Daniel058: I think Ikwere people say that they are not Igbo...Hapunu ha nah
This is a new generation, We the IGBOs have sworn to reunite all of the IGBO groups across the south n middle belt. We would not allow anyone to divide us again.
The silence of parents helped create the division of IGBOs.
Many Ikwerre say they are not IGBO and many of them equally identify as IGBOs to the core..
GBOKASINCHA: aswear i wonder what’s special about ikwerre people... ikwerre people can’t even stand shoulder to shoulder with anioma ppl when it comes to achievement
There is absolutely nothing special about Ikwerre people,What's on ground is that this generation of IGBOs have risen to make sure that no one will ever be allowed to divide the IGBOs.
MICHEALADEX: Very funny, 90 out off every 100 Anambra millionaire is a okwaego ritual money. Some even use their wife womb then Mary another one as baby factory but ikwere people are Wawa like enugu people too
Oga money rituals doesn't exist, If u like kill it whole village, u will still be very poor.
chrisxxx: Don't mind the fool. There was never a time an Igbo man in his heart believed that Ikwerre is Igbo. There is just no joint anywhere except in some words. They use size to equate who is the other. If Ikwerre had got 5 states would Igbo man agree he is Ikwerre?
Awusa-afonja leave igbo matters alone, e go kee u one day
eastOFwest: I know Ikwerre people very well. Their ways, culture and lifestyle is very alien to Igbos. Even other tribes from other states know the Ikwerre and their notoriety. The closest you get to Ikwerre in Igboland are some dysfunctional Owerri people living in the city centre. Let me just leave it like this.
Awusa afonja u dont know anything about Ikwerre culture or IGBO culture,close ur mouth
Igboid: This repeated attention giving to Ikwerre people by my Igbo people is becoming embarrassing. OP. Ikwerre is not Igbo and really have nothing to offer Ndiigbo that we don't already have. Move on.
The silence of our parents was the main reason why so many IGBO groups across the south turned from IGBO to efulefus...Now this is the age of intelligence, We would never ever stop talking about all IGBO groups until we provide enough info online offline to clearly show that WE ALL ALL IGBOS, irrespective of where we come from.
FreeIgbos: You're right, however they should go to hell. Like they say pride goes before a fall. We lost a war in 1970 and they found oil in large quantities same period which made them to conclude that they've arrived while we SE Igbos are finished. Now, over 50 years later, what is the scores? Are they better off in any way? No!! The windfall they expected never came for them instead outsiders outsmarted and outmaneuvered them. Today, oil era is almost over yet they're still in a sorry state.
We Igbos have nothing to do with them, so they should stay on their own and remain in obscurity.
Nice post.
But Ikwerre didnt deny their IGBO heritage because of crude oil
DubaiLandLord: Crimea was once ruled by the Russian kings. There was no time ikwere were part of any igbo union state before the arrival of the British.
Pls stop typing very useless n senseless things.
Ikwerre is IGBO, They do not need to be memebrs of any IGBO union before they become recognized as IGBO.
FYI, Ikwerre people are full members of ohaneze ndi IGBO and they also hold elected positions there.
OperationcowLeg: I do understand ur points and they may b valid.That said, for a group to not want to have much to do with a larger group with suppose similar culture shld be enough for the larger Igbo nation to have a thorough introspection about their dealings with the smaller groups. For example, Mazi Kanu continues to talk about Biafra that would include these smaller groups .were they consulted? When u do that ppl will feel uneasy because it's a blatant disrespect.
Stop being silly,Nnamdi kanu has always talked about a referendum n nothing more. Leave this matter, eno concern u.
SlayerForever: Smh. You have just said Igbo language and culture is non absent in Opobo. Once you tell barefaced lies I take it one is tired of the discussion or has become mischievous.
If I'm to use your words, it would seem the second fiddle "Ibani" is the foreign element. Let me be honest I laughed when I read your first question.
Almaigaa: When your Ohaneze Ndigbo are begging the North daily, to allow them rule this Country.
Nah, they aren't ohaneze and on another note ohaneze doesn't speak dir IGBOs. Any day u want to hear the mind of an IGBO person, find them and ask them what they want....
Almaigaa: Trash. The North will never give Biafra their independence.
The north will never be free. Bandits, Boko haram, ISWAP etc will hunt d north for ever. Hold the power, IGBOs have thrived greatly without producing a president for the past 55 years.
gerg: Please, this is not an appropriate Ika song to use to showcase Ika culture. It's too poor in everything. I can interpret it but try another song please.
And can all those shameless Igbos peddling lies how Ika people has majority Igbo names listen to the names the musician is calling?
Pls do u have mental problem?
Ika people are IGBO and I can understand any portion of the song that he spoke IGBO.
bpalace: For my friend, bisola State government job MO at 260k plus Chua chua and other earning amounts to extra 20k/ month could get higher. But Progression may be poor or slow in years coming. Or Federal government MO at 186k ...normal civil service career progression with promotions... Could get upto 400k in 6,years time Every doctor wants to save money and move... So...
Federal hospitals pay more money than state hospitals.
This comes after school children became targets by bandits, with many school children still in the custody of kidnappers after they were taken from their schools.
Tolams16: I thought you ppl said its african mentality to think about such things, how do u explain, our colonial masters whom u ppl have claimed to be superior and progressive than us due to their way of thinking, now have that similar african mentality?? Hmmn??
People with such mentality can be found across d world....the difference is the number of people who still have such mentality.
Most Nigerians av such mentality, few Europeans have such mentality
nengibo: I'm facing my tribe, you're the one looking for Igbos in Ijaw clans cause you are ashamed of the tribe your father people, if you want to be Okrika so bad, come over you can become a morden day Igbo slave once you swear alligence
Okrika is not ijaw, stop being silly. Okrika is okrika,face ur Bayelsa m stop making unnecessary noise. Stop dragging people from other tribes into ur so called nzuzu .
Even Bayelsa wey be ijaw land still no be 100% ijaw, Urboho, IGBO and Isoko still dey there...Face ur minority tribe, stop trying to swell ur population by including other distinct tribe.