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Igboid:This is Igbanke language. Igbanke people are Ikas found in Edo state. So they are the most Edo influenced Ika people. Yet their language remain Igbo. How can someone come and say that Ika is a mixture of Igbo and Edo or mostly Edo. That's nonsense. Ika as far as Language is concerned is atleast 90% Igbo at the Igbanke (Western most Ika in Edo state) and 99% Igbo at Igbodo (Eastern most Ika). Ika have the right to claim whatever identity they want, but you see that language they speak? It's pure Igbo language! Period! |
IKA language and interpretation for the sake of those outside our locality who might not know how to speak our indigenous language. *English* *IKA* 1. I did not hear. A nun nim 2. I told you. Men gwa i. 3. I didn't say so. E ku nim rira 4. I told you to go. N si i jen men. 5. You called me. Yu kpom. 6. You were there. I ri ebe ehu 7. You said that I ate it. I si ni men ri e. 8. She called him. Ya kpo a 9. He is a good person. O wu ezi ihian 10. She told me to go. O sim jen men 11. It is not true. E le ezi oku 12. He came to school. O bia ulo ekukwo 13. I did not eat food. E ri nim nnin 14. I go to work. M jen orun 15. She stop. O wuzo 16. Come. Bia 17. My mother. Nnem 18. Give me yam. Ye m gi 19. You ate my food. Yu ri nnin m 20. Agree Kweri 21. Who is here Onye ri eben 22. I am going. N lako alako 23. Amend. Donzi 24. Arise. Lihi oto 25. Assist Ye eka/Y'eka 26. Father Nedi 27. Mother. Nne 28. Children. Nmu 29. Elderly man. Diokpa 30. Welcome. A lua 31. Beat. Gbu 32. Become. Henrin/Honrin 33. Begin. Bidon 34. Bend. Hie/ hiemen 35. Bite. Ta (erun) 36. Blow fire. Fu okun 37. Break. Kpagi/Tikpo 38. Bring. Wehe 39. Build house. Tun ulo 40. Burn fire. Dun okun/ren okun 41. Choose. Hanrin 42. Catch. Nwun don/ kwondon 43. What do you think. Ke iro / kiro 44. Not as you think. E le ki ro 45. I did it. Meh me 46. Man. Okenye 47. Outside. Obodo/I wea esi 48. Motorcycle. Ono di ali gbo oso 49. Radio. E kpeti ta lo Ku 50. Spirit. Nmo 51. Spoil. Wiwi 52. Steal. Zu/zuru 53. Mad. Era 54. Swear. Kwun/cun 55. Curse. Iyi 56. Sweep. Za 57. Sweep out. Zapu 58. Take. Weri 59. Teach. Kuzi 60. Teacher. Onye nkuzi 61. Mold. E pete 62. Tear. Dowa/tika 63. Good. Orika-nma/mma 64. Rich. Odafi/ogaranyia 65. Trouble. Eku ray ku 66. King. Obi/Eze 67. Age mate. Otum 68. I forgot. Azom 69. Tell. Gwa 70. High/up. Elu. 71. Sit down Nodi ali. 72. Stand. li hii/ wuzo 73. Look here. le ebeni 74. Cook. shime 75. Don't fight. alu le ogwun 76. Share it. ke a 77. Bury. lii 78. Play. Egu 79. Dance for me. Tenim egu 80. Church. Okah 81. Market. Afia 82. Knife. Ebe ke 83. Cutlass. Opia 84. Shoe. Akpu uku 85. Plate. Afere 86. I'm coming. N'la la 87. Don't beat him. Egbu le ilii 88. Remember. yhan han 89. Run. Kpa osuo 90. It's big. O hii ogbe 91. Money. Egho 92. My friend. O whum 93. Road. Ozor 94. Farm. Ugbo/Ofia 95. Sleep. Ran hin 96. Person. Ihian 97. Thing. Ihien 98. Give it to me. Ye mhe/wea ye mhe 99. Do it well. Meme ohun ma 100. Leaders. Ndi okiki 101. Door . Ekwe |
Passionnn:Stop writing nonsense. The language spoken in Ika, even as far as Igbanke in Edo state is pure Igbo language. The words are 98% Igbo and any Igbo man from SE especially from Anambra/Imo states, understand Ika easily and they understand us too. Ika is a dialect of Igbo. In Agbor they have one village called Oza-nogogo, those are the only Edo people in Ikaland and they speak an Edoid language totally unrelated to Igbo. Ika can be whatever they choose to be, but the language they speak as mother tongue, is atleast 98% Igbo words. |
So Udele has a brain like this? ![]() Good thread. |
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It was also this disposition to be seen as nationalist and to not be seen to be championing anything that is strictly Igbo that made Obi run away from APGA immediately his tenure as governor elasped and rushed to PDP where he was frolicking and galivanting with GEJ all over the place. Obi had a chance to stay in APGA , be it's grandpatron and build it to become a truly formidable Igbo party that could through quality leadership take over the rest of SE states and unite them as one, thus providing us with that sorely missed pan IGBO attitude towards national Politics and interactions with other Nigerians. But God forbid that Obi be seen to be championing an Igbo nationalist cause. Obi in his now usual nature of avoiding pan Igbo ventures shirked away from that responsibility and ran to PDP where he can be seen as a Nigerian and not be tainted with APGA Igbo flavor. In conclusion, while Ndiigbo continue raving about Obi, we must all look before we leap. The past antecedent of Obi doesn't portray that of a man who cares about Igbo marginalization or for equity and fairness for SE. If you are an Igbo and you are supporting Obi because you are hoping he can finally reverse some of the national policies instigated post civil war that has worked against the Igbo, I would admonish you take a closer look at Obi past history. He might not be the man we are looking for. |
