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Bonny people migrated from Ijaw in todays Bayelsa State.

Their first contact with Igbo language was when they settled in Ndoki area for long, they moved over time from there and finally arrived at Okoloama.

Yes some of their kith and kin were left behind and yes they picked up blood lines from Ndoki due to marriages, because you cant live that long in a place and not intermarry.

But the culture of the Ijaw, which includes spirituality moved with them to Okoloama, which is why when they passed through Andoni and saw the totem of the god they worshipped as the god of war, Ikiba otume gidi, (Ikuba) they seized it as a good omen and took the totem to Orupiri and Bonny main town respectively.

Okpara Ndoki or Ndoli which is usually who these revisionists atttribute Bonnys igbonness was not a King of Bonny, he was a leader among other leaders from Ndoki to Orupiri.

He left Orupiri back to Ndoki when news of his fathers demise came to him, he had to go amd take up his place as a King, for he was a prince of ndoki. Which is why he is Okpara Ndoki.

Opuamakuba and Alagbariya and Asmini were leaders, Opuamakuba being the oldest.

He couldnt continue the leadership at a point and he opted to handover to Alagbarigha who himself was Chief Priest.

Alagbarigha recused himself of the reaponaiblity and it fell on Asmini to lead.

Asimini became as it were the first established King who was the first to use a crown.

He had a son Edmini who also lived with them in Ndoki, and made friends there, when Asmini passed and Edmini took over, he gave his daughter Kambasa out to a prince of Azuogu Ndoki named Opoli to marry.

He did this becaise Opolos father was his friend and to seal the affection he had for his place of childhood upbringing.

Kambasa who before this arranged marriage was ab initio in love with an Ibani Noble Biriye, left to join her husband in Azuogu and had a son named Kamalu for Opoli.

Now Kamalu is an Igbo name and it is obvious because he was Opoli's son.

Kambasa eloped from Opoli's house in Azuogu to meet and live with her Ex Lover Biriye(who was an Ibani man) Herself and Biriye had a son named Papanye.

So Kambasa had two children, Kamalu and Papanye.

Opoli who loved Kambasa so much, followed love and abandoned his home in Azuogu in search of his wife in Bonny.

He eventually lived in where today is now known as Aganya, in Bonny, it used to be Opoli-Ama.

When Edimini died, without a son, and the partirachal men of the time didnt want to make Kambasa a Queem, she, being a woman of coirage who had her waysz seized the Adum-Odu The ivory tusk dedicated to Adum, a part of the Ibani pantheon of gods, a totem of royalty.

This being a significant thing, she was eventually made Amanyana-Orubo(Queen)

At her demise, her son Kamalau, was made King, and two sons after him from his line were made kings(note this was where an Igbo blood got into the kingship of Bonny).

However during the reign of Awusa, a great decendant of Kamalu-Ye-Kambasa, Things got increasingly rough and Awusa was unable to continue the Leadership of Okoloama as it entailed engaging in wars which were very expensive.

At the time, a Young Military Captain, by name Perekule, a Grandson of Papanye-Ye-Kambasa by Biriye (her Ibani lover) was tipped to be King as he had what it took to take in the responsibilities at the time.

The reign of Perekule who was named Captain Pepple by the Europeans, became the era of a new Dynasty.

Since Perekule I, the crown has remained in the Pepple Dynasty which is why the curremt King is Perekule XI.(Eleventh Perekule direct blood to sit on the throne).

It is from this King Perekule that Opubo Annie Pepple House was formed, Opubo was Perekule's Second son.

Perekule created two Chieftaincy Houses for his Sons, Prince Adum-Fubara, and Prince Adum-Opubo

Fubara Manilla-Pepple House
Opubo Annie-Pepple House.

When Both Princes at different times assumed the throne as Kings Perekule II and Perekule III respectively, their Redeemed Slaves (Adopted sons) became leaders of their Houses.

Thus at some point Juojuo(Jaja) became Head of the Opubo House.

