₦airaland Forum

Nwaetche:
My brother, I did not say that Kalabari is not ijaw. I only mentioned this in the context of some Igboid groups that deny their Igbo Nationality. I was actually asking my Igboid clans to learn from the Ijaw clans.

If you go through most of my write-ups, I have been very clear of my stand on the ethnic make up of Rivers State without emotional mix-up or bias.

If you must know, some Kalabari folks actually do deny being Ijaw because of Rivers State Politics. They would rather like to be addressed as Kalabari Ethnic Nationality instead of Ijaw Nation. You should know this if you are really from kalabari and Rivers State. There is even a popular association that opposes IYC and INC and have been advocating that IYC should be expelled for causing division in Kalabari land especially the way Bille/Udekeama Community was recognised as a separate Clan from Kalabari by IYC/INC. There is this seemly distrust brewing between the larger Ijaw and ethnic Kalabari based on internal Kalabari politics. Many Kalabari believe that the ijaws are instigating this to weaken them. I am not from there but as an ijaw nationalist yourself, I think you should look into it and get it resolved before it becomes intractable.

This is example.
Clear Reasons And Facts Why Kalabari Nation Is Not Ijaw Sub-group Not People That Came From Ijaw, But A Ethnic Group On Its Own, Despite We Are Seen As Minority In Present Day Nigeria.
Kalabari Indigenous Movement
https://www.facebook.com/page/118544505518424/search/?q=Ijaw

The good thing for now is that in spite of these local inter-clan resentments your folks will always identify as Ijaw once outside Rivers State or in a public forum with non-Ijaws. I wish our Igboid people will also learn this virtue.

Our Igbo folks in the South East do not interfere or meddle in our local inter-clan local politics and I think this is Igbo egalitarian way of life. I think it is good too. It ensures every igboid clan keep their unique identity but Nigeria and Rivers politics have long latched on these our old age quasi-independence of Igbo clans to forment trouble and bred hatred between Igboid clans and our larger Igbo family especially those outside the South East geopolitical area.
Some people say it all started after the civil war but my grandfather told that the seeds of distrust among igboid groups were planted long before the civil war. The war only offered our politcal competitors including unfortunately some people in our old Rivers the opportunity to balkanise Igboland and implant the division in order to dimmish the perceived Igbo numerical, economic and political dominance. It is a long story and please let me not bore you my friend with our story.

I fully support your determination to continue to unite your people irrespective of the artifial state boundaries and I am confident that our Igboid people will definitely bond more with our folks in other states of Nigeria as more of our people get enlightened.

I truely believe we can advocate for our different Nationalities (Ijaw and igbo) in a civilised way and with decorum as our forebears have done over the centuries of co-habitation as good neighbours in our blessed homeland.

There is an old adage that says Egbe bere Ugo bere.

Nwaetche:
Who said so? Is this you personal opinion? Did you do any plebiscite to determine this. You really want us to take your opinion or some few seemly misguided folks as true representative of Ali Iwhuruohna dialis'

I am not from Iwhuruohna but i have many friends from there. KELGA is not only our neighbouring LGA that speak the same dialect like me but we used to be one local government before we agitated to have a separate LGA. Our Agitation was necessitated by the believe that the military will combine other Ochie people in the then Owerri LGA to form a single LGA in Rivers or Imo. It never happened and that is why we are suffering politically today. Minority clan in Rivers and minority clan in Imo State. We even have some of our villages seeded to Ngwaland in Abia. Ochie would have been numerous as Ikwerre if we have all our kith and kin in Rivers. So you can see why I hate this politics of divide and rule.It does not help any one.

We have the same problem with some folks in Kalabari Ethnic nationality that try to deny being Ijaw but they all become Ijaw whenever they find themself at the national level. Who did this to us in the Igboid clans?

I was almost quelling with a folk from Ali Ogba the other day that specialises in coming to Nairaland denigrate the Igbos of South East and trumpet that Ogba is not Igbo. He completely forgot that a famous son of Ogba that wrote the history book for his clan was a foremost Ohaneze chieftain and Igbo union. I was flabbergasted and queried if I should take his word against that of the respected High Chief Francis Ellah of blessed memory. He is still sticking to his guns.

So coming to your quote, are you saying that you are more knowledgeable than Obi Wali, Dede Chibuike Amaechi and Dede Okwukwu? Are you more knowledgeable than the former Eze Apara Rebisi that worked hard with Zik and Ebitu Ukiwe for the creation of the new Rivers state that our Ikwerre brothers are enjoying today?
This is how you folks go along to poisoning peoples mind and bringing hatred among brothers.