I'm not a fan of Simon Ekpa, but he truly has a point. His voice and opinion about Obi is currently a minority one in Igboland, but can we all pause a minute and take a closer look at it? Perhaps he has a point. What if we all drop Biafra and jump on Obi wagon, and it turns out that Obi is only Igbo just by name, and we suffer even worst discrimination in Nigeria, or we don't have our marginalization addressed because Obi was too eager trying to be a nationalist and not be seen as pro Igbo as he has always done all his life. Can we have the strength to go on with our Biafra agitation while Obi remains president, or worst suspend it, endure the marginalization so as not to be seen to be rocking a so called Igbo man regime? The later scenario will make us look hypocritical before the rest of the world, because our renewed Biafra agitation post Obi would then be seen as a blackmail against the new regime.
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While it sounds good to have an Igbo man as president of NIGERIA, the big question though is: Can Ndiigbo trust Peter Obi. We can all recall vividly how Obi dealt ruthlessly with MASSOB in Anambra during his era as the governor. It is true that MASSOB got derailed and degenerated into nuisance to Ndiigbo all over Onitsha. But does that justify the high-handed nature Obi handled them? It was during Obi tenure that we all woke up one morning and saw tens of lifeless bodies of young Igbo men floating in Ezu River that up till today, no one has given a concrete explanation on what truly transpired. Obi has shown the penchant to deal mercilessly with Ndiigbo in bid to prove his one Nigeria disposition, because deny that all you like, that Ezu event Happened under Obi watch as the chief security officer of Anambra state. The buck of the blame stops at his office. He can't fully wash his hands off it. As a matter of fact, I have never seen Obi show support to anything that has to do with Biafra or Igbo nationhood, he has always cunningly avoided getting involved, always eager to be seen to be a Nigerian nationalist. I understand the Euphoria sweeping through Igboland over Obi emergence, but we must take a break and think about this thing. Could it be possible we are supporting a man who is only Igbo just by name and not by mindset or even disposition? A man who would be eager to kill our Igbo youths and dump them in Rivers or simply look the other way while the Nigerian military do so, just because our youths are pro Biafra? |
Nnaa welcome back. Now that Amaechi has lost. Please back Obi and tell Amaechi to join Obi too. |
adecz:You changed the goal post so quick. Lol! |
adecz:This is not true. Igbos don't respect just money, we respect accomplishments. Achebe Chinua, Amanda Adichie, Iweala Okonjo, are all well respected in Igboland, and they are not the richest. |
Power is taken, not given, yenyenyenye! E reach to take power, SW started blaming SE for their powerless state. See me see wahala. Power is taken, ngwanu make una go collect am nah and leave Ndiigbo alone. The support we gave OBJ in 1999 and 2003, una never pay am back, but you want our support again, like say we sef no get our own ambitions? Una no dey craze laidis laidis? Before you tell me that OBJ wasn't Yoruba choice in 1999, fine and cool, make una look for Igbo man wey no be Igbo people choice, for example that efulefu called Umahi and support. We no go mind, we go grudgingly accept am, like SW accepted OBJ in 2003 and killed AD in the region to help OBJ retain power. The mantra in Yorubaland in 2003 was: "He is our son". |
helinues:Just like Mulikat was there when Tinubu and SW APC backed Tambuwal to be the new speaker. |