Disagreements happened in Bonny as a whole which led to a civil war between dofferent houses, those supporting Jaja and those supporting The Leaders of the Fubara Manilla Pepple House.

At this point, Jaja left Bonny with a good number of Ibani Houses who were supportive of him.

He founded Opubo-Ama(Opobo) which i understand he named in honor of his Boss, King Opubo Annie Pepple, Perekule III of Grand Bonny.

What this means is that though Jaja himself was born an Nkwerre man, he was adopted and properly redeemed as an Ibani man.

And most of the families which left with him were original Ibani families.

The Second interaction of the Ibani with the Igbo language happened as a result of the Slave Trade and Inter Marriage.

If Bonny and Opobo people are Igbo why and from where did we get the Ibani language which is totally different from Igbo but very relatable to Ijaw?

How did we get the Other Ijaw forms of culture and spiritism?

These are the facts that should inform us when Igbo people come up with their unreasonable fallacies.

There are Historian Authorities whose books support this account, The Late. Nathaniel Waribere is one such writer.

The Late. Amaopusenibo Spurgeon Green is another such historian.

The problem we have and which the Igbo people have used to troll us is the many accounts of Europeans who passed this way.

Chimamanda Adichie calls it the danger of a single story.

The Europeans wrote it the extent that they could understand and perceive it, but not being indigenous people, through whom tradition and history would have been passed down from generation to generation, they couldn't have been expected to be 100% right.

If the Europeans could change our names from Perekule to Pepprell and Pepple, Ibaningo to Banigo, Wirikoma to Wilcox, Awusa to Halliday from Holliday(because he was seen as going to his plantation on Holliday after he handed over to Perekule) because they couldn't pronounce the band versions, is it the history that they wouldn't twist?

History is a tale or record from the past, to direct or inform the present and the future about their Root or Ancestors.

Please I might not know it all but am open to correction with respect, I don't need any insults. Imiegbam. (Thanks)

Keneeby:
When people that do legit businesses are talking, a ritualist will come to put mouth

mumu, igbos and Yorubas are the ritualist people...we Ijaws do not do ritual. It is against our tradition

GreatBoss:
Ijaws have over 200 villages and settlements in Edo State.

The over 200 Villages and settlements are divided into 5 different Ijaw Kingdoms known as Egbema, Furupagha, Olodiama West, Okomu and Gbaraun Kingdoms.



The Ijaws of Edo are bordered by Delta Ijaws of half Egbema by the West, Gbaramatu Ijaw Kingdom of Delta by the South, Ondo Ijaws of Arogbo Kingdom by the North, and the Bini of Edo by the East.




Remove Ijaws of Edo and Edo would be removed from oil producing State.
Okomu National Forest that Edo State rely on is also in Ijaw Nation.



Where Ijaw occupy in Edo State is bigger than Anambra State.


@DITARI of GODISM A.K.A GENERAL DITARI.

sent me the Ijaw map Ditari

uncleiykeman:
If asari dokubo wants to draw a map, tell him to draw a map of ijaw nation. This map is a huge joke, the ethnic nationalities in the niger delta will ridicule this childish map.

If/when Nigeria disintegrats, all the ethnic nationalities in the niger delta will opt to stand independent.

Tell dokubo asari to stop fooling himself and try to unite the ijaw's cos Tompolo has a different idea.

Tell them say "Iyke Mba say so"

Ijaw is unite always... Tompolo has no other idea

Keneeby:
Ijaws are giving Akpabio headache. They don't want anyone one from Akwa Ibom to breath. We are ready for them this time around.

gate man too talking

tiwasiaife:
Only in Nigeria you hear people call themselves South South.
Why this writer above me didnt ask the reason North who created you down South South, refused to give themselves North North?
Asari Dokubo boy

proudly south south

KwuoteYourFada:
Lol doesn't matter who they met



The question is


How are you people enjoying your Nigeria today



Are you in control of your oil?


Who owns your oil well?