I hope you do not belong to the camp in Rivers murky politics encouraging our Omuma brothers to declare an ethnic nationality to further whittle down Etchie influence just as you are mouthing a notion that would ultimately whittle down the great Ikwerre influence to a minority status. Ali Ikwerre just like Ala Ochie is one of the oldest Southern Igbo ethnic nationalities.

Just Look at Nyerisi Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike today, a respected red cap Diali just lost his VP position by his naïve flippancy of denying his Nationality to a less popular figure in Ali Igbo. Atiku is still rubbing this on Nyerisi’s wound. In his last interview, he said he has always chosen Igbos in all his political race and he did the same this time again. He chose Okowa because Okowa professes his Igboness just like Ameachi.

We can play our local politics of bantunised ethnic nationalities to share the cake in Rivers state but please do not bring those to national discuss.

By the way, It would interest you to know that my grand father used to work at the Ahoada Division at Ali Ekpeye and I know a lot about our Igboid group in Rivers State.

GreatBoss:
I pity those that take this nonesense serious.
First Bonny and Opobo are Ijaws.

Secondly there are no Igbos in Bayelsa.

AfricanColumbus:
Having members in some of those communities does not stop many others from leaning towards Igbo, like in Bonny.

They don't have one ancestry, that's a silly statement. Even within just Kalabari there are many ancestries.

Elliotg:
I am an ijaw, but I am very disappointed at my people, the corrupt leaders and the docile masses.

Vote4ObiDatti:
Any smart observer would easily decode what is happening in Nigeria now and the likely result in the months and years to come, with near accuracy.

Nigeria is facing extremely difficult times and reports yesterday stated that the country is now spending more on debt servicing than it is earning, which technically means that Nigeria is now broke. The same report also stated that oil revenue was less than a measly 300 billion naira for that period, which is unarguably the worst in recent history.

It is obvious that Buhari's government has run out of ideas on what to do to salvage the situation and he even stated he can't wait to handover to his successor.

Who are the potential successors?
We have 3 major contestants namely Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu. Of these, only Peter Obi has proven to be a prudent manager of resources and is largely believed not to be corrupt. However, based on selfish interests, some enemies of Nigeria are supporting the other two candidates, particularly Tinubu.

Those Supporting Tinubu & Their Motive:
1. Yoruba Muslim fanatics & ethnocentric bigots.
2. Fatalists & cronies.

These demographies have wouldn't mind voting for even Satan to rule Nigeria provided it would help them to achieve their objectives. Groups like MURIC and certain individuals currently supporting BAT belong to the first group while others like Asari Dokubo, Sunday Igboho, Adekunle "first son" etc belong to the second group.

Why The Situation Has Become Extremely Dangerous:

Even Tinubu himself was reported to have said he doesn't believe in Nigeria. He knows that once Nigeria becomes another Sri Lanka or Venezuela, the country would automatically break-up because of our existing fault lines. Forget about rhetoric because talk is cheap, not a few Yorubas dream to have Oduduwa so they can have Lagos to themselves alone. Asari Dokubo and other Ijaws have started ramping up support for Niger Delta republic. By 2023, an Ijaw man will be the governor of Rivers State, the most influential state in the SS.
Are you connecting the dots now?

If Nigeria has become broke now, then imagine what the situation will be by next year if BAT takes over. OPC & other Separatists become powerful. The more bandits close in on Abuja, the more they threaten about breaking away from Nigeria. Asari Dokubo with the backing of Ijaw governor of Rivers State would rally his own men in the SS. Naturally, IPOB too would be enjoying mass support from Igbos both within Nigeria and abroad who would be extremely frustrated that Nigeria missed an opportunity to turn things around by electing Obi & Datti.

A critical mass would have been achieved at this point and forces pulling apart the country would be so enormous while Abuja would be so weak to stop it.

Elder statesmen like Obasanjo and others who are aware of this classified information are currently trying to avoid this catastrophic situation by supporting Obi and Datti to emerge and save Nigeria and West Africa.

LilPeezy:
I don't know why you guys are fooling yourselves here....Stop this nonsense, una dey embarrass us.

Kingnelson9:
Make yourself useful, nothing like Ijaw Republic

Nikkitaboy:


Una keep on decieving yourself, because you know this republic is just for mouth
So una no want Niger delta again na ijaw republic

funny clowns

Una keep on decieving yourself, because you know this republic is just for mouth
So una no want Niger delta again na ijaw republic

funny clowns