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hisgrace090:
If not peter obi monetary contribution to that same apga, the party wouldn't have survive as a party.

Apga see the light through peter obi financial support.

Both CHIEF CHEKWAS OKORIE the party founder, chief ojukwu ikemba nnewi whom they beg to be their leader and others non of them have the financial muscle to make the party fly.

So he equally deserve some credit.

Penalty82:
From Chidi Nnadi, Enugu





http://sunnewsonline.com/anambra-guber-obi-betrayed-ojukwu-bianca/

Ekykool:
The war of succession from lduu Kingdom was initiated by the Oba of Benin known in lgbo historical literature as Agha lduu na Oba. (war of the lduu and Oba). It was a protracted war that touched most lgbo areas. It was intensified when the Benins acquired arms from the Portuguese. Then followed the war of secession of lgala initiated by the Atta. General Ogbe the son of Ajide attacked him at ldah, and was supported by General Udenze who controlled the Anam riverine area. Onoja Nwoboli left Aguleri and joined the lgalas because he was one of the remnants of the lgala descendants still at their Aguleri ancestral home.

Disturbances
General Onoja was stopped at Ogurugu from pushing Southward by General Enewelue who founded the Anyamelum area and part of Nsukka districts. But some remnant of lgala at Aguleri loyal to Atta created disturbances at their Aguleri ancestral home which made a section of Okpuno Nri, to move in a hysteria of haste to the present Imo State where they settled as Ngwas, a name reflecting the nature of the hurry (ngwa ngwa) with which they fled.
Okpuno Nris were made up of Okpu-enu, Okpuana and Aro. From the Okpuno dynasty came Disi Nri whose descendants founded Abacha named after their leader, Ikendu Abacheleku, in the present Idemili Local Government Area. There the principal village is Umudisi. Their ancestral home is Umudisi village at Ikenga Aguleri. Of the Okpuno elements comprising Okpuenu, Okpuana and Aro, the Okpuana people during the lgala disturbances left in a hurry hence their present settlement is known as Okpuala Ngwa. In remembrance of their ancestral structure and traditions during the Annual get-together of the Ngwas of Okpuala, they usually went on a pilgrimage to Okpuno Ngwa.

HungerBAD:
Nice one.

Your reign, just like that of the OBI of Onitsha shall bring prosperity to your people.

Look to the EAST my Brothers.

ruggedized1:
Pointless. You asked how does Nri influenced AkwaIbom, Cross River, Imo and Abia states, I posted this below. Now you don't want to discuss it anymore.


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ruggedized1:
Go and read your history or rather use google to educate your ignorant self.

Which areas have Ibibio, Efik and Ijaw?

ruggedized1:
This old idiot instead of you to focus on issues that relates to your ordinary Imo state you are busy trying to rewrite history. Who told you bastard that Nri originated from Igala? Nri in the present Anambra is where all Igbos came from and it has nothing to do with Igala.

FYI: Nri is the origin of the entire Igbo race and your attempt to link it to Igala is dead on arrival. Stop spewing rubbish all the time.

Again stop writing Awka and your Orlu on the same sentence because they have nothing in common. Awka as a core Igbo enclave has a very long history and culture dating back to the year 1200.


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Read below is to cure your insecurity and stupid ignorance as all Igbos originated from Nri.

Igboid:
Thanks. Please can you point out some of them.

bigfrancis21:
I do not understand the logic of some people on this forum. If Ngwa-Ndoki are Igbos and the Ngwa-Ndoki gave the Bonnys the name, 'Ubani', does that not imply that 'Ubani' is of Igbo origin? Where in anywhere did I mention 'Ibani' specifically to be of Igbo origin?

Did I not also provide evidence supporting the Igbo origin of 'Ubani'?

TonyeBarcanista:
The Ndokis(Ijaws) only came in contact with Igbos in Umunoha, Owerri and Ndizurogu.


I am not the narrator, it is the people that is telling their origin. We always allow people speak for themselves.

Radoillo:
LMAO@ 'selfish Ngwa hoarding invaluable information.'