I heard your people ranting about zamfara mining Thier gold and collecting the money but they can't


I laff eh


What were you expecting after joining them to fight Igbos?

Resource control? ,🤡🤡🤡

we will fight for our final freedom. Just matter of time

KwuoteYourFada:
🤡🤡🤡🤡

Who proposed the name Biafra?

You don't it's an ijaw man ?

Francis Opigo


Abeg gettat you're a kid

who made frank opigo a representative of the whole Ijaw?
Frank opigo was never a leader of Ijaw...

it is even a big disgrace on the Ijaw tribe if ojukwu another tribe man appoint who who representative..
same foolish thing one idiot rat called nmamdi kanu wanted to do again by appointing one tari nemi to be a representative of Ijaw... you igbos lack manners on how to associate with non igbos..
How can you as an igbo think you appoint to another tribe a person who will speak for them?
Imagine, me as Ijaw appointing someone who will speak for igbos..... you people are the ones bringing all these hatred on your innocent tribe.

before you people strike deal with the frank opigo, did you people care to ask him who he was in Ijaw land?

Ijaw leaders back then were, Dapper biriye,,,Adaka Boro,,spiff, Alagoa etc,,...did your ojukwu consult any of these Ijaw leaders? you people tried to enter another man's house through window..

Kanu also made same mistake,,,, instead of him to go through Ijaw door by meeting INC and IYC, instead the criminal kanu choose window.

hammerT:
WEN THE BIAFRA ARMY PASS, THIS IS HOW THE PLACE WILL LOOK.

this is letugbene, a general Amagbein community that was razed down by the military last year.

hammerT:
GET OUT OF OUR WATER WAYS, IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU.


NO I'M IGBO WILL SAVE YOU THIS TIME.



WE WILL KILL EVERYBODY THERE.

you are comedian. I'm done talking with you people

KwuoteYourFada:
Deep down you know I'm saying the truth

How did he know what "furu " mean in izon you're wondering?

well, I learnt it that day

Basically the only ijaw word I know

you know the word doesn't mean they thief your thing...Ijaw boys never steal.

KwuoteYourFada:
Clown!!🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Biafra never declared war on ijaws federal army was coming from that side . They had to engage them before they get to port!

I mean the beginning of the war, when ojukwu sent his soldiers to invade Ijaw lands and by killing those who stood their ground rejecting biafra..
Ojukwu soldiers killed lots of Ijaw people because they said they will never be biafra.
ojukwu defile the earlier warning of Ijaws to never add the Ijaw land to his biafra.

hammerT:
WHY ARE YOUR PEOPLE STILL CRYING ABOUT WHAT BIAFRA SOLDIERS DID TO THEM.

THOSE GUYS ONLY CAME TO PROTECT AND SERVE.


THIS TIME THEY ARE COMING TO CLEAR THE WATERWAY OF BLOCKAGE SO THE RIVERS NIGER CAN FLOW INTO THE SEA.


TELL THE FAT PIG IN THE CREEK.

we cried for Biafra invasion because because our fathers never prepared for any fight or have fight in mind...it came to them as surprised and a thing they never thought igbos could do..

KwuoteYourFada:
Let him sanitize

The furu furu people in kaiama that stole my stuff when I came that side for research


I know Una well well

Furu furu people

no one furu your thing. You are just a lier.. you cannot lie against my people

hammerT:
SO, U WONT COMPLAIN WHEN IGBOS DO RETURN LEG TO THE CREEKS, BECAUSE WE WILL AND WEN WE DO, WE WILL SET IT ALL ABLAZE.

if you people are brave and capable come. You should take fear out your minds and come to Ijaw Let's play...we are waiting for whom to play with

hammerT:
WHY THEN IS ASARI CRYING EVERYDAY ON THE INTERNET?

Asari never cry... Asari is waiting for his contract to be renewed by this administration so his boys can go back to imo and abia and this time Anambra and enugu to do their normal sanitation

hammerT:
YOUR YORUBA BROTHER WAS RECENTLY BAILED WITH NEARLY 50MILLION NAIRA, AFTER COLLECTING HIS OWN WOTWOTO.


I THINK YOU SHOULD COME TO IGBO LAND, AFTER 1 DAY, U WILL KNOW WAT'S UP.


EWU!

which part of igbo land do you want me to come?

KwuoteYourFada:
🤡🤡🤡🤡


Hausa and fulani has been owning your oil fields since after the war


Igbos are not your enemies


You lots a hopelessly stupid

You faught Biafra in hope of what ?


I can't get the logic?

Fulani will give you resource control?

Why were they and Yorubas fighting us?


Let's leave 1960s and come to 2015

Who voted your brother out ?


Igbos?


Abeg gettat

Ozuor!

we knew, you igbos stood for us during GEJ hard time 2015, but the problem was kanu

KwuoteYourFada:
My ma village ohaji in egbema na ijaw land for imo abi . I don die 😂

you are not ohaji.. you are a biafran... Egbemas in imo originated from Egbema Kingdom in present delta and Edo states

hammerT:
WITH THE WAY YOU HAVE SENT IJAW BOYZ TO IGBO LAND AND TOLD US IJAW SOLD IGBO AS SLAVES, WE WILL COME TO THE CREEKS AND SET IT ALL ON FIRE.


U PEOPLE ARE A BUNCH OF TROUBLE MAKERS AND WEN U MEET YOUR MATCH, U START TO BEG.



IN THIS CASE, WE WONT LISTEN.

just few of Ijaw boys in your lands killing and decimating your Biafra soldiers in imo and abia..

Only our women warriors can matched you igbos,we the men are too above you

KwuoteYourFada:
Where do you think egbema is ?

Egbema is in delta state and Edo state but the Egbema Kingdom still has an offshoot in rivers state and imo state..

hammerT:
LOL


JUST ENTER OUR TRAP, THAT IS ALL.

get out coward chest beating people

KwuoteYourFada:
Adekunle killed him


Ojukwu was given a presidential burial

we don't care... what makes us happy is that he liberated us from Biafrans

hammerT:
YES YORUBA IS BETTER FOR YOU, HEAD WEST, YOUR BROTHERS ARE ALRADY THERE.


WE DONT WANT YOU IN OUR WAY.


I LAUGH WEN I HERE ASARI SAY THEY WILL BLOCK IGBO CARGO.


IS LIKE HE DONT KNOW WE HAVE WATER PEOPLE IN IGBO LAND.


THE WAY WE WILL DESCEND ON THE CREEK, WILL MAKE PEARL HARBOUR LOOK LIKE CHILDREN PLAY.


ALL THOSE SMALL SETTLEMENT SCATTER EVERYWHERE WILL BE LEVELED.

it is true.... you people should thank Asari for exposing the hidden truth to you.. you people should better preparing for alternative means to get pasts our seas, which is payment annually to Ijaw government..

hammerT:
ALL THOS E IJAW BY ACCUSTOM WILL NOT WASH.


OPOBO WAS NOT AN IJAW MAN.


THIEF!

Opobo was actually Opubo meaning great person..

KwuoteYourFada:
Remove egbema there!


Furu furu idiot! What is egbema doing in your ijaw

dey there dey asked mumu mumu question...How is Egbema Kingdom no longer Ijaw again?

hammerT:
BONNY IS NOT IJAW.


EVEN ALL THE WATER FRONT IN RIVERS STATE IS NOT IJAW, I TOLD YOU BEFORE, EITHER OCEAN WASH UNA COMMOT FOR THERE OR WE TAKE ATILLERY FIRE UNA COMMOT FOR THERE.



ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU WILL HEAD WEST TO JOIN T HE YORUBA.

you are a commedian.

You people are afraid of us, so won't have the courage to come challenge us

hammerT:
YENAGOA BAYELSA IS NOT IJAW.


IF THE LAND IN BAYELSA CAPITAL CITY IS NOT IJAW, WHERE EXACTLY IS IJAW?

yenegoa is Ijaw land.