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latest of such commissions was the Kaloma Ali Boundary Ajustment Commission of 1982. That Commission produced DECREE NO 23 OF 1985, ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES (CROSS RIVER AND IMO STATES) DECREE 1985. The decree specifically provided that Akirika Obu Ndoki should remain in Imo (now Abia) State. A photocopy of the Decree is hereto annexed and marked appendix 8.

Despite of the clear provisions of that Decree signed by General Ibrahim Babangida in 1985 that Akirika Obu should remain in Abia State, the Akwa Ibom State Government and Ika Local Government Council continued to sponsor deadly attacks on our community. One of such attacks took place in 2000 during which all the buidings including the Mobile Police Barrack were burnt down and our people chased away into neighbouring Ndoki and Ngwa communities.

DEPLOYMENT OF ARMY OFFICERS TO OUR COMMUNITY IN 2010

Sir, our joy in your choice of Akrika Obu as one of the operation bases for the war against kidnapping and other crimes in Abia State knew no bound. Although there is no record of kidnapping by Akirika Obu indigenes, the deployment of soldiers has put an end to constant attacks on our people and property by the Ika Annang people of Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

We however, write to demand a withdrawal by Captain U.S Abdulsalam of his spurious, false and malicious claims, falsified records and gross misrepresentation of facts on Akirika Obu.

The said Captain Abdulsalam was the officer commanding, Alpha Company, 2 Internal Security, 144 Battalion located at Akirika Obu, Ndoki in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State.

For reasons best known to him he abandoned his primary assignment and got himself involved with land issues, pursuing money from Ika Local Government Council and Akwa Ibom State Government for mischievous purposes. It was because of money given to him that Captain Abdulsalam strongly instigated the agitators in Akirika Obu who want to be governed by Akwa Ibom State against our people.

When we noticed the manner Captain Abdulsalam was behaving and his unholy relationship with Ika Local Government Council and Akwa Ibom State Government, we alerted the authorities as well as made available all documents on our community, including Decree No. 23 of 1985 to him.

THE CIVIL WAR, MASSIVE KILLING OF OUR PEOPLE BY IKA ANNANGS AND AGITATIONS BY SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE THEN SOUTH EASTERN STATE GOVRENMENT.

During the Nigerian Civil war in 1969, our people like other communities in that war situation, ran into different neighboring communities, including into Ika Clan (now Ika LGA of Akwa Ibom State) in the then Abak Division of the defunct South Eastern State.

Majority of these people who ran from the war into Ika clan were killed, their corpses butchered, shared and eaten by Ika indigenes on the claim that our people were Ibos who should all be killed.

The condition given by Ika Clan leaders to stop the killing of our people was that our people should swear an oath i.e Ika juju and agree that our community would be made part of Ika Clan.

In the face of such mnassacre of our people by the Ika Annang people they (our people) had to swear the oath i.e. Ika juju and agreed that our community would be made part of Ika Clan. Employments such as teaching appointments were given to some of these our people.

Unfortunately for these our people and Ika Annang canninals, those of our people who ran away from the civil war into other parts of Ibo land came back from the war and strongly protested the attempt to make our community part of Ika Clan on the ground that we have never been part of them and do not have the same culture with them.

This is the orgin of the disagreement in our community as to where the community belongs. Before 1969, there was no dispute over the ownership or which government administers Akirika Obu. And as earlier stated, our community Akirika Obu had from time immemorial been part and parcel of Ndoki Clan now Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State. Our forefathers, our fathers and now ourselves have continued to pay taxes to Ndoki –Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State.

The Federal Government had set up panels and commissions on the matter and all the panels and Commissions resolved this matter in favour of our people- that Akirika-Obu should remain with their kiths and kins in Ndoki clan.

.Adjustment of Boundaries and Transfer of Villages from Umuahia Province to Calabar Province in 1953.
We refer you, sir, to Public Notice No. 53 of 1953 ( the Nigeria constitution) order in council 1951 under which provincial boundaries were redefined and some villages in Umuahia Province transferred to Calabar Province. It will be seen that Akirika Obu (then Ikot Udo) was one of the three villages retained in Ikwuriator (Azumini) group where our people have always been with their kiths and kins. We have annexed a photocopy of that public notice No. 53 of 1953 and it is hereto marked appendix 3.

4.Photocopy of Eastern Region Law No. 200 of 1956 where at page B495, the last sixteen names represented Akirika Ukwu and Akirika Nta while on page B496 the first fourteen names represented Akirika Obu (the change of names is also reflected in this page B496). We annexed hereto copy of the said ERLN No. 200 of 1956. Pages B494- B496 and is hereby marked appendix 4.