ChinenyeN:
Yea, I know. It'll be a real shame, especially now that we're in this prime age of information sharing and preservation. Selfish Ngwa people hoarding invaluable knowledge, as if to say they'd rather it die with them than for it to create a lasting legacy. Mtcheww. Iwe ndinu iwe m.

NigerMan1:
UnknownT - It is not too difficult to know.

Those people were 100% Yoruba people. In those days, the Benin Kings ruled over a vast part of Southern Nigeria, down to Lagos, PLUS part of present day Cameroon and Benin Republic. However the Benin Kings NEVER suppressed the people culturally, even the slaves of Igbo, Igala, Yoruba, Dahomies etc origins were allowed to be.

Therefore when freedom was enacted, and Benin power receded, the smaller groups gradually mixed with others and developed a new culture/languages from their origin and neighbors. Also the British colonialists used IGBO Language which also affected those people to gradually shelve their links to Old Benin Kingdom.

You talked about Opobo: Their language is NOT 100% Igbo as you speak in SE today. Even these Olukun mi people still speak Yoruba language as well.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
You are becoming irredeemably stu.pid

Get lost or renounce your citizenship at worst.

How can an economic migrant like you dictate to freeborns what is best for them?

Your hatred for them is really nightmarising you as your pride is brutally smashed for swearing that no Ngwa man will ever rule Abia State.

Ngwa people are majority in Abia State and UKWA NGWA occupies 9 out of 17 LGAs in Abia State, yet a riff rat like you feel superior to the largest tribe in Igboland

Shame on you.

minwafor:
Prof Ozumba should not be intimidated like this. Those men are not supposed to be at the collation center in the first place. Apga should have enough evidence against these evil heartless urchins if they are to get thrlough this mess. Up Alex Otti.

DaimlerBen:
The empires mentioned here are all over 600 years old. Besides, the Oyo empire didn't have as much coverage as these ones, landmass-wise.

Radoillo:
The connection between the Agbaja sub-ethnicity in Enugu State and other communities in Igboland with the name 'Agbaja' as described in that article is largely speculative. The similarity in name stems only from similarity in topographical features. ('Agbaja' connotes 'sandy infertile land'.)

pazienza:
http://nigerianewspoint.com/?p=968

Ok, ah say make ah post this one here.

It seem a bit fictional, speculative and recent, but still makes for an interesting read. *grins*

anonimi:
Why did other races - Asians, Arabs etc not also sell their own people massively as SLAVES to the whites

christopher123:
The Ekpe is a men’s society found in Abiriba, Aro-chukwu, Ohafia and many other Bende communities in Igbo land, it is a variation of the important Egbo Ejagham ( Ekoi) in the Upper Cross-River as well as the Efik Ekpe Society of Calabar. Egbo means leopard in Ejagham, while Ekpe is also the Efik/Ibibio word for the powerful creature (leopard) which is the symbol of the organisation. It is pertinent to note that Agu is the name of the leopard in Igbo, therefore it is clear that the Cross-River Igbos borrowed the Efik/Ibibio word.

In Aro-chukwu and Bende, the Ekpe society was the main legislative and judicial force in community government in the days of old. The striking, symbol-laden fabric of stich and dyed indigo and white (Ukara) is the Ekpe cloth in which the esoteric “language” of Nsibidi is embodied. Strong creatures of the forest, are important symbols of the Ukara cloth and this symbolizes the powerful authority of the Ekpe society.

Nsibidi is an ancient system of graphic communication dating back to at least AD 170. It has a variety of different characters and is indigenous to areas of Southeastern Nigeria and Southwestern Cameroon in the Cross River region, some of the major towns and cities that use Nsibidi are Abiriba, Arochukwu, Calabar, Ikom , Ohafia and other smaller towns within the Ejagham/Ekoi , Efik, Ibibio and Igbo speaking nationalities, it was also taken to Cuba and the Americas via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Nsibidi name changed among the different groups, for example among the Igbo it is generally known as Nsibiri while in Cuba it is called Anaforuana.

