₦airaland Forum

espionagesavvy:
Good one.
Arochukwu was inhabited by the Ibibio people people igbo groups came from further west. A war was fought and the Ibibios lost. They migrated further south and those who didnt were assimilated. A lot of Abia people still bear Ibibio sounding surnames and a lot of cultural assimilation took place aided by marriages etc. The core igbo group, undiluted are those from Anambra/Imo north, that is the igbo center group. Abians have a lot on common with Efik/Ibibio. They even look similar. You would have a hard time telling an Ibibio person apart from an Abian. Anambra people look different and their behavior are different. They possess that enterprising spirit of the Igbos the most.

Kamanuozuzu:
I have taken my time to see if anyone actually has a counter claim to what MNK said. None whatsoever! Rather, what they're interested in is name-calling and mud-slinging.
The question is...
Does IBIBIO mean IBO NTA or not?
At least, there're Nairalanders from IBIBIO here. They can help us out.

LordNicvuitton:
@nsiba, In-as-much as that thing, hammerP, has been disgracing his lineage (not Igbos) I admonish you to watch what word you use on Igbos. You and your tribe (read my lips properly), mean nothing to the Igbos. fact is that the only 2 tribes that compete on different intellectual and economic fronts are Igbos and Yorubas, irrespective of the tribalism.
Just like Pazienza and other true breed of Igbos have pointed out,
Truth is that no ethnicity down south, except for yoruba, can match Igbos, strength for strength, intellect for intellect or economy wise, so why should I need anybody that is not Igbo? I'm ashamed, deeply truly ashamed when i see idiots like hammerP licking the balls of these ones here. tueh!
I repeat again, the only healthy competition (not online keyboard war) in Nigeria are between the Yorubas and Igbos. All others play 2nd fiddle to that.
So why should I squabble with someone whose ethnicity is not up to Arochukwu of Abia or Mbano of Imo? it just doesn't make sense logically.
The debate has been healthy until all these clowns, trying so hard to bring their minute clans abi villages to rub shoulders with person wey no see them.

Kwashiman:
Bros the thing tire me... Na these shameless IPOB degenerates dey give those irrelevant minorities the mouth and ammunition to talk and fire shots at the greater Igbo nation. I'm not even sure the entire Ibibio/Efik ethnic nationality put together with all the jara dey dem get on top sef can measure up to 1/10 of the human development index and global achievements of my LGA in Imo state, not to mention the whole Igbo nation of 40 million or more people.
The mistake Ojukwu made was to include them into Biafra even though reason considering the circumstance of the time was justified, I believe if Biafra was an whole Igbo affair with some diplomatic relations with the minority areas for benefit of sea access etc, we should have won that war.

Seems U both don't know your Histories You Should've Research here 1st on nairaland, to Learn the True Reasons that your people like to attach to mine and especially seek our support including Ojukwu. So because of your population now, U have the AUDACITY to Insult the people who gave civilization to your most educated ancient group (Aros) which you're proud to mention here
Let me give u a brief summary of ur history written by your elder;

By religious and ritual links we mean those provided by the Ibini Ukpabi oracle of the Aro, an institution known in many Cross River communities, especially among the Efik-Ibibio, as Ibritam. The Ibini Ukpabi itself was a typical product of the contact situation existing between the Igbo and the Ibibio. According to its social charter it was, in the beginning, a local god of an Ibibio group. Then it was captured by the Igbo slaves of this Ibibio group, who successfully rebelled against their servile status and sought to turn the table on their masters, who chose instead to flee the region. Under the control of these erstwhile Igbo slaves, the Ibini Ukpabi grew in influence to become, according to one authority, the most powerful oracle in West Africa by the nineteenth century.
Nigerian history, politics and affairs, Adiele Afigbo.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ez58Dwpa8JcC&pg=PA137

