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HiddenShadow:
Don't join Yorubas to Biafra if you don't want Biafra to collapse in few years

No sane Yoruba will join Biafra, Bro. For what?

HiddenShadow:
I don't know how Itsekiris got included in the Biafran agenda but one thing I am sure of, is that we have educated our brothers that Itsekiris are Yoruba cousins and mustn't join Biafra in order to avoid disaster


Therefore you aren't needed


We know that you guys will vote a No against Biafra

We know your root


Besides in the write up, was Itsekiris mentioned

So, Urhobos, Ijaws, Igalas, Idoma, etc will vote yes, yes? You're only drumming for war! Just take your 5 states and go first and allow others to join you. You people dream too much!

Just find your own ethnic group among these three :
A. The members of this group are endowed with great zeal to achieve their desires and goals at all costs, though they rare weighing their actions' consequences.

B. This group is more tactical; weighing every situation to the right, left, up and down before taking decisions and accept the consequences of their actions.

C. This group is politically wise, good at divide and rule and very aggressive to achieve their aims and dare the consequences.

mfm04622:
Go back and read stories about the 1966 wahala. Or go read about subsequent riots in the North and see if they distinguish. Remember, in the North, Yoruba and Igbo live together in areas. They just attack an area they know is full of non indegenes. So when a mob come to your area, you will wait and tell them am not so so tribe and they will leave you? Hahahahaha!!!!!!!

I'd lived in the North and truly no one can predict them. there will certainly be casualties among all the ethnic groups including Northerners themselves as I already mentioned above. However it will affect Igbo more as Hausas since June 12 really don't want to make all out enemies of all the Southern groups, considering their oil blocks in SS and their investments in the SW.
As for me I will advise all the Southern groups to leave as soon as Igbos are being forced to vacate the North - in solidarity and to save their lives.

mfm04622:
When trouble start, it is usually Hausa vs others. Not Hausa vs part of others. Even being a Muslim won't save you

Why then did Igbos complain about pogrom against them alone in the 60s in the North why not against Yorubas then. Hausas can differentiate between Yorubas and Igbo just as Yorubas can differentiate between Hausas and Igbos. Though there will be some casualties on all sides including Hausas if they choose to attack Igbos; no one can monopolize violence.

GreyLaw:
A sane man who clearly understands the multiplier effect of such useless ultimatum.

Haha! This man only shows empathy and put himself in the shoes of Igbos that have been in the North for years.

Ontarget:
Igbos only focus on what they perceive as the advantage of having Biafra and totally ignore the potential pitfalls ahead. Igbos feel they are intelligent, hardworking and industrious so they think with those qualities it's all going to merry in Biafra land. But I wonder why the south east is still underdeveloped inspite of the fact that the land is occupied by people who pride themselves to be intelligent and industrious. It makes me wonder if there would ever be any difference after Biafra has been ushered into existence.

The most uncertain and challenging aspect which Igbos ignore that can make Biafra turn out to be a total disaster is political stability. Maintaining political stability is not childs play. You can imagine how things gets heated up in the political sphere of advanced nations like America, let alone a third world new country called Biafra filled with people with an untamed mindset and poorly educated. If care is not taken in the political sphere of Biafra the country will explode even before it begins. Power struggles in the south east is among the tightly contested in Nigeria. And you expect such ambitious and power hungry people to play matured politics and yield to each other's ambition? I am still seriously in doubt.

Please nobody should mention Afonja cos I am not an Afonja.

In as much as I support self determination over this 'force marriage', I think Igbos should have done their homework and never allowed emotions to override them and face reality. Economically there will be tough time with prices of food skyrocketing; millions will certainly return home, more than the returnees during June 12 troubles. The markets are saturated and what is keeping them flowing is patronizing from other regions of Nigeria; particularly the Igbos outside southeast who keep building mansions at home and as they source for materials and labour, the Markets and everyone is progressing. There are lots of ordinary Igbo farmers in other regions that have more than one building each in the East not to talk about traders, businessmen, port and other government workers that make money everyday and every month. All these will definitely cease immediately Biafra is actualized. The reality is that no Africa country ever divided peacefully, there will certainly be 'bad belle', payback time as Ipob has insulted virtually everyone and the prayers should be S/South joining, if not the new country will just be like Lesotho or Swaziland with Nigeria circling it; enemies all round.