5 Amendment of Instruments establishing Local Government in Aba in 1957 and Abak in 1955. List of Villages in the Two Divisions Compared.

(a)Photocopy of Eastern Region Local Government Law No.51 of 1957 Instrument Amending the Instrument Established Local Councils within the area of the Administrative Division of Aba No. 3 in 1957, Akirika Obu is listed on page B176 as one of the villagers under Umuigubeachara Local Council, Aba Division. A photocopy of the said Instruments pages B172-B176 is hereto annexed and marked appendix 5a.

(b) As a comparison, we refer you, sir, to the instrument that Established Local Councils withn the area of the Administrative Division of Abak, and Revoking the previous Instrument Establishing Local Government Councils within the Administration Division of Abak, Eastern Region Local Government Law No. 26 of 1955 pages B913- B914 in particular. Sir take note of the villages that constituted Achan Ika (now Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State) on page B915, it could be seen that neither Akirika Obu (nor Ikot Udo, the disused name) is listed among the villages in that Division. A photocopy of the said Eastern Region Local Government Law No. 26 of 1955 pages B893 and B915 are hereto annexed and marked appendix 5b.

6. Photocopy of the state creation and Transition Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967 at page A103-A106 in the schedule where the names of the provinces indicated the area they belonged to. It is here stated that the East Central State shall be made up of Eastern Region (excluding Calabar, Uyo and Ogoja provinces and Port Harcourt Divisions).

It could be seen that neither Aba division nor Umuahia Province (to which Akirika Obu Ukwa) belonged was excluded from No. 14 of 1967 pages A103 and A106 is hereto annexed and marked appendix 6.

7. Suit instituted against the agitators who wanted our community carved into the then South Eastern (Now Akwa Ibom State).
We hereby, sir, further refer you to suit No. A/293/74 between Chief Alfred Ichara and ors v. S.A Abia and ors (i.e the agitators as defendants) decided before the Hon. Justice A. O. Mbanefo in the High Court of Aba in the Aba Judicial Division.

The court is its judgment, which was not appealed against, held among other things, that “Both the plaintiff, the defendants and the whole village of Akirika Obu are in Umuigugbeachara Community Council Area in Ukwa Division and are all withn the territorial sovereignty of the government of East Central State”. A photocopy of the said judgment is annexed hereby and marked appendix 7.

From all the above, it could be seen that at no time in the history of mankind has our Community been part of Ika or Annang in the present Akwa Ibom State

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You want to mess with CR7 and build your team around the likes of Bale?
Same injury prone Bale with tendency to go missing in matches?
Had Bale ever had a 40 goals plus season throughout his football playing career? Just two goals in a final and he's now the best thing since sliced bread?

Tell me where else you are going to get a 40 goals plus per season player the whole Europe if you piss off CR7, you say he is declining, yet peeps had been saying same trash since 2015, even when dude keeps banging in goals.

Every season, he must have to re prove himself to a bunch of ungrateful people.

A labourer is worth his wages, give him a pay rise as a motivational stimulus and reap them all back in goals.

Hala Madrid.

BRIEF FACTS ABOUT AKIRIKA OBU- NDOKI
Akirika Obu-Ndoki is a community in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State. It is one of the communities of Abia having boundary with Akwa Ibom States.

The facts are that our forefathers, led by Ogbu, relocated to the land we currently occupy from Akirika Uku-Ndoki which is still our ancestral home. The relocation arose as a result of dispute between them and their other siblings. They settled on this land donated to us by the people of Abiaka/Oberete in Obingwa Local Government Area of same Abia State hundreds of years ago. So many other names were given to the community because of its peculiar location. The name Ikot Udo Ukwa and NOT “ Ikot Udo Ika” was a name given to our community by the Annang speaking neighbors who were relations of OGBU because he was the second son of the parents. The name “Umu Ada” was also given by the Abiaka / Oberete people, who were also relations of Ogbu’s Mother. Giving Annang names to Ibo Communities at the boundary by the Ika Annang people was not unusual in those days. For example Azumini was given the name “Edem Idim” and Umugboeze was given the name “Ikot Inyang”, etc.

