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robosky02:
History Of Ikwerre People In Nigeria

(By Prof. Eric Amadi) Last update 20/06/2018

Majority of the Ikwerre settlements have their roots traceable from the old Benin Empire.” Iwhnurọhna people descended from the ancient Bini Kingdom. The name of the grand ancestor is Akalaka. Their relations in Rivers State are Ekpeye and Ogba people. The reigning Oba of Benin when Akalaka, the ancestor of Ihruọha (later called Iwhnurọhna) fled was Oba Ewuare (Ogwaro). Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled in the 13 th century on allegation of plotting assassination of the Oba. He died in 1462. Iwhnurọhna his third son settled east of the Sombrero River by 1538 AD, as detailed below.
Chief N.M.T. Solomon (2004), native of Ikodu Ubie in Ekpeyeland, in his narrative draws heavily from the now authenticated written historical records delivered by various informed sources including “Eketu (Weber) of Ubeta, assumed to have lived for over two hundred (200) years as the oldest man in all Ekpeye, Ogba and Iwhnurọ hna (or Ikwerre), at that time (and) was asked to narrate the history and customs of Ekpeye people” as unfolded in his lifetime. Here is what he said, which has been validated by the accounts of the current generation through responses to our questionnaires and direct interviews thereby increasing our level of confidence on the data: Ekpeye, born in Benin, was the first of the three sons of Akalaka. While in Ndoni, he married a second wife to gain the love and favour of the people. The new wife gave birth to a son, which he named Ogba. Akalaka was still in Ndoni when his first wife, the mother of Ekpeye, gave birth to his third son called Ihruoha (Ikwerre). Similar historical fact by J.N. Olise (1971) averred that: “Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled with his wife from Benin to Ndoni, a community located close to the River Niger, to save the life of his new born baby (Ekpeye) …



https://www.edoworld.net/History_Of_Ikwerre_People_In_Nigeria.html

Onitsha and Asaba people are far closer to Benin historically than Ikwerre people and they don't deny their Igbo identity.
Onitsha and Benin relationship is as clear as the moon unlike the folklore you quoted above
Akalaka is not a Bini but Igbo name

chrisxxx:
This is one of those reckless acts that provokes Gov Wike.

I am quoting Wike who claims that Ikwerres are from Benin, meanwhile Bini people don't see any historical link with Ikwerre people

I pity the guys at CNN who have been claiming that Biden is leading by 98% in the polls, they are losing their minds as the results filter in, I can feel their exasperation in the studios.
Trump acknowledged support from South East Nigeria which attracted positive attention to Nigeria around the world

chrisxxx:
I doubt you. That you are Rumuokoro and you see yourself as Igbo.

Ikwerre people are from Benin, they should rename Rumuokoro to RumuOsaro

IkwereIgbo:
Then give your fellow illiterates this and see if any bini is written there prostitutes.

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

It's your brother that denied your identity and told the world that Ikwerre people are from Benin. Perhaps I expect you and Wike will change your names to Osaro and Nosa. Then Rumuokoro should be renamed RumuOsaro

uunwanaobong3:
O boy, I love US election.... What I learned from all this is don't brag and destroy another person image like cnn did to trump all because of election, you might be driving more sympathizer his way.

Now see cnn wey openly say that "according to poll, trump chances of reelection is zero and binding chances is 98%" ...... Now the same cnn is struggling to analyzed election results coming in because trump is about to Bleep them again...... Infact from electoral college votes heading his way, trump is 85% set for white house return.... I love it seeing how cnn is trembling...... Their propaganda is hit back at their face hard.......
.. Mr President, the God of innocent will judge you fairly........ Ride on, ... No media judgement or intimidation, propaganda will frustrate you.

I love it, how trump is painting US red, they manufacture pandemic and racial lies just to tarnished trump image....... But what they can not lie about was America economy growth under trump before the pandemic....... Trump is the best for America especially now.

I don't know whether to pity those guys at CNN, they have been stammering since yesterday as the results come. Trump recognising Nigerians holding parade will sway a lot of votes his way from blacks

Angelfrost:
So, this is clearly beyond Endsars hostilities... It is even ethnic!!!

What exactly is the grouse between Ikwerres and Igbo's??! You guys seem alike in nearly everything, even spoken language!!! I have often confused one for the other!!!

Even Ikwerre celebrities easily toe the route of Igbo in all ramifications!!!

...And what is it with changing the name from Oyigbo to Obigbo??! Or is it the other way round??! It is clearly a sore point between both parties!!!

This hate seems unnecessary, and will likely do more harm than good.

The original name is Obigbo, the term Oyigbo was coined by Alfred Diette Spiff an Ijaw man after Gowon created Rivers state to dilute the Igbo identity of the area. He also changed Umumasi to Rumumasi and other areas were deliberately misspelt.
Even his name Wike is pronounced as Nwike meaning Nwa Ike but there is a feeling of mainstream Igbo dominance leading to all these coinages by some Ikwerre people to have a separate identity

next2kings:
They killed 6 soldiers, 4 police officers and carted away eith 50 AK47. So the millitary now move around. with 10 guns each. ?

Rivers state government put curfew, Rivers state security council relax curfew.

When una dey lie make una get small respect for we citizens cos we get small sense.

Even the Army or FG has not said they lost 6 soldiers, that information came from Wike only

IkwereIgbo:
You are very stupid Google ikwere, we are also igbo sometimes I think most Yorubas are illiterates.