Ipob needs to incorporate many Igbo people and groups to lay solid foundations and beat every planned and unplanned traps lay for them, not even excluding war. Take for instance Education, I have had privileged to study in many regions but to be candid, education in the East is now 'cash and carry' compared with other regions. These lecturers should be seriously cautioned so as to lay good foundation for the new country. I wish Biafra come to pass if it's the desire of the majority Igbos. The point is how prepared is everyone?

DSoj:
Its very funny how people rush to condemn drastic moves of others while they sit and say nothing about the nonsense of the other party.

The useless IPOB has been going about dishing nonsense.
Drawing useless maps.
Claiming lands thats not theirs an they can never get.
Creating tension and hatred.
Heating up the polity
Many people denouncing them as an invitation to anarchy


Selfishly Stopped commercial activities that affected mostly those not involved in their craps.

Their own home is not even settled or united.


These people talking now pretended they didnt see the excesses of the jaundiced ipob.
Now another party has started its own, threatening, they found their croaked voice.
Where were they when the jobless kanu was preaching violence on his useless radio?

Nonsense.

I say it again. At the end, Igbos will lose most
Igbos will Curse kanu and Ipob.

Quote me.

You need to be in the East and board vehicle either from Enugu to Onitsha or Afikpo to Okigwe to Akara or Imuahia and listen to drivers turning to Biafra radio. I always wonder what was Yorubas offence against Igbo that they are subjected to so much unprintable curses and names' calling 24/7? Even their Pastors like Adeboye, Kumuyi, etc are not spared!

The question the OP or the writer should have asked himself was, how many Yoruba groups or states recognize Alaafin compare with that of Ooni's recognition? We are no longer in Oyo Empire and the people of Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun and Lagos have nothing or little to do with Oyo empire and they don't see Alaafin as head Oba in Yorubaland but the king of their Source, the Ooni of Ife!
However, both Alaafin and Ooni are the foremost rulers in Yorubaland. Oyo Empire was one of the greatest in Africa and Alaafin will always be held in high regard by all Yorubas home and diaspora, Alaafin even protected Ife during the empire greatness. Both Alaafin and Oba of Bini were born of great Uwa or Owa's blood of the Greater Oranmiyan who later came back to rule Ife in this present Ooni dynasties before his death. Every Ooni and virtually all Oba's have Oduduwa blood flowing in them, we should forget all these concocted stories.

omoelerin1:
which one is traditional yoruba church? that means there traditional european churches

Roman Catholics emerged from mixture of Roman traditions with Christianity; so also Anglican, Methodist and Baptist Church emerged from UK. There are lots of Yoruba Tradition in Celestial, C&S, CAC, etc. There are traces of ancient Aramaic in Yoruba culture, You wonder why there is Solomon or Eternal knots design on Aare crown of Ooni that was made centuries ago. Have you asked yourself why Celestial or C&S members make use of Aramaic (the language that gave birth to Arabic, Hebrew, and Phoenician), lots of candles, soaps, bathing, water, etc for prayers; also dreads?

huptin:
The Igbo's say Yoruba's don't want them to get Biafra, now the Hausa's are saying that Yoruba's are the ones pushing Igbo's towards Biafra, now I am very confused, I don't just know what to believe.

Believe that old liar at your own peril, he concocted unimaginable lies to cause more division among southern groups to achieve his aim; it's called divide and rule. Did he mention the great division in the north? No.
Some fools already taking him for his words... even praising him because he said what they wanted to hear; playing upon their emotions.