Unfortunately, with the formal arrival of English type of government, the name “Ikot Udo Ukwa” found its way into government records. Our people were uncomfortable with the name “Ikot Udo Ukwa” and so in 1954, a meeting was held in the community Hall at where it was unanimously agreed that the name be reverted back to Akirika Obu-Ndoki to reflect our Orgin from Akirika-Uku Ndoki. The change was advertised in the Nigerian Outlook newspaper of 4th September, 1954. Since then the name “Ikot Udo Ukwa” or any other name became a disused name.

At all times we have been administered along with our kiths and kins in other parts of Ndoki by Ndoki Administrative Council, Ndoki Country Council under Owerri Province, Ukwa Division, Ukwa Local Government council, Aba Senatorial Zone and now Ukwa East Local Government Area in Abia South Senatorial District of Abia Sate.
To buttress the ownership of the land we occupy and from where we have administered, we refer to the following documents.

1.Provincial Court Judgment in A Case Between Akirika Obu (Then Known As Ikot Udo Ukwa) v Oberete in 1927
This Azumini Provincial Court Judgment of 23rd June, 1927, was a land dispute between our people and Oberete people. The legal dispute arose from a disagreement over the exact size of land actually given to our forefathers to live on and the traditional rites/ tributes they were expected to perform. At the ensuing legal battle, Ika-Annang people (now Ika Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State) appeared in court as witnesses to testify that Akirika Obu were given the land in dispute (still occupied by our people today) by Oberete people. See their testimonies on pages 3 to 6. Also, Chief Mejuru from Akirika Uka appeared before the same court to testify that Akirika Obu people were his brothers and that the land they Government Area of Abia State). See his testimony on page 5.
2.Tax Court Transactions Receipts from Time Immemorial
(a)A photocopy of Ndoki Native Administration Collector’s Tax Receipt dated 5/12/49 issued to Tommy Ochonna, the tax collector and native of Akirika Obu. It is hereto annexed and marked appendix 2a.
(b)A photocopy of Ukwa Native Administration tax receipt of 1950-51 dated 1/06/50 and issued to Nneto Eto a native of Akirika Obu. It is hereto annexed and marked Appendix 2b.
(c)A photocopy of cost typewriter receipt issud by Ndoki Union in favour of Ikot Udo Ukwa branch of the Union is hereto annexed and markd Appendix 2c.
(d)A photocopy of Ukwa Native Administration Tax Demand Notice 1st September, 1954 issued to Tommy Achonna of Umunkaru Compound. It is hereto annexed and marked appendix 2d.
(e)A photocopy of Ndoki District Council Tax Receipt No. 1477 issued to Tommy Achonna on 1st August, 1995. It is hereto annexed and marked appendix 2e.
(f)A photocopy of a Collector’s Tax receipt No. 4672 25th July, 1952 issued to Tommy Achonna is hereby attached and marked appendix 2f.
(g)A photocopy of Ukwa Native Court Receipt No. 2225 dated 25th February, 1953 issued to Tommy Achonna. It’s hereto annexed and marked appendix 2g.
(h)A photocopy of Ndoki District Council Permit to operate Isusu Club issued to Jonnie Udo Okoko, dated 21st October, 1963 is hereby attached and marked appendix 2h.

BOUNDARY DISPUTE: WHY ABIA COMMUNITY PETITIONED CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
Cover Page
AKIRIKA-OBU-NDOKI UMUIGUGBEACHARA NORTH AUT. COMM. UKWA EAST LGA, ABIA STATE
18th June, 2012
Chief of Army Staff (COAS),
Nigerian Army,
Army Headquarters,
Area 7, Garki, Abuja
Attn: Lt Gen. A. O. Ihejirika
Sir,
REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND PROTEST AGAINST FASLE CLAIMS, FALSIFIACTION OF OUR RECORDS AND GROSS MISREPRENTATION OF FACTS ON AKIRIKA OBU BY CAPTAIN U. S. ABDULSALAM
We write on behalf of ourselves and the entire peaceful and law abiding people of Akirika Obu- Ndoki, Umuigube Achara North Autonomous Community in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State to request your kind assistance in presenting some pressing needs of our community to the Federal Government. These include the following:
1.That you assist us get the Federal Government to order the National Boundary Commission to use the God-given opportunity of security presence and erect permanent boundary marks beacons to demarcate Abia from Akwa Ibom state within this our axis for a lasting peace to reign in the boundary area.
2.That the Forward Operational Base (FOB) located in Akirika Obu-Ndoki, Ukwa East L.G.A of Abia State be up graded to a standard Army Barracks since we have enough land for that purpose.
3.That the close down churches in our community be opened and the owners allowed to worship in their churches.
4.That our community be provided with social amenities like good roads, electricity, portable water, etc, to make life more meaningful to the people.
Sir, may we also use this opportunity to strongly protest against some spurious, false and malicious claims, falsification of records and gross misrepresentation of facts on our community- Akirika-Obu by Captain U.S. Abidulsalam of the Nigerian Army.
While seizing this opportunity to thank you immensely for your untiring and selfless efforts in combating crimes, especially armed robbery, kidnapping and other related crimes in Abia State and its environs, we request that you call Captain Abdulsalam to order and ask him to refute all the spurious, false and malicious publications about our community.