Wike said you are from Benin and no longer Igbo

Jakemedg:
Wike has done nothing wrong here. Like I said yesterday no soldier will tolerate losing his colleague.

Tell us the names of the soldiers killed and how they met their deaths. Even the Army has not said it lost any soldiers, all we heard is from Wike trying to look tough

0lumide:
When I said Nigeria is a mental Asylum, this is one of the reasons why.

How can those whose duty is to protect go on a revenge mission? Innocent people died. What about investigation? Clearly no investigation was conducted before this nonsense mission.

The country is a jungle where jungle justice rules. I shudder at people praising Wike for imposing 12 days Toda and 24 hrs curfew on a city with the Army given free ticket to do whatever they like and if any of them gets killed in the process there family will receive N20M cash from Wike

loveth360:
Was it only in Rivers did Police men killed and police stations burnt.

Why is Rivers state own different.

Wike is a very stupid man,now those that are hailing him for this are the people that hates him.That shows he is on the wrong part.

Yoruba Muslims who abused for leading PDP to win Edo election are the ones praising and commending him for unleashing violence on Obigbo and it's inhabitants. He doesn't know his enemies

Elrufai said he traveled to Niger and Chad to pay ransom to them and plead with them in Fulfude to stop killing Southern Kaduna people.
This is the reason banditry has persisted, Fulanis in government and security agencies don't want to kill their own people

How come Wike is denying Obigbo of infrastructure development while building up other areas, now he has imposed crippling curfew and telling the Army that he will pay N20M to any of them who is killed or injured in the process of attacking IPOB, it's like he is on a revenge mission there

At the rate their system consumes data I am not surprised, they need to be checked

IgboSomalia:
No Ipobs there

Igbere TV news, Vanguard, Authority Newspaper and other news media owned by Igbos are not talking about Oyigbo.

Peter Obi, Soludo, Ben Nwabueze, Ekweremadu, Chidoka have turned deaf and dumb.
Even the Ohaneze has joined ASUU on strike. They are deaf and dumb.

The fear of the gallant soldiers is the beginning of wisdom.

Which gallant soldiers, is it the same ones crying that Airforce did not give them air support to confront Boko Haram which razed down villages in Borno yesterday?
Try get sense

alfredilly:
Properties indeed. All we see are armoured tank and police station. The Easterner are hypocrite, they motivate and loot private investment in Lagos and other south west state, while they camouflage in their region. The only region where private business were also looted were south south (Akwa Ibom and Calabar). Bunch of hypocrite. I just blame the naive Yoruba youth who easily fall for their narratives

You need cool aid mixed with Agbo this morning

The Army is busy in Oyigbo Rivers state doing house to house search for IPOB supporters because Wike wants to diminish his Igboness and promote his Ikwerre as a tribe instead of an Igbo hamlet

ouzo1:
Vaseline crew do u copy? do u copy? potential soapy material insight over and out

Only perverts like you will see this Jamil mama half yansh as attractive to give him an erection. You go rape madwoman one day at the rate you are going

It means no more checkpoints extorting the citizens in the South?

I recall the part where the pilot had to make a personal sacrifice to save his passengers and lost his life in the process.
One reality is that Arabs will hardly do much to assist anyone who is black. Delaying that flight when they knew that the weather will get bad and only permitting them to take off during bad weather shows how they see people with dark skin, they don't care nor see the passengers as human beings who deserves protection, for them it's all about paying the extra charges

The Army was caught off guard by the panel which made an unscheduled visit. They will wait for darkness to do the unthinkable.

Mental illness is real, if you feel your partner has mental issues take proactive steps, don't wait until they harm you

louken:
My thoughts:

Wife abandoned her husband in his critical condition and travelled with her children to be with her parents.
Husband's sibblings came and took him to hospital.
His case had become too bad that he couldn't pull through.
Man died and the sibblings became embittered and wanted to punish the woman.
Wife wasn't really legally married to the man. That's why she couldn't pursue her case in court.

I may agree with your points but she said they were legally married in a court.
It's a case of embittered siblings who feel the wife abandoned their brother at a critical point.
Calling a wider family meeting involving the traditional leaders can help to resolve some of the issues

Supermugu:
.... Na dem Na dem again

That's what you are, Super Mugu

OhBiafra:
Only Yoruba muslims will believe this rubbish

They love Taqqiya so much, 13,000MW when no new power plant has been built and commissioned by Buhari in the last 5 years

TinubuGoQuench:
Oba staff don reach Ghana
Dem dey use am play golf.
Mugu man

It has reached Zanzibar where they are using it to play Gwara gwara

Misleading headline, US is sticking with the South Korean even if NOI is taking an unassailable lead, they did not Veto anything
It's like Orubebe sticking with GEJ when Buhari was leading with millions of votes

IamWonderful:
Good, baby factory people will start cry, they were beaten but no one was arrested. there is power in the south west

The balanced scores between Afonja and IPOB

Gokoyer0:
Are you saying Felix Terungwa Dav @FelixTerungwa on twitter is the same MANNABBQGRILLZ?

Yes, he is also on Facebook with same name claiming to be APC youth secretary and Buhari Support Group coordinator in Gboko Benue state

abbaapple:



Who among them be Simp know Spits on them!

Stop posting pictures that adds no value to the topic