Even till today you guys are still bragging about Nsibidi and Ibin Ukpabi but here claiming to be competing with Yorubas; because it was Yoruba that you learn civilization from

hammerP:
THE CONFUSION HERE IS THAT MANY OF YOU ARE ACTIVE IN IPOB.
THE 10 PERCENT DERIVATIVES WILL DISAPPEAR IF OIL DONT SELL, SO VERY SOON PEOPLE LIKE IBIBIOGRL WILL EXPERIENCE WAT CROSS RIVERS IS EXPERIENCING SINCE THEY NO LONGER HAVE OIL WELL.

hammerP:
U ARE A CONFUSED CONE HEAD, AFONJA SHAPESHIFTER.
TOMORROW U WILL CLAIM TO BE FROM BENUE.
BELOW IS AN AKWA IBOM SON, WITH HIS FACE ON CAMERA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0u-r73P23s

nsiba:
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OK ....although you've already took him to the cleaners
Mbok stay safe oh

nsiba:
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Aboikpa I cant forget what d co-ck at d first crow at dawn said about you
' she is you talk one, she talks 100 type"
Again just adjacent the Paramount ruler palace ibibiogrl hw r

nsiba:
ibibiogrl....stumbled unto this just now

nsiba:
That's nice I like that, my aunty told me the way her felt so embarrassed when she went 2dat market
Said they gave her d leper treatment

nsiba:
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Wow! So true, who de give u info?

nsiba:
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Oh! Pardon me, Nigeria Medical Association
Seems u guys must put on a mask am not a fan

nsiba:
Kudos to the guy, the commissioner for health is better a village head. If he isn't fighting the NMA he is fighting God knows what, but with the recovery rate baby absolute nothing to fear
Abadia? Whats cooking over there

bigfrancis21:
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nsiba:
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Doctors from USA who came for medical outreach in police clinic uyo, medical doctors and health workers who worked with them are now being track

nsiba:
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Babygirl 5 at blow lockdown will be sever come tomorrow

nsiba:
Aboikpa what do u think?.... ibibiogrl

nsiba:
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All d same very foolish, a man should carry his burden not the family
Hmmm did Covid19 shit!But funny enough pple down here want it to take down so many politicians.... I share in the sentiment too

nsiba:
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Why should a man allow his family to beat his wife, what madness is that?
Which parent will stomach such?
If he loves her he knows what to do but I don't think so, imagine a brother/sister beating his brother's wife, are they animals?
She better save her life b4 they kill and marry another person in her place
.....Ibibiogrl what is d Covid19 situation at ur end?

Blackking98:
Leave the lady, let her keep feeling people with mixed parentage or mixed race are unlucky because of little petty squabbling. She's the the type that'll disown her children for bringing non ibibios to the house for marriage, especially if they're from tribes she doesn't like. I know her type.

Blackking98:
yes you are actually sad. God in his wisdom created different races, different tribes of men and many things with variety. But here you are saying I should not be happy because I have mixed parentage and equally dragging those who are bi racial, maybe you think you know More than God, since you feel having mixed parentage or being biracial is nothing to be proud of keep talking till you start saying things that are quite unintelligent. If you dislike me for defending my mixed heritage (partly Efik) I wonder how you treat ibibios whose mother's are Igbo or hausa or Yoruba or ijaw etc or even non Nigerians. I already see what you think of people who are bi racial. Don't quote me anymore, I've left you to your research and God.

Mizwisdom:
Hundreds of thousands of Akwa Ibom people still live in Calabar and many lie to outsiders that they're Efiks but how many CR people live in your State? what is stopping people from migrating to AKB despite infrastructure put in place by Akpabio? your place isn't comparable to CRS in terms of livability and this includes way of life of indigenous people. You cant compare the hospitable nature of people from CRS to AKBmyts, it's incomparable, that's why despite our meagre allocation many of your tribes men and women run to CRS for safety because they fear their fellow AKBmyt wickedness. Another thing is IQ, many are used as domestic helpers here in CRS since poverty and illiteracy has been major problems bedeviling your state. it's hilarious how you are waiting anxiously for Efik to rule, Efik know better and they won't even disturb themselves because they understand that most of you want to mischievously use this as a means to get into CRS govt house . You people are too damn wicked, even after many oil wells stolen you still had to get 79 more belonging to CRS, by God's grace we shall see how you will succeed with your plan here. Go and install AKB in govt house na key board warrior.

nsiba:
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Sincerely I am an optimist to a fault but will 'always expect d unexpected' in all things but when it comes to a family standing against a relationship becos of tribe or religion, sorry to say they are USELESS and the man is more useless if he allows such.
There is a woman and her lover presently in nigeria sentenced to death for killing her husband (same tribe) and was planning to escape with her lover who is from another state
Many stories are abound on both divide it is simply how do the couples involve handle it
I know a Christian Yoruba man who served in cross river state married to a Shuwa Arab woman a Moslem from Borno state, this lady when he married her could only speak kanuri not even Hausa.
They have kids that out of secondary schools now. My in-law swore only to marry a calabar girl while still a boy this is over 15yrs still a perfect uhrobo gentleman married to my sister
His bestman had a Yoruba finance but her father wanted a Yoruba man for her daughter, the guy is married now but d girl 10 years now no husband.
I have cousins from ohafia, abriba and Yoruba
A man that will kill his relationship becos his family his against his choice of woman base on tribe, religion or race is more than a fool
No one is perfect except GOD

Blackking98:
I didn't say keep quiet, hell yes attack them back but not with hasty generalisation that you do. I do not see it as a family thing, you Know little or nothing about your ethnic group, after hausas and igbos, Akwa ibomites are the most spread out people in this country, infact for every one Akwa ibomite at home there are two outside the state, so if you feel those who have non ibibio mother's or those who grew up outside Akwa ibomites are not true ibibios then you need christ in your life, my point is majority of our sister tribes hold no grudge against us, so when addressing the few unfortunate ones just do it with that in mind, they will eventually fall back, I'll tell you a personal experience on why I'm saying so. About three years back there was a family I knew,there were from Central Cross river and there's this girl that stayed with them, I was shocked to find out she was Annang because she always joined her guardian's in insulting ibibios saying "ibibios are wicked" and other nasty things, we were all shocked in the family, fast forward something happened and her aunty told her the exact same words she used on other's on the girl meanwhile the girl was Annang sef, since that day she started tilting back to her roots, we started teaching her ibibio little by little and she finally came to her sensesand left them after realizing that blood is thicker than water, in Nigeria no one can differentiate who is ibibio or efik or annang or Oro, proof is in the experience I just narrated to you, we should put this internal squabbling aside and look at the bigger picture.

nsiba:
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You are mixed and I envy you for that you have every reason to protect your mixed heritage
If you ask Dangote Adenuga Jim Ovia they will tell you that their people gave em the early start but the whole Nigerian made them what they are
I believe in my people but I believe more in a stronger and united AkwaCross inside Nigeria

Blackking98:
Post where i said my mother was ejagham or shut it please, your memory is really wrapped. I said my father owns businesses in akampa which is ejagham territory and you're here yapping unnecessarily. Why do you enjoy portraying ibibios at odds with everyone of our sister tribes? Efik no, Oro no, Annang no, what is really wrong with your head? Why do you like using people's insignificant comments on nairaland to generalise hastily? How many Akwa ibomites in the rural areas know what nairaland is? Tell me that when you were in abak something happened or when you were in calabar something happened, tell me that the obong of Calabar threatened ibibios or a prominent Oro politician antagonized ibibios, stop digging up useless nairaland post to back up your wild claims, there are hundreds of positive post on this forum about good relationship of the ibibios with our sister tribes but you carefully ignore it and dig out the ones that are divisive, what is really your aim? Yes you don't live in Nigeria so you don't know what is happening, so because I have friends in the UK or Ukraine does that mean I will know better than someone is living there full-time? Please let your stay in America reflect in the way you reason and talk? I can't deal. According to you Efik,Annang and Oro don't like ibibios, are you happy now? By the way i notice 80% of this your wild claims is usually backed up with a quote from one insignificant scoundrel on nairaland, let me give you a simple advise, don't take what happens on nairaland to the generality that is how Nigerians interact with each other in real life, if in real life Nigerians were behaving like we do here on nairaland there would have been nothing like Nigeria. This is just a forum of about 3 million members,now let's just suppose the number of Akwa ibomites and efiks here are 500k(just random estimation), you're using the opinion of a few people to generalise on an issue concerning ethnic groups when combined are about atleast 15million in number. Do you think you're now making sense?