bobgentle:PDP over its existence has been more of a southern party than a Northern one. The only one who has been shortchanged in PDP is SE. Let's take a look at the regions that have enjoyed PDP presidential candidate position. South= 1999(SW), 2003 (SW), 2011(SS) 2015(SS) North= 2007 (NW) 2019(NE) 2023(NE) South= 4times North= 3times Verdict=.PDP has favoured the South (SS and SW) more than it has ever favored the North. The only marginalized group in PDP is SE ,and maybe NC. |
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truthfinder319:It's easy to share millions of dollars belonging to a state, that you didn't work for a single day to earn. Any fool can do what Wike did. But a real schemer would have seen the defeat coming, and could have saved River's state their funds instead of wasting it. Wike failed! Garnish it the way you like, he failed! The numbers never favoured a southern aspirant,common sense should have told him that. |
TheNiceGuy:Which kind Yeye fight be that? Stupid fight. Look at the distribution of the delegates. The only way a southern aspirant would have won was by pre arranged zoning system based on justice, equity and fairness. Taking River's state treasury to do jamboree on top of dead and ill fated misadventure is not bravery. It's stupidity. Only Those with questionable mental capacity are praising Wike for wasting River's state public funds on miscalculated personal ambitions. |
WATCHOVER:That it rained dollars during this PDP primaries between Wike and Atiku, is not a secret. Even Sahara reporters wrote on it. You can leave Obi alone and deal with the real issues here. Wike sowed the seeds of injustice against SE, and reaped the whirlwind of Northern domination. He should make peace with that. If any one should be crying about the outcome of PDP primaries, it should be SE and not Wike and SS. 22 years of undivided loyalty of Bloc votes is what SE has given PDP. Yet not for once has the party repaid back this debt. Wike and SS have enjoyed the dividends of PDP support twice( 2011 and 2015), SW didn't support PDP in 1999, yet OBJ their son was rewarded by the Party that year and again in 2003. Ndiigbo are the ones left standing with nothing and must now lick our wounds. Like I said, Wike is the aggressors here, and not the victim. The victim is SE, and Wike should stop crying more than the bereaved and allow SE mourn our 22yrs of abusive relationship with PDP in peace. Enough of this twisting of narratives by Wike. |
WATCHOVER:What did you expect Obi to do? Start sharing 50k Dollars like Atiku and Wike were doing to buy delegates? Atiku and Wike are spending government stolen funds, Peter has no such stolen funds to waste. He made his Money through genuine business. No one who made his money genuinely would spend the way Atiku and Wike spent in this primaries. Additionally, take a look at the distribution of the delegates. Even if we remove the cash and carry Politics from the equation and narrow it down to South vs North, the North will still win, because they have more delegates. Common sense is lacking in SW and SS. Common sense shows that the only way PDP could have produced a Southern candidate was by zoning. And if you are coming to justice, you must come with clean hands. SS and SW both having enjoyed PDP presidential candidate victory twice were in no position to ask for zoning to their region. They knew that SE was the rightful place to ask for zoning, but they weren't ready to let that be. So they were playing hanky panky games by screeching zoning to the SOUTH! Atiku coming also from a zone in the North that haven't enjoyed PDP primaries victory rightfully demanded that any talk of zoning in the South should be for SE only. This alone made Wike and co happily jettison the talks of zoning because they reasoned they could stand on injustice against SE and Battle the North and still win. Well it backfired! As it was always going to be. See listen carefully. As things stands, until SW and SS Political elites come together and accept that SE gets justice and fairness by rallying behind SE presidency, there WILL never be another president of Southern Nigeria extraction until SE has had our turn. We WILL make sure the North rule for eternity, if need be. |
WATCHOVER:We can't be inside Atiku to know what is on his mind. We can only judge him by what he said. He(Atiku) said he has no issue with zoning only if it will be zoning to SE specifically. Wike never supported that. He insisted he must compete. So we can only judge both by their words and actions. |
