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laudate:
You were born daft, and am not surprised. Instead of using the brain God gave you, to apply logic and wisdom to the situation and discussion, you are busy making unsubstantiated allegations. Do these lies you tell yourself, help you sleep better at night? Oya, I am still waiting for you to provide evidence that Laudate is Yoruba. Onye nzuzu!

Onye Afonja

comos:
Any fight against the Binis is a fight against the Edo nation (Bini, Ishan, Afemai, uhrobo, Isoko, Kwale, e.t.c )

Lets see if the ijaw can match us

Lol, see dis one you wan land grab other different ethnicities into your madness, you will soon claim dey are under your oba too,this clearly shows the bini man is a landgrabber, why you no add Yoruba people join

GavelSlam:
I asked them a simple question - can any Bini man point to his ancestral home in Gelegele? Yet nobody has been able to answer me.

Them think say Ijaw na only olodiama clan.

laudate:
Stop yarning rubbish. In every state, there is a govt ministry that oversees chieftaincy affairs and local govt matters. There are different ethnic groups in Kogi state, and all of them have their traditional appointments gazetted by the govt. Nobody from either the Ebira, or Igala or Yoruba, or Nupe or any other ethnic group can wake up one morning and decide to crown anybody as a traditional ruler of any community. There is a detailed process to follow.

You are just an Ignorant obori, go and read the statement by the edo state government, b4 bring dis ur yoruba man logic into this

laudate:
You are daft. Have I ever called myself a Yoruba man?

You dont have to call urself one, ur double faced nature oozes ur ethnicity....obori

laudate:
Guy, who are my kinsmen? Do you think am Edo? Am not. All I can say is that the traditional Ijaw monarchs in Ondo and Delta did not just wake up one morning to declare themselves as the rulers in their area. A process was followed. Did the Ijaw in Edo State follow the same process?? The people of Auchi in Edo State have their own monarch, and the Oba of Benin has never interfered with them for one day.

Stop saying nonsense, do you know what it means for a state government to join traditional institutions to play petty politics, do Yorubas in Kogi consult Nupe people before coronating their kings

Efewestern:
the issue here is that your kinsmen are denying the fact that ijaw are indigenous to your state, if you read from the comments you will see where some re saying ijaw have no land in bini which is a pure lie.

Yes due process should be follow but edo should not think they own it all, from the reaction of the state government I don't think they are ready to acknowledge the new pere/king.

the ijaws in ondo got their own king
the ijaws in Delta got their own king
while will the ijaws in edo be under the oba ?
How does that sound?

You dey answer dat Yoruba man, its atypical of them to make statements without sentiments

Idiots who remembered Gelegele in 2017 because of oil, these people have been marginalized since Edo states creation and now bini ppl want to steal their land.