Eggcelent:
With Due Respect For Their Ages & Personal Accomplishments, I Will Advise These Old Men To Please Refrain From Some Of These Utterances.

We Should Move On From The Past & Work Towards Building A Better Society For Ourselves & The Next Generation.

Thanks

We understand the so called Hausa-Fulani elites better now; their best weapon to keep the South in perpetual second fiddle are concocted lies, Divide and Rule tactics. Only the Gullible ones fall for these. This country can't be forcefully kept together for ever; people have right for self determination!

pyyxxaro:
Children with natural Dreads are very common the West compared to the South and East

Don't know why

In Yorubaland, any family bearing the surname 'Dada' has dreadlocks gene in the family; and it has been from generation to generation. All the true born in the family will have it. some are highly spiritual and some rituals and prayers needed to be carried out before the first haircut; due to Christianity and Islam, this is no longer carried out by some families.

C&S, etc are traditional Yoruba churches, they believe in this spirituality of dreadlocks and their members readily have them naturally or by not combing or haircutting.

nepapole:
But where are d rusty roofs?

You meant Abakpa, Enugu?


Every city in the world gets its own rusty side!

RedboneSmith:
Is the 1850s precolonial enough?

1. Vocabulary of Yoruba by Crowther. 1852: https://archive.org/details/vocabularyofyoru00crow

2. Grammar and Dictionary of Yoruba by TJ Bowen. 1858: https://archive.org/details/grammardictionar00bowerich

3. And just as a bonus this one from the early next century, The Dictionary of the Yoruba Language by the CMS. 1913 : https://archive.org./stream/DictionaryOfTheYorubaLanguage/A_Dictionary_of_the_Yoruba_Language_djvu.tx

All three dictionaries contain the word 'oga' (which means a master, a distinguished person, one who is exalted, etc); and they all also contain the verb-root 'ga' (which means high, to exalt, etc) from which the word 'oga' is formed. One familiar with Yoruba (and even other West African languages for that matter) will be familiar with the tendency for nouns to be formed from certain verb-roots, usually by adding 'o', or sometimes another vowel in front of the verb-root. Thus 'oku' (corpse) is formed from the verb-root 'ku' ( die), and 'obe' (knife) is from the verb-root 'be' (cut). 'Oga' in the same fashion is quite simply from the verb-root 'ga', and is an authentic pre-Colonial, pre-English Yoruba word.

I have discovered that one is wasting his time with that guy; he sees everything from tribal angle and supremacy. He never gave chance to sound understanding and judgment.

bigfrancis21:
Just like your precedents, you still haven't provided tangible proof other than, 'oga is yoruba and you must believe me'. Provide us a link to the earliest dictionary or compilation of yoruba words (Ajayi Crowther's dictionary being one of the earliest Yoruba wordlist compilations) which includes 'oga' in it. To the best of my knowledge, I am yet to see any, which is indication that the word 'oga' is a recent adoption into general Nigerian lingo, not an ancient one, thus NOT of Yoruba origin. I need not tell you that words pass around before one is born and just because you were born in a time when a word is being popularly used does not mean it is native to your ethnic group. I'm glad you mentioned lingusit - a true linguist will look at the earliest academic mention in determining the source/origin of a word, which in this case does not favor the so-called origination of 'oga' from Yoruba. Moreover, 'oga' means different things in Igbo also depending on pronunciation (master, he went, he went?, he/she/it will etc) but I would not consider that as proof of Igbo origin. That is not how linguistics work. I'm more inclined to believe it comes from the English word, 'organizer'. It is simply just a recent word adopted into Nigerian lingo and no tribe/ethnic group as of this time can lay claim to it.