Felimax:https://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-ill-step-down-if-pdp-zones-presidency-to-southeast-atiku/ If Wike had accepted Atiku proposal and backed a SE candidate. Would Atiku not have withdrawn? |
.Atiku was willing to withdraw from the race if only SW and SS PDP led by Wike agreed on zoning not to the South, but specifically to the SE. Wike and co rejected that option and instead preferred to have an open to all comers scenario than standing on justice for SE. https://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-ill-step-down-if-pdp-zones-presidency-to-southeast-atiku/ Wike has not earned the right to complain about Northern domination, when his zone SS have been given PDP presidential candidate ticket twice! (2011 and 2015). Wike is in my opinion crying more than the bereaved (SE) . |
This is funny coming from Wike. Atiku was willing to step down from contesting this election on one condition that SW and SS agrees to zoning to SE. Wike and the rest of SS and SW contingent rejected such arrangement. https://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-ill-step-down-if-pdp-zones-presidency-to-southeast-atiku/ |
excanny:Not in 2022. Igbos in SE will not accept any candidate that is not from SE. You will be shocked how things have changed for most of us since 1999. Amaechi or Wike will not get any vote in SE anymore than a Fulani or a Yoruba man would. Infact because of Wike actions in Obiigbo and Ogbakor Ikwerre silence, there is a palpable Ikwerrephobia currently sweeping through SE. Any party picking an Ikwerre candidate and hoping to gain SE votes have committed Political suicide. Other than cash and carry politicians, the Igbo commoners have since moved on from the likes of Ikwerre and have even developed a palpable resentment for them. Go to online platforms (Twitter and Facebook) and notice that majority of those happy with Wike loss are mostly Igbos. Our relationship with Ikwerre people have deteriorated to a point of no return, Wike and Amaechi can wear Isiagu and okpu mmee all they like and speak Igbo all they like, it will not change anything. PDP has already lost SE as it stands, but to pick an Igboid VP outside SE will be like a hammer to the last nail of PDP coffin in the SE. |
itaewon:Ok. So only Makinde. |
Atiku was ready to step down if other southern PDP aspirants accepted zoning to SE. But Wike and co stood against such arrangement. So Atiku decided that if there is no zoning to SE, then there is no justice and everyone should be able to contest. Wike betrayed and sabotaged SE out of PDP ticket. SE owed him nothing, but the greedy and visionless PDP leaders in SE were more than happy to cash out on Wike , having realized that it was impossible for a Southern candidate to emerge without the North withdrawing from the race. Had he stood for equity by insisting on SE zoning, Atiku would have been forced to back down. https://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-ill-step-down-if-pdp-zones-presidency-to-southeast-atiku/ |
RealLordZeus:There was nothing like South. SS where Wike came from have already been nominated for PDP candidature at the primaries twice (2011 and 2019) and at each time with massive support from SE. SW has also enjoyed PDP primaries win twice (2003 and 1999). If anyone should be feeling betrayed, it's SE aspirants who were not only betrayed by Wike but also by fellow SE delegates who were bribed by Wike and worked for Wike. |
itaewon:Can I see the news article where he did. Post the link. |
Aderewah:Liar. No time did Makinde and Fayose openly supported Wike. Show me news article where they did. It's on record that Wike bought PDP SE and their delegates. Anyanwu in Imo, Chris Uba in Anambra, Ikpeazu in Abia and Ugwuanyi in Enugu all were bought and worked for Wike against Obi and other Igbo aspirants. Only Ebonyi delegates rejected Wike dollar rain and stood with Anyim Pius Anyim. Yoruba delegates probably voted individually for the highest bidder between Atiku and Wike and had no consideration whatsoever for any southern bullshit, like you did in 2015 presidential elections. |
Aderewah:What is the evidence that SW delegates voted for Wike? Did any SW governor openly campaign for Wike like Gburugburu and Okezie Ikpeazu did? Anyway, SE owe SW and SS nothing since both groups have insisted on no zoning to SE. |
walefresh3:So SS will forget your role against GEJ in 2015 and vote your son Osibanjo ? I'm not from SS, but I don't see how that is possible. |
gammarays1:Keep deceiving yourself. |