Nsibidi is aesthetically compelling, encoded and does not correspond to any spoken language. It is a graphic script whose symbols refer to abstract concepts, actions and whose use facilitates communication among peoples speaking different languages. It comprises of hundreds of symbols that can be drawn in the air (as gestures, on the ground, on skin (as tattoos), on houses, on art forms, such as masks and textiles (Ukara). The early European missionaries and writers were able to record about 200 of these Nsibidi characters.

The Ekpe entourage comprises of the knit-bodied maskers “the runners” who are said to be the servants or slaves of Ekpe from the spirit world, when the masquerade is dancing it continuously sends signals and messages (Nsibidi) which only the initiated can understand. Each movement of the masquerade tells a story. In the ancient times the runners carried out regulatory functions in the name of presiding Ekpe spirit. The Ekpe spirit is housed within the Ukara- dressed “stationary masker” Uluo Ekpe (the house of Ekpe) from which the mysterious voice of Ekpe is heard during the funeral celebrations of its members.



The Ekpe Abiriba was brought from the Ena clan in the upper Cross-River during migration, hence in one of their songs, they say “Ekpe Ya Nko”, Nko being one of the homes of Abiriba Ena. To confirm the authenticity of the origin of the Abiriba Kingdom, the Ekpe Abiriba added a replica of a canoe and paddle to the Ekpe entourage indicating the crossing of the river, when the replica canoe is in motion it is referred to as Ubom Marima, the good boat.

The exhibition of the Ekpe society entourage is quite spectacular and it is with pleasure that we share with you pictures of the Ekpe entourage, which again would be on display during the Igwa Mang festivities in Abiriba this December.

cococandy:
ekpe is practiced in my hometown mbaise imo state. They have their public displays from time to time Especially during the new yam festival

GenBuhari:
But where is the evidence?

anonimi:
I normally don't abuse people but every now & then as with all rules you make an exception.

You are such a demented fool swimming in your pool of ignorance.
We yorubas have the word, eru that means slave.
That word is different from omo odo i.e. house help.

GenBuhari:
Please where is the evidence that Arabs conquered and enslaved Africans. Is this not another lie written by European historians. Where is the evidence from our own ancestors that indicates that we were enslaved by Arabs.

We need to stop accepting negative versions of our history written by the white man if we cannot independently verify it as fact.

BTW I have never said that religion is not a tool of oppression.
I believe that the greatest too of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

GenBuhari:
Which sources is that?

The question I posed was did slavery exist prior to the advent of Europeans in Africa?
Has the ancient historical documents of our ancestors confirm that they kept and traded slaves before the first Europeans claimed to have set foot in Africa?

If your source does not meet these criteria, then we can not rely on them.

GenBuhari:
You are wrong there has been proof presented in this very thread that Africans had a writing system before the arrival of the European. But you say it was introduced to Africa by Arabs , so what? All that matters is that we had a system of recording our own history.

Even your claim that those ancient Afirican writing system were introduced by Arabs is without any foundation. Nobody has provided any evidence that Arabs ever conquered any part of Africa.

GenBuhari:
Which sources is that?

The question I posed was did slavery exist prior to the advent of Europeans in Africa?
Has the ancient historical documents of our ancestors confirm that they kept and traded slaves before the first Europeans claimed to have set foot in Africa?

If your source does not meet these criteria, then we can not rely on them.

macof:
And in what language is the Timbuktu manuscript written? Arabic- hence after being influenced by Arabs and probably forced to tale a false tale
So still this is no evidence by the Op's logic which you greatly support
Btw the Malian written records speak of slavery

Ur ignorance right back at u

ChinenyeN:
I don't believe there's anything confusing about my statement, but I do believe we are not on the same page. You seem to want to talk about the boundaries of Asaland, while I was only highlighting the use of 'bu' in local speech. Anyway, the Asa can be found in Abia (Ukwa West LGA) and Rivers (Obigbo urban and surrounding communities).

abagoro:
Ndoki is not Asa but they are both often referred to as Ukwa people. The West of Ukwa that has boundary with Etche is known as Asa while the East of Ukwa that has boundary with Ibibio is Ndoki. Azumini is Ndoki.