popizaino:
lol.


Pep guardiola could have also won it 4x in a row .An experienced inter milan side who would have been beaten this real madrid side stood his way in 2010 and in 2012 and unlikely scenario happened messi lost a penalty and an underdog chelsea won against all odds.
So let go about the merry go round thing.

There is always an excuse for failure.
Leave matter for Mattias

BankeSmalls:
Dear Oba, as much as we appreciate your good gesture towards ethnic integration and cultural maturity, we think Nigeria is not ripe for such.

We therefore appeal to you to keep your identity to your people and stop mixing Igbos with your cultural values.

It won't be long now, you will start hearing stories of Igbos wanting to usurp Iwo kingship and the usual hate will start, Igbos has been victimised, beaten and lost goods and properties before in your region for doing nothing.

We love you but please continue wearing your local traditional attires, even if you like to dress like Emirs, it does not concern Igbos.

Well put

AdaFonju:
Akirka speaks only Annang, but the interesting thing here is that you can speak Annang language and still be proudly Igbo according to you, interesting


You need to stop digging up internet for spurious claims.

Akirika don't speak Annang. Atleast not as a mother tongue.
I'm done educating you.

How insulting it is to our intellect, when a rabidly Igbophobic Afonja come on here and claim Igbo, only to end up releasing Igbophobic vituperations all his existence.

The wonders of faceless forum.

For the records, "Mba Mmili" means riverine communities.
In Anambra, we call communities along River Niger in Ogbaru LGA, Anambra West and East LGAs, mba Mmili, and they are proud Igbo speaking people.

A Yoruba man, can never understand the Igbo ways, we are simply not related people.

AdaFonju:
Was the argument whether languages in Akwaibom STATE are related? Stop misyarning jor

As for Abriba and Akirika speaking annang everyone knows that, and its not something nairaland comments will change

Akirika speak Annang as second language, as their neighbors are Annangs. But they are proud Igbos of Ndoki extraction. Their clan in Ndoki is called Ikwuriato.
If you are Igbo speaking, you would understand the meaning of that name.
As usual, Akirika is divided into three. Akirika nta, Akirika Ukwu and Akirika Obu, and all three are brothers to Azumini.
http://newsbearerweeklymagazine.com/portal/content.asp?contentid=859

See Akirika people reiterating their Igbo Origin Above, Annang people were trying to claim Akirika Obu for long now, but the people had rejected them, stating clearly that they are Igbos of Ndoki extraction.

As for Abriba, you are just being ridiculous, Abriba has nothing to-do with Annang, the group they claim to be related to are Efiks and Ekoi people, yet there is no single trace of those cultures in Abiriba, as Abriba is entirely Igbo speaking, and don't have any second language.

AdaFonju:
lo Akwa ibom language, no need to even discuss with such level of ignorance

Don't be ridiculous.

Akwaibom languages are all related, ie Annang /Ibibio/Oron/ Eket/Obolo

A fetus is definitely a very highly evolved parasite.

Whenever I see placenta of the fetus, the movie "Strain" comes to my mind. You know those long proboscis the strigois project to drain blood and nutrients from the human victim.
That's exactly what babies do to their mothers.
They use their placenta to "zap" blood and nutrients from their hosts(Mothers), and if care is not taken, or if mother was already anaemic before pregnancy, she can develop Anaemic heart failure over time.
Few times, the stupid parasites even throw their proboscis (placenta) at the wrong part of the host,( ie lower Uterine segment) , predisposing the host to serious life threatening haemorrhage she might even die from, if no medical attention is provided to her.

Some of these parasites(Babies) make their hosts(mother) glucose intolerance level to increase, and then the mother develops gestational diabetes ( Pregnancy induced diabetes), which makes her a future candidate for full blown Diabetes Mellitus in the future.
Let's not talk about how they can induce severe hypertension with end organ damage ( Possibly leading to Kidney failure, heart diseases, poor vision, etc), even convulsions for the mother. And some of these conditions can become irreversible after birth, and the mother can die from them.