PRESS RELEASE
16-11-2017
ORDER TO ARREST HRM KING GODWIN OGUYENBO, PERE OF OLODIAMA KINGDOM, EDO STATE: OBASEKI BEATING DRUMS OF WAR
Our attention has been drawn to the unguided, unlawful and unwarranted statements of the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Godwin Obaseki, contained in the NationOnline publication dated 16th November 2017, wherein he issued an order to desecrate the Ijaw sacred institution, abuse our kingship stool and apprehend our King, in person of HRM King Godwin Oguyenbo, Pere of Olodiama Kingdom in Edo state, on grounds of unlawful coronation.
First, we wish to inform the Governor that we are aware that he is only carrying out the directive of the Oba of Benin, we are therefore surprised why on earth an Ijaw affair will be giving the Bini people a sleepless night to the extent that they had to usurp the state power against us.
Obaseki's claim that the ijaw community in the area is non-existent, is a clear display of sheer ignorance, the ijaws have proven with historical fact that we are aborigines of those lands.
It is therefore on this grounds, following second-class treatments meted out on Ijaws in these communities of Edo State, that the ijaws deemed it necessary to have a monarch that would be significant for the growth and development of the people and lands, besides this is not the first time the Kingdom is having a King.
We also deduce that though it is the voice of Obaseki, but the words of the royal father of Benin Kingdom is behind the order of arrest issued, simply because they want to annex Olodiama kingdom into Benin Kingdom, because of the oil and seaport sited there.
We therefore call on Obaseki to desist from actions that are capable of causing acrimony between binis and ijaws, obaseki as the administrative head of the state should rather be concerned in moves that will bring peace, he should not brew another crises in the face of dousing the already existing tension created by militants groups.
The Ijaws are not at war with binis, but we are also not afraid to defend our territory if the need arises, we have been living in peace and we would continue to maintain it, but obaseki should thread with caution, let him stop beating the drums of war.
The Governor should not allow himself to be used as a tool of instigating violence and causing unrest, he has no right to order for the arrest of a well recognised King who has flaunted no law.
We call on the federal Government to call Governor Obaseki to order before he plunges the region into a theatre of intertribal war, we ask the federal government to stand down all security agencies and look for other means in resolving the issue, arresting an Ijaw King is a sacrilege and will be resisted by Ijaws.
We restate once again that Ijaws are committed to peace, these our traditional Rulers have displayed by supporting federal government peace effort, but we will not accept any action aimed at desecrating our sacred institutions.
The Edo State Government should not pull in other Ijaw kingdoms into the crisis, the Pere of Olodiama kingdom is a King recognised by all other sister Ijaw Kingdoms.
ASAWANA! WANA!!
Signed:
Bodmas P. Kemepadei, Coordinator, Order of Egbesu Brotherhood.

erico2k2:
U think say nah creek those guys dey fight abi . Of dem search una nah only AK47 una go get these guys get mega pumps and soft touch anyway Goodluck to una . I wish una well.

Don't respond this people making threat from apartments their fathers are renting, the entire world knows Gelegele is Ijaw, what does gelegele mean in bini, why is it in 2017 that Bini ppl suddenly woke up to land grab the territory, because they are landlocked and need a seaport, the truth is out there for everyone willing to learn

father01:
Benin is not trying to lord over them, they have to respect the laws of Benin.

its just like Fulani hersmen laying claim to parts of Benue land because they were allowed to settle there.

Guy Ijaw cannot match Benin anytime any day. when the time come you will understand this statement.

Stop this stupid comparisons, Ijaws are native to Edo state and are not settlers like you claim, history has it on record that the Ijaws carried the Bini to Eko, does Gelegele even sound like a bini word, its clear dat some set of ppl dislike peace, The territories of the indigenous Egbema, Olodiama, Furupagha and Okomu clans in Edo State;

erico2k2:
Nop , I'm not I gave that as example why is not a big deal

Its a wrong example to compare a native coronation of an indigenous ppl to a head of a foreign community in diaspora

VERDA:
OK sir,did not know they were settlers.thx

They are not settlers gelegele is only in dispute because bini wants to set up a seaport in their landlocked kingdom, Ask yourself simple questions as a literate individual
1) is Gelegele an Ijaw word
2) are majority of the people of Gelegele Ijaw
3) Does history from time in memorial have it on record that they have been their since
4) why has bini ppl suddenly woken up in 2017 after the tenure of Gej to lay claim to gelegele-Ijaw

Efewestern:
the last time I brought this issue up people were criticising me, the edos are biting more than what they can chew.. First they laid claim of gelegele which is 100% ijaw, secondly the ijaws have every right to have their own ruler/pere/king .

The oba of beni should remember this is not 1703 , any attempt to lord over any group of people will be dealt with, edo I know can't handle the ijaws.

I suggest the carve they little itsekiri and ijaw enclave back to Delta or ondo state, they have no business in Edo.

God bless you, its because bini people are landlocked they feel because the Nigerian state has made them lords of edo state they are also lords to independent groups, and in the end would still claim Ijaws are the aggressors

Blackfyