu in Enugu, cause ojukwu for a long time wanted to speak with Ejoor

Communicating with Ejoor wasn't an issue, before the invasion, Ojukwu had asked Ejoor for his collaboration and he simply refused. Both weren't in a good terms and you think if Ojukwu had got hold of him, he'd give him a pat on his back?

LOL, common, we are talking of war not some romantic game. Every general will avoid being captured by a not too friendly opponent.

at last banjo found out were Ejoor was hiding and secretly met and spoke with him without informing ojukwu back at Enugu, according to banjo's confession , he met with Ejoor and asked him to be an intermediary between him and chief awolowo but Ejoor declined to take the risk

There was already a distrust between Banjo and Ojukwu, he was disappointed that Ojukwu didn't inform him of his plan to capture Ejoor, so how then do you expect him to relate to Enugu about his meeting with a man they wanted to kill behind his back?

jimyjames:
Ejoor ran away out of panic and his ill will for the Biafrans no one was after him, if the biafrans were after him they had all the chances to kill him, cause biafra work hand in hand with the Midwest igbos to make that invasion a success, it was something they planned on for weeks, ....

Nigeria was not left undefended Nigerian soldier's were in the Midwest in asaba protecting the only bridge that was the way across to Midwest, but the mistake they made was 90% of those guiding that bridge were igbos from Midwest they all worked hand in hand in helping the biafrans invade Midwest, only Lt col isama alabi who's mother was Yoruba didn't go along with the plan and it was him that called the headquarter in Lagos to inform them about the biafran invasion, the road from Midwest to Lagos was free.

Allow me make some contributions.

I think you got everything wrong with the Midwest invasion, I understand when we tell stories, we tend to say what's favourable to us.

Lets start from here

Ejoor ran away out of panic

Had ejoor not escaped Benin, he would have been killed, he didn't run out of panic but to secure his life.

Ejoor's saving grace was the fact that Ogbemudia had changed the guard detail at the Government House, a day before the Biafran troops came in. So the soldiers on duty weren't in the original plan to hand over him to the invaders, they put up some few hours resistance, giving Ejoor the opportunity to escape, how he did that is still a mystery to many, but that wasn't the first time he had escaped an assassination attempt.

Ejoor narrowly escaped death (from Majors Anuforo and Ifeajuna) at the Ikoyi Hotel in Lagos, 1966. He also slipped out of an attempted kidnap during the burial of Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi at Umuahia on Jan 20, 1967. Dude was regarded as a man with nine lives.

While the invasion was going on, Banjo wasn't aware because that wasn't the initial plan, Ejoor being from the non-igbo part of the region had rejected Ojukwu's offer to join him in the war, his rejection and refusal lead to the Biafran troops dashing into the government house to get him dead or alive.

and his ill will for the Biafrans no one was after him

Ejoor had no ill will for anybody, Ejoor's only crime was the fact that he requested his region be excluded from any battle and as at then, he spoke for the interest of his people.

The Midwest had just got independence from the western region and supporting Ojukwu would bring his people under an indirect rule of the Biafran government, let's not forget how the Midwest could be quickly turned into a battle field should he throw his support on any party, no sane leader will fight for the interests of others when his own interests isn't guaranteed.

if the biafrans were after him they had all the chances to kill him

They had no chance, Bringing Ejoor's head would have been a boost to the invasion, Ejoor and a hand-few of soldiers fought till he got a way to escape.

During an interview years after the war, Ejoor revealed how a Benin family saved him... I will find the link and attach to this post.

One man who fought like a lion during the war was Ogbemudia, few days after the invasion, Ejoor went into hiding, while Ogbemudia remained, he raised locals in guerilla warfare, fought till federal troops came in with support.

Many accounts of the Midwest invasion corroborate with this.

ImpregnaTor:
Not surprised... Nigeria and India have one thing in common; they are both shitholes!

Stop underrating India, the country has done well, over the past few decades they have withnesed huge success in many fields.

There is a high probability that the drugs you took last was made in India.

Logan23:
Are u listening to urself?

In 2006 Urhobo is 2.5 million people and IGBO, Itsekiri, Ijaw and Isoko totals 1.5 million people

Wake up.


I asked the meaning of that Anibeze because it is equally an igbo word and also an igbo name

The population of Itsekiri alone in the last census was 800-1million, I don't know where you got this stats from, regardless, Urhobo is the largest ethnic group in the state, so definitely they would top considering also their polygamous nature.

I said I don't know the meaning of Anibeze, it might have a different meaning in Igbo, for example, "Agege" is used by lagosians but in Urhobo, it has a special and different meaning.

Ethnic groups in southern Nigeria one way or the other share some few lexicons by the way.

Logan23:
Obasanjo forcefully added Ijaws into Ondo state during his state creation in 1976.....To make ondo an oil producing state..ijaw in ondo are not visitors, Its their home land

The Ijaws have been in Ondo state for ages, even before obasanjo was born, during the Urhobo exploration in Ondo, they documented how they met indigenous ijaw people in the state, I created a thread about our migration to Ikale and the significant ijaw population in Ondo, this was in the early 1900's, so this your narrative is false.

https://www.nairaland.com/5916221/look-urhobo-migration-okitipupa-other

By 1931 the Ikale occupied an area of about 1,261 square km and out of a population of 60,902 in this territory, 25% were Urhobo. Apart from lkale there were llaje (also a Yoruba people) and ljo indigenes in Okitipupa Division.

The Urhobo migrant element in the Division, which had been coming in since the 19th century, dwindled from 22.3% of the population in 1952 to 14.7% in I963. This variation in the figures has to do with the economic changes in the environment and the achievement of migrant targets and the consequent re-migration or return home. Besides the Yoruba majority of 74.4%, there were 8.2% ljo. 1% lgbo, and less than 1% each of Bini, lsoko, ltsekiri, Hausa, Efik, lbibio, and other small elements.

@Bolded, that was Ijo/Ijaw population in old Ondo state before it was divided, so you can see that they were indigenes and have lived side by side with other yoruboid groups before OBJ was born.

Logan23:
How can urhobo be 3.5 million and isoko 1.5 million.......And most Urhobo people live in delta state, a state with a population of 4 million with Igbos and Itshekiri there as well

During the last census, the Urhobos were 2.5million, that was in 2006, so by now, they should have increased in numbers. Also the population of Delta state is almost 6million.

Logan23:
Efewestern


Pls what does Anibeze mean?

Can't really tell the meaning of Anibeze, the word is deeply rooted in Isoko.

Sanchez01:
With the level of confusion and chaos all over the world at this time, same-sex attraction is the problem of Biden and the United States. Worse is the fact that Nigeria has been reduced to nothing but a nation dependent on others. How are we going to beg for vaccines and ventilators on social media should the US government sanction us?

On a more serious note, the sanction will force Nigeria to review its gay laws and change them almost immediately. We are not in any way equipped to manage the effect of sanctions from developed nations.

Sanctions might also force us to look inwardly but the effect of that on us will be so devastating that I pray in my lifetime never to experience such.

Over the past few decades we missed so many opportunities to stay independent... corruption, nepotism, over dependent on others and poor planning brought us to this sorry state.

A nation that is not ashamed of importing everything. It will take us another 2 decades of hardwork and proper planning for us to stand on our feet.

samx4real:
Thank you very much, I will definitely do the needful.

What part of Delta state if I may ask?

HellVictorinho:
Owing to the kind of government here, Nigeria cannot become better than it is.

Sad reality, but nothing wrong in hoping for the best.

cocolacec:
High Birth rate is not the problem.Chinese population is larger than Nigeria.Chinese are the producers for the world.Nigeria can take the African market for a start.

Nigeria needs to go on mass industrialization we must produce everything we use in the country only then can we be free from poverty.
People are the energy, every country needs.A country without young people is doomed to perish or replaced by foreigners.

Till date, most Nigerians do not see the need for mass industrialization. We can't defeat poverty with this current export crude, import everything mentality.

If we can't compete with others in the African market, let's saturate our local markets with our products. We have no business importing steel, fuel etc.

I pray we get things right.

pazienza give spacing and paragraphs so the OP won't be tiring to read.

GuyWise101:
Nna mehnnnnnnnnn


It is always a very disheartening moment when you meet someone answering the same name like you, you try to acknowlegde him/her as your fellow Igbo bro/sis and all of a sudden they will start saying 'I am not Igbo please' and I'll be like 'what the fuc....kk are you answering Igbo name?'

I quite understand how you feel but this problem isn't faced by your people alone, for example the Urhobo/Isoko people speak similar language, bear similar names and have same culture and traditions but despite these glaring similarities, an Isoko man will never accept the Urhobo tag same way an Urhobo man will never accept the Isoko tag.

We also have similar with the Anang/Efik/ibibio people.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Whaaaat daaa fuckkkkkkkkkk...
Atlast


Buhari is trying to act as a real niggarrr
Lets see how it goes
How i wish that pussy asss niggarrrr called igp will be shown the heave ho like this now..
Anyway the end of that one reign is imminent
I heard February he is gonna be history



Irabor and Erabor are both Edo names
Irabor is esan and Erabor is Bini

Urhobo/Isoko bears Erabor too.

ifytrik:
Politicians are thesame, once they win an election, they will dismantle the policies of the past administration not minding if what they are doing is wrong or right, they just want to do things differently which in most cases affect the country negatively, in trump case he was only trying to protect his country from illegal imigrant and terorist, if you ask me i will say he did nothing wrong because it is easier to live with idol woshipers than to live with muslims, 95% of the killings in Nigeria today are all handwork of muslims, from fulani herdsmen to bokoharam/jihadist to name a few, they are not peace advocates so anybody that bans them from entering did the right thing. ISLAMABAD IS STILL THD CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN

Some of you can barely hide your religious bigotry, If you think this is all about Christian and Muslim, then you shouldn't talk about international politics. If he was against Muslims, why romancing with other rich Arab nations? Even some suspected to be the sponsor of Wahhabism and Salafism.

Wail all you want, Americans have decided and Biden will rule for the next four years...

privaldo:
I will give the Pros and Cons of an agreement such as this.

Pros:

If Iran gets into this fight they wouldn't spare BH, and every other terrorist group because they are linked to the Sunnis. Expect the fight to have a religious look but I think the Iranians will deliver.

Cons

Nigeria will fall out of favor with the West, and this will mean less aid for Nigeria.

If Nigeria wants along term partner, they should forget the West and look in the direction of Iran, India, and China. If Nigeria and the aforementioned countries can be on par or even close to each other in terms of development and military might, then we would be feared and respected by the world. This is a really good move from Tehran.

Nice analysis, but Iran isn't the perfect partner we need ATM, we have a fragile economy, any little sanction from the west might put us in a very bad state, example is Lebanon. Allowing Iran into our space will send a wrong signal.

And besides, they are not interested in what really goes on in Africa, their major goal is to dominate the middle East.

We can learn a two from them... admire their scientific growth despite the many challenges and also how they kept nepotism far away from important sectors e.g military/defense.

@bolded, China might not be the perfect partner also, topic for another day. I wish we look more inwardly whilst keeping an open relationship with everyone.

Etinosa1234:
Okolo is also a Benin name meaning prince... The esans call it okolo...

Okolo/Okoro is an Edoid word, I don't know why people think otherwise. Other Edoid groups in Delta state make use of the name e.g

Okoro-Odudu (Okorodudu) - Black Man

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