Getting rid of these parasites is not easy either.
Many women had died trying to get rid of them via induced abortions, and many more through the natural process( child birth).
Pregnancy is an immunsuppresion state, as the foetus through immunological processes, depress the mother immune system, to prevent the mother immune cells from recognizing it as a parasite and attacking it. This predisposes the pregnant woman to being susceptible to diseases, that she ordinarily wouldn't have been susceptible to, but for the baby presence. Even at that, in cases where the foetus exhibit strong antigenic difference from the host, the host produce anti bodies to attack the parasite, leading to baby's death (Erythroblastosis fetalis).

A foetus, surely is a parasite, if you remove sentiments, as
It drains the mother biologically, immunologically and physiologically
It's also hard to eliminate, without excruciating pains and possible death to the host.

KillaBeauty:
That’s mutualistic

Commensalism, rather.

AdaFonju:
Are you serious, who doesn't know about Abriba people and the Akirika people, i'm well traveled even as far as Item in Abia

https://www.ethnologue.com/language/anw

https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ibb

Both Abiriba and Akirika people are Igbo speaking people, who speak Igbo as first and only indigenous language.

You need to stop digging up internet for spurious claims.
No where in Abriba is Akwa Ibom language spoken.

AdaFonju:
you should know that there are many communities speaking ibibio and annang in Abia state, and many more with entirely ibibio ancestry like the item people, take a trip sometime

No such community exists in Abia state.
Stop feeding off hear say.

Nowenuse:
You my friend are not being fair in your analogies.

China is populated 98% by ethnic Han chinese. The minorities in China are just there on paper. They absolutely have no say how the central government is run. They even barely have control over their own state governments. So, bringing in a country like China when we are talking of multi-ethnicity in comparison to that of Nigeria, I see it as very dumb (I'm sorry if my statement appears harsh).

As for South Africa, Kenya, Ghana etc , you also forget that these countries also have a form a majority uniform population under one criterion or the other, which at least offers some form of workability or similarity in reasoning.

Both Kenya and SA have a black bantu christian majority population. In Ghana, the Akan people and the Christians are the majority with over half of the population.
So, in most of these countries, the minority ethnic, racial or religious groups usually accept the leadership of the majority to an extent, with little or no opposition.

Nigeria right from time has never had a majority in anything! If you think we do, please show me.

In religion we are 50/50 christian/muslim and both religions are at loggerheads over domination.

There is no ethnic majority in Nigeria as the yorubas, Igbos and Hausas have equal majority status in Nigeria with almost equal population and are always at loggerheads.

Now, this was why we had a decentralized regional govt in the past which to a large extent favoured our development.
However, don't forget that minority groups which comprise almost 40% of Nigeria's population were under 'pains and bondage' during the regional govts.

Although of course, a regional govt was still a better option, but it still did not enliminate the ethno-religious rivalry in Nigeria, did it? It was that still the same rivalry that brought about the first coup that led us to the civil war, or not?
Other groups or religion would still feel dissatisfied about the domination of one ethnic group or religion at the central government.

Arrgh, bless your soul.
You saved me valuable time I would have used to debunk the guy's ill informed opinion.

HopeAtHand:
Andoni people reserve the right to be whoever they want to be. Currently they have traced their ancestry to a man originating from Bayelsa. It is expected of you to accept them like that and not to engage in debates. Likewise for Ikwerres too. It is within our limits to be whatever we decide.

Saying Igbos arent jews is a no brainer. But to the IPOB radicalized elements, that alone is enough to be termed anti-Biafra. You'd have a hard time convincing them tho.. That is where i believe you have your work cut out for you. Goodluck with that.

I'm not under any obligation to accept any ridiculous origin stories.
I reserve the right and to accept or dispute them, if they don't sound plausible.
The people reserve the right to doctor their stories, while I reserve the right to question the stories.

HopeAtHand:
Im not from Andoni neither am i holding brief for them, but as a Riverian who is politically conscious, i can say that the Andoni of today claim to trace their ancestry to someplace in Bayelsa. Their progenitor left there for their current location where they have intermingled with Ibibios and now have almost lost their entire language to the Ibibio.

I'm using them as a case point to reply someone who asked why the Ikwerres have lost their Bini language and now speak Igboid language. Your environment, esp when you live within a far larger population usually superimposes itself on you.