If you have anyone that understand Yoruba ask him or her the translation of this sentence: O ga ju mi lo. It means, 'He/she is higher than me' or 'He/she/it is taller than me'. now look at the the word 'ga' - higher. In Yoruba context who is higher means who is the senior or master. The noun and adjective of the verb 'ga' is 'Oga'.
See, this is not a competition. Oga is African word, not from English 'organizer' at all, very funny! You should have explained how 'organizer became 'Oga'. What would have been your response if I had proposed that Igbo word 'Dalu' was from English word 'Dabbling' because of 'da' syllable, would that make sense to you? So these Yoruba words, mi (me), yan (yawn), etc are also English words?

bigfrancis21:
Cc aljharem

'de' as in 'where you dey' is now Yoruba? And you call easterners claimers? You barely even know that many words imported with pidgin English are of Igbo origin, 'una' from 'unu' in Igbo (unu = you plural), 'dey' from 'di' in Igbo (Chi di = God dey, O di nma = e dey good), 'tey' from 'tee' in Igbo (O teela = e don tey) etc.

80% of these words you think are popular in Nigerian pidgin are only popular in Lagos pidgin. Not even Warri pidgin that is closer to SW compared to the SE. Warri pidgin is bereft of many of these so-called 'popular' words. Listen to any warri speaker, you barely hear those words save for 'omo', 'shebi', 'sey', etc. Oga most likely comes from organizer. I'm sorry there's no Yoruba proof of this word. Egusi is natively callled 'egwusi' in Igbo. Agbero and Agbada are not Igbo words. You can run around in circles if you want but let's call a spade a spade.

Actually I didn't want to comment again but for learning purpose, 'oga' is not gotten from 'organizer'; it's one of the tonal Yoruba words like Igba (time, calabash, 200, garden eggs, etc), Igbo (bush, headbutt, group, party -depending on the dialects because agbo is also used; from these gbogbo, everyone emerged), another one is oko (farm, stone, 20,etc). There are so many of them.

Oga as a tonal word can mean senior, master, brother or chameleon or serious in Yoruba. There are many renditions of 'Oga' as senior in central Yoruba area of Ife, Ijesas, Ekiti, even every part of Yoruba land, eg, Ogasola, gasola, Oga Sola, it's a word that has been in use from time immemorial.
Linguists believe that language continues to grow and decay, any language that fails to do this will die just like Latin. Growth of any language is mainly through slangs and borrowing, we should just stop this 'dicks' measurements and refuse to be clouded by emotions instead of sound understanding and judgment. This is just unnecessary argument just as many threads depict on nairaland. A linguist will be interested in finding the root of or relationship between Igbo- O di nma, O tela and Yoruba- O da ra, O tipe; not claiming one to mean this or that.

9jakool:
What is this?
Oga is a standalone word just like many words in Yoruba. They don't even have the same intonation. Why would oga come from organizer? Why wouldn't it come directly from master or boss, but organizer of all terms? Does that even make sense?

I wonder o!
In fact I don't know what these people do smoke; Oga (master, brother) mi, 'Oga! was gotten from 'organizer'? They argue everything forgetting that pidgin makes use of very flexible Yoruba language and it was more prominent in Lagos and Warri areas at the beginning...
There are lot of Yoruba words in pidgin to the extent that Igbos now think it's their words, eg. Oga, pele, patapata, abi, egusi, oyinbo, se, Sebi, nko, de, ti, ki lo, omo, sisi, etc

blues2022:
She smashed your brain with facts. Just deal with it.

You ride the same boat and got nothing upstairs but emotions.

darfay:
The article is very correct. in Nigeria even after living in ondo and schooling in Benin you must come to Lagos for ordinary white collar job
Every city in the countries you mentioned have their competitive advantage Chicago is as big a financial centre as NYC while Texas is a good rival to California. In Germany Frankfurt,Berlin,Hamburgetc
The article is spot on no excuse for Lagos dominating a large country like Nigeria

Modified my Yoruba brothers are getting this. it is not about Lagos being Yoruba land it is about how it is affecting the other 35 states Yoruba states inclusive

I don't understand you! So Lagos should stop developing and materializing the great foresights of her leaders and wait for other states with unserious leaders to catch up? Mba no!