Blackking98:
your question is funny, it's like asking someone who stays in owerri how many igbos or which majority igbos he has met or asking someone who stays in ibadan how many Yorubas or which many Yorubas he has met. I live in calabar which is Efik land, my mother is Efik so that particular sentence you made is seriously dumb. I do see the insults from some pained efiks and oro people, u see only the insults online and I stay in Nigeria and I see the insults both online and offline more than you and I believe I'm in a better place to tell you the truth because I stay here currently compared to you isn't here and you're using your past experiences here to talk, I equally have parents from both sides so I can experience what both sides feel or think better compared to you. Like I said such Efik or Oro people who spew hate against us at any given time are in the minority, the majority have seen without the ibibios they're actually powerless and not influencial, even though some might dislike us they keep their mouths shut as they know they need us not withstanding. With time the Oro will realize that it is useless fighting we ibibios cus firstly they'll never win, secondly they should negotiate and play smart politics if they want to get the govenorship seat instead of being really annoying and starting fights they know they can't win. The Annang and eket have seen the benefits of aligning with us ibibios, I live in calabar which is Efik territory and my mother is Efik(before you ask me any silly questions again) and slowly they're realising they're better off siding with us than fighting against us, it's left with Oro If they want to join the winning team or keep being the black sheep. You don't need to reply every tom dick and Harry who claims to be Efik or Oro and starts insulting us, our competition should be with the kanuri,ijaw,tiv etc that's our class, not with a younger brother who will come to his/her senses sooner or later. I hope nsiba understands what I'm saying here

You may remember the recent conflict in akwa ibom between ibibios and annangs. We were killing each other over silly rat politicians and the ibbios said they would vote for their guy even in prison.  And don't even get me started on the oron, who think they are some lost tribe from fvcking eygpt

bigfrancis21:
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Blackking98:
lol. He is an attention seeker. Out of ten Akwa ibomites, seven are advocating for unity with efiks while three are against it, out of ten efiks seven are also for unity while three are against it. As usual the majority will have it's way, the low life you quoted there is just ranting rubbish, you've not seen anything yet, I live in calabar and I've come across efiks who despise Akwa ibomites (ibibios precisely) with passion, they even hate us more than some nothern and central Cross riverians do, but they are in a very little tiny insignificant number of Efik people, the majority of Efik and Oro people have no problem with us, there are some things you should just look and keep going, don't mind that clown, without ibibios central and northern cross Riverians would have pushed the efiks into the ocean by now and taken over the state but their only saving grace is the overwhelming numbers of ibibios in the state, let him keep ranting what he doesn't know.

These are all the heros of the thread .Why do we have to fight each other ? you know in your hearts that Oron is not ibibio and Ibibio is not Oron and anag is not efik and efik is not ibibio. You know that the right term to use is Dialects of Akwa cross ,not dialects of ibibio" So why do you make simpe things complicated ?
You know in your hearts that Oron is marginalized and Oron is suppose to produce the governor .So why do you support evil? Just think about it .Oron is marginalized and at such a time of political tension you had the guts to create such an inciteful thread and expect that the Oronians would be quiet about such fallacy. If Akpabio had not divided the state in such callous manner,in fact everyone would agree that we are all ibeno and there'll be no problem at all .
Oron has been marginalized and you are accusing Oron of the hatred when they are only reacting to the injustice. does that make any sense to you? Just think about it . the chaiment and commisioners have no money to do much . the big buck stops at the top and Oron is being prevented from having access to it .
The Oron people themselves are simply their own worst enemies .instead of uniting and supporting each other they prefer to play second fiddle . Oron has always loved and helped ibibio and annang. For example otu Toyo was the one who gave akpabio the governorship ticket. Late senator Victor Akan sited the alscon company at ikot abasi.
Senator Victor Akan supported Clement Isong instead of supporting his own brother "Ambe Bassey" instead of Oron people speaking out against the injustice ,many Oronians either support umana or udom or akpabio.
It's a waste of my time even supporting Oron . I have to move on without looking back because if you try to help they'll be the one to sabotage or even kill you .
It's clear that Oron people prefer to be slaves than masters .Oron people are the only ones that akwa ibom is one . others are doing things to further their own tribe ,only Oron slaves for others in the name of akwa cross unity.
To all the Oronians ,I hereby wish you goodluck as you settle as second class citizens and second fiddles in a state and country you generate the highest revenue and have the greatest potential. stvpid people
Signed , Propeller

Blackking98:
your points are unproven really, I know many Akwa ibomites born after 87 [[b]who understand Efik to a certain point, [/b]it's just natural as ibibio and Efik languages are mutually intelligible to a certain point so saying an Akwa ibomite born after 87 won't understand efik isn't entirely true, if the person understands ibibio he or she will understand efik to a certain point.

ibibiogrl:
Well the older Ibibio who grew up in the old Cross River state before Akwa Ibom state was separated, can understand Efik more because it was the main language spoken then officially in the state. But the younger Ibibio growing up in Akwa Ibom state can only understand a little Efik, mainly the parts similar to Ibibio. Efik may understand Ibibio more than Annang because Ibibios are a majority & lots of them still live in Calabar. Aside from that all 3 can only understand parts of each other languages to an extent, basic parts that are similar.
I might say Ibibio is the easiest, but that might be because am Ibibio & that is the language spoken in my family. So it's better to learn the one spoken more around you.

Blackking98:
I don't know if ibibiogrl is using language as a basis of her division campaign.

.DO YOU SPEAK any of these languages you listed above? If not why are you confidently saying that they understand each other with just minor dialectical differences? Please don't compare your Ikwere/Igbo war to us, because it is not the same situation.
    Efik, Ibibio and Annang are just like Spanish, Italian and French, the are from the same language family but different. An Efik, Ibibio or Annang can understand parts of each others language, but not fully escept they have lived in the others region.
    Annang has 3 dialects in it language, also Ibibio has dialects example Eket/Ibeno is a dialect of Ibibio. Even though Eket language can not be fully understood by an Ibibio, they have never denied being Ibibio, they regard themselves as a subgroup of Ibibio, speak Ibibio as a second language and practice the same traditions as Ibibio.
    Oron regard themselves as a subgroup of Efik, they dress like and practice the same traditions as Efik, although their language can only be understood by themselves; which is why they speak Efik as a second language.
    They 3 main groups Annang, Efik and Ibibio ARE SEPARATE not just because of different languages but because they also practice different traditions and cultures.

bigfrancis21:
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nsiba:
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Unity is not an option but what has to been has to be done, but mind you I can only deal with Efiks, I don't have time for any abominable ORON bas-tard, he can remain in whatever shit-hole he finds himself in

Blackking98:
Even though it is not being taught they still understand it very very well. By the way you know ibibio has variations, I know my place ibiono our ibibio is slightly different from that of ikono or uyo so depending on where you're from. The way you reason is fantastically low for someone who claims to stay in Europe or America, I used my dad as an example you're already claiming age mate,are you even educated? You don't care about unity because like I said you're not in Nigeria so you will not understand why we're looking for unity, so anytime you see Akwa ibomites and efiks staying in Nigeria advocating unity please just pass and enjoy your American Life. About the urhobo thread I saw it, we did put the attention seeker in his place.

nsiba:
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We spread "lies" and an Ignorant Urohobo man opens a thread.....
I will answer you very very deep Babygirl ,you talk as if you are an authority when you know not just one thing.
Give me d link to d Urohobo man thread
*That Ibibio girls love sex and promiscuous*....and urohobos, Yorubas, Ibos, Hausas girls are saints
*EKAETE, Idara, mfonobong are Ibibios names*.....and the 4k what
Give me that link, first