Another case is that of the jews ( not talking here of the IPOB jews). After biblical times, the jews were dispersed allover Europe. Those that found themselves in Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland etc spoke the language of those countries, bear the same name as those nationals and fitted in seamlessly. They would have continued that way till now if not for Hitler. After the unfortunate events of WW2, they rallied themselves allover the world and went bacxk to their ancestral land, jettisoned all acquired languges and started to learn Hebrew(yid) afresh. Point is, its nothing new if Ikwerre lost her language, we arent the first. What makes us Ikwerre is ancestry not language.

Andoni are only claiming Ijaw today for political expediency.
They are Ibibiod people, irrespective of their current twisted origin stories doctored to present an Ijaw origin.

Jews spoke their native languages irrespective of where they are found. They only spoke acquired languages as second language.

Igbos are no Jews, don't let anyone deceive you with doctored stories.

HopeAtHand:
The environment we found ourseelves and our interaction with the people there are responsible for it.

Andoni people are Ijaws but why do their language sound like Ibibio?

Andoni is only Ijaw politically.
They are actually Ibibiod people, their brothers are in Eastern Obolo LGA Akwaibom.

Andoni mixed up with Ijaws.

But they are on the majority, and Ibibiod people.

How authentic is the source of this story.

cc:Lalasticlala.

This thread is a sure front page banger. It could draw crowd.

Chronic masturbator?

Obi1kenobi:
I'm guessing the logic of your own vapid comments failed you and there's nothing else to say beyond revealing your twisted obsession with Yorubas. Again, how do Igbo people look and reason you clown?

Says a Yoloba man, camouflaging as Igbo and always pokenosing on Igbo related issues
Dude, you need help.

Obi1kenobi:
Answer my question. How do Igbo people look and reason you clown?

Ewedu Man, how exactly is that any of your concerns?

Obi1kenobi:
Answer my question. How do Igbo people look and reason you clown?

As a Yoloba impersonating as Igbo, why should I tell you that?

What's your interest in that? Are you okay at all?

Biko, sili nsi nsi, si ebea puo!

Obi1kenobi:
Yes, they've said they are not Igbo, which means they are not Igbo as they have a right to self-determination. But how do Igbos look or "reason"? Do Ezaa people or Nsukka people look or reason like Idemili or Mbaise people? Una go dey find trouble, and when it is dished back to you in equal measure, you accuse the whole world of being Igbophobic.

This Yoloba man again.

Can't you just face your ewedu people and stop pokenosing into Igbo matters?

Emelu gi ya eme?

horsepower101:
But who created this monster in the first place? It was the ijaws in the old rivers state and their strong Igbophobic policies (when they had power) that made these Igbo groups becoming their own ethnic groups. But in reality they are just regular Igbo clans.

What is happening today is actually a backfire to the ijaws who made these people through political pressure and marginalization to deny being igbos and created their own ethnic groups.

Now that they have become their own ethnic groups on paper, they will just continue passing power to themselves forever.

It wasn't Ijaws that made these people to start exerting their distinctiveness from Ndiigbo.

It was their own ambitions that drove them to that. They saw the Igbo tag as an encumbrance.

The Ijaws were just like vultures who were feeding off the whole situation, twisting the positions to achieve their own agenda at every point in time.

Don't blame the Ijaws, they did nothing wrong.

Ikwerres don't look Igbo and don't reason like Ndiigbo.

I sincerely don't believe they are Igbo.

The average Igbo is guided by the justice and equity.

In all the five SE states, power is being regularly rotated amongst the three senatorial zones of each of the state, thereby giving everyone a sense of belonging.

In Rivers state, the Ikwerres had greedily latched unto power, like the Hausa-Fulanis, and wouldn't let go.
They wouldn't even consider other Igboid groups in Rivers state.

That's un Igbo.

These people are not Igbos, no one should link them to us.

PataAlhaja:
... but "Wo" by Olamide is also a Yoruba (Lagos) song ... it's even more Yoruba than Small doctor's "Penalty".

In as much as I like Olamide and would probably have voted "Wo" over "Penalty", I think that "Penalty" song deserves the award. It's a club banger and people sing it like a National anthem anywhere it's being played.

I'm telling you the reality on ground(streets).
Olamide courtesy of his regular colabo with Phyno enjoys massive fan base in the East.
His songs trend here.

The Penalty song? Not saying people here don't play it, but it isn't a banger here, as I'm yet to hear it playing on the streets.