Sometimes it's caused by bad engine seat particularly if happened when AC is on.

Ngozi123:
1. It wasn't just a "few Yorubas" but that's besides the point; it directly opposes the narrative, which certain media outlets like to make, that the Yorubas had little to do with the Igbo persecution that was prevalent in the build up to war. Who's saying that what they did was worse than what the Northerners did? An evil deed is an evil deed, you don't need to start comparing your people's actions to that of others.

2. Awolowo went above and beyond what his job position required of him; the man wanted to stifle the Igbos in any way he could. His actions during and after the war attest to this. In what world is starving people to death the role of a commisioner of finance and vice chairman of the Federal Executive Council, which were his roles during the war? Pray tell...



Thank you for bring up the Holocaust as by doing this, you're acknowledging that what Gowon, Awolowo et al did was genocide. The Jews got closure and funding from Germany as well as their own country for their sufferings- are you suggesting that Nigeria does the same for Biafrans?

Also, Hitler and the Nazis are, rightly so, condemned in most parts of Germany. Can you say the same for Nigeria? Remember that you were trying to justify Awolowo's actions in the above paragraph before you answer this question.



Your point is heavily flawed; that they didn't kill Igbos en masse like the Hausa-Fulani does not free them from condemnation. Awolowo alone, a Yoruba man who is still held in reverence by 'common Yorubas' like yourself, single handedly killed more Igbos than those who died in the pogroms. Yoruba people don't get "so much more hate" compared to the Hausas- don't just use social media as a source. I don't know any Igbo person who hates Yoruba people more than Hausa-Fulani people; personally speaking, I regard you both as the same .



This isn't Igbo logic, this is your own made up logic. GEJ wasn't the brains behind the current recession going on in Nigeria, it was a culmination of events. Awolowo, however, was the mastermind behind the starvation policy of Biafran civilians and the £20 policy that cripples the Igbo middle and upper classes. We will never forget this, just like the Jews will never forget the Holocaust.

You are so funny and wining in the same fake stories your cohorts have been peddling for decades. Are you telling me that Awolowo went out of Gowon's government and punished Igbo? Are you telling me that even though Igbos that have already decided to leave Nigeria then will still be keeping their thousands of pounds in Nigeria. Be sensible for once bro! Awolowo did you people great favour by stopping the war and implemented Gowon's policy of giving your people money you didn't have with Nigeria Govt.

igbozionism:
you are the one that is not intelligent, sir. I asked why Lagos has an indigenous oil company to extract her oil but Niger delta states dont? you didnt provide any answer but went on to talk about shell, agip etc which is totally irrelevant. if Lagos could could be allowed to have one it is only fair for them to be allowed to have their!

pls stop deluding yourself about the quality of leaders Lagos had. Lagos is simply developed because it is the formal fct and bulk of fg investments that can be found there which led to population implosion and also coupled with the sea port. akpabio performed better than brt,fashola,ambode but that still didn't make akwa ibom better than Lagos. if you think you have quality leaders than the rest of the country make Oyo to be like lagos

I wonder when you people will stop tribalism of everything. You people told us that Anambra has Orient Oil company that has been producing 'Millions of barrels'
For the Gullible ones, less than 10% of present Lagos state was FCT then. From Ikeja to Mushin to Apapa to Lekki to Ikorodu, Epe, Animosho, etc were under Western Region. Capital has been moved from Lagos about 30 years ago, one has to praise the Governors that have been ruling Lagos. You should have taken your grievance to your failed state governors instead of this stupid comments of yours.

ADEWUMIMichael:
please NL, my Dad just got a new phone, the Phone model is BLU R1 HD, it's phone that run on 6.0 version, 1gig RAM and 165gig ROM, buh the only thing my dad hates about the phone is that he can't set the ringtone to his favaorite song, as in he can only use the default ringtone pre-loaded on the phone, he can't use either gospel song or any other mp3 or mp4 song as his ringtone, whenever i click on the song i want to use as ringtone, it doesn't show anything 'set as ringtone' neither it is in the notification settings too and it's so irritating
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I have reset the phone, samething
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Buh i know there will be a solution
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Please who can help
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First three to bring a useful opinion that works get the prizes

Download Blackplayer; go to options on it and select SD. Also on the blackplayer pick any music you want to make ringtone, press option and stroll down and select as ringtone. Go back to settings - Sounds & notification - general's setting. you will see the song you have selected in the Blackplayer music player among the phone ringtone. select it if it hasn't been selected already.
I hope this is helpful. I use exactly the same phone and I use above method to use my favorite songs as ringtones.

deomelo:
You don discourage me even before finishing reading and enjoying your write-up.

The highlight says you are part of the problem since you are part of the victim and blame other people mentality.

I know for a fact that Nigerians don't hate you and it's the other way around.

Ibo people are all over Yorubaland living in peace, doing business and making money, raising families and so on.

Other Nigerians especially Yoruba people hating you is a reflection of your own hate, your state of mind and communal paranoia.

On the other hand, the only hate I see is Ibo people hating not only the rest of Nigeria but also their own Ibo people.

We see and read here every day how Anambra people abuse and treat Imo people like trash and so on.

Handle the hate within your own Ibo community first before facing other people with all that.

No one in Nigeria loves Igbos than Yorubas; immediately after the civil war and just like before it, Yorubas opened their land, farms, markets, towns, businesses, houses, free education, hospitals, etc. to Igbos so as to prosper and recover their losses during the war. Gains from their businesses and properties during the war were also returned to them. Many of them made millions and started developing East. There was a time in Ondo State that Igbo made up a very large number of Bursars, etc in the public institutions, You would never heard of them being sacked. God in His infinite mercies has been prospering Yorubas because of their good hearts. Awolowo did all he could to stop the catastrophe of the civil war but he was still being blamed by Igbos till today due to lies and their hatred that can't hold water.
The greatest Igbo man to me now is Nnamani; he was abused for charging his people to acquire education and be where decisions that would affect them are being made. Take for example, a single government policy or Hausa person below level 15 cader may bankrupt an Igbo billionaire importer when decisions not favouring him is made because his own people are not where decisions are being made.

Dedetwo:
It appears some crappy imaginations tend to run certain folks out of social decorum. Ndigbo are not minority and never acted as one in Nigerian polity. Ndigbo have collectively chosen a political party regardless who latter becomes the presidential candidate of the party. When a Yoruba man became the presidential candidate of PDP, Ndigbo voted for the political party not necessarily for a Yoruba man. The same happened when a seemingly Ijo dude became the presidential candidate of PDP, again Ndigbo voted for the party not the man. Why are these silly comments of Igbo behaving like a minority did not surface when they overwhelmingly voted for PDP when a Yoruba dude was the flag bearer of the party? It must be recall that Yoruba did not even vote the Yoruba dude who was the flag bearer of the PDP. It appears that certain Igbo dudes hunger for the goofy president of the cesspit called Nigeria.

You had gotten no other choice then because the candidates of both PDP and APP/AD were Yorubas - Obasanjo and Falae.

izombie:
Yorubas have a problem politically now. The only way the yoruba can get south east/ south south vote is if that yoruba person is up against buhari because the igbos can never vote buhari in any election. As for me, i'd rather vote for shekau than vote any yoruba candidate. Let the north continue ruling us until nigeria divides. We all know the north will always vote a northerner,. Any yoruba candidate will need the to win ss/se votes which will never happen anymore. Yorubas have shot themselves in the foot. Ndi mgbu.

Just look at you!
The North voted for Abiola and Obasanjo!
The North respect Yorubas as partners; Yorubas are already grooming people to rival the North any day any time but I pity Igbos that groom hatred through unrealistic emotional explosions and expectations.
We as Yorubas know what we want and how to get it and the North knows.... We've got heart for Niger Deltans but the greatest mistake GEJ made was listening to Igbos, who have been playing second fiddle to Hausas since independence with nothing to show for it.
Yorubas have always been in opposition and it pays. If recently about 50% of us voted for Buhari, we owe Igbo nothing and that doesn't mean we are with Hausas. What exists between us is mutual respect and politics not even religion.
We should all learn to play politics not being emotional unnecessarily. We should strive as tribe to be at the place where decisions that will affect our tribes are being made not chest-beating up and down. If you know it's Hausa president you want and will benefit you, so be it. It doesn't reduce Yorubas' greatness an inch!

ExplorerReturns:
look at your mouth assimilated. so you are proud to have overwhelmed and subjugated the ijaws in ondo state into speaking Yoruba but you guys are always the first to accuse Igbo's of wanting to dominate the minorities. how many minorities has the Igbo man dominated and assimilated? the same way you peoe used your population and political power to take away Lagos from the Benin's. your narrative is trash because Yoruba's are never coastal dwellers but farmers

Scholar or liar, can you also explain the situation of Olukumi people in Delta and Igala in Anambra using your above explanation or framework?
Pained Ipob who put Ijaw, Bini matter for head as if he gets history or even know history; better go back to school and stop being emotional or relying on Bini lies. The Binis did not even go to Lagos but Ilajes and Itshekiris were used to secure already Awori Yorubas established kingdom for Bini. Virtually all the gods Binis worship were gotten from Yorubas - Ogun, Olokun, Imole, etc. They got Aiyelala from Ilajes.
Just because you are from landlock territory doesn't mean your benefactor you now turned to enemy doesn't enjoy coastal land. Ipodman take your anger to your forefathers who refused to build empires or kingdoms. You can have Bini if you want but not Ilaje;

KINGOFTHEEAST:
afonja I know what I typed and am sorry if you Islamic slippery skull can't comprehend simple info that is totally your making ESE odo remains an ijaw land and any confrontation between ijaws and Yoruba's ,your guess is as good as mine who ll be the victim and your slave master up north won't dare involve bounce

Your noise all over this thread is uncalled for; you cry more than the bereaved. Yorubas and Ijaws/Deltans have been doing fine until the efforts of you people, the Ijaws - Itshekiris crises which later spilled over to Ondo State and Ajegunle, Lagos. In Ondo State then the Ijaws /Yorubas relationship was cordial and we easily protested for the course of Niger Delta, many of us took bullets during protests for Saro Wiwa release, etc. We all tried to learn Ijaw through Egberi programme. You need to ask Sowore, Kuku and average Ijaw in Ondo State whether they want to leave the state or even merge with your dreamed Biafra....
All this noise doesn't really mean that you love Ijaws but you're simply looking for division between two groups you fear most in the South.

BermudaTriangle:
Those areas you mentioned are yoruba land and the so-called Ijaws were only accommodated as settlers who came over in canoes for fishing. Not a single inch of yorubaland will be ceded to strangers and they will only be placing themselves on the line of fire for frivolous claims. You are invited or challenged to lead their agitation and see what it means to cross a yoruba red line. Rubbish.

You even get time for him; he even claimed that Ilajes are Ijaws. The Ijaws in Ondo State migrated recently, The Apoi, who migrated first, already assimilated as Yorubas and the Arogbo that came later are still assimilating, though virtually all of them understand Yoruba language. Both Apoi and Arogbo are in Ese Odo LGA. prior to their coming, Yoruba Ilajes own the land and only share boundary with their kins, the Itshekiris.

peteru98:
Eksu make one of the best school

if you passed through this school formally known as OAU, OSUA, UNAD, and you're not employed, then you are on your own. The school is highly favored when it comes to employment.

This is simply uncalled for, crying more than the bereaved. We have moved on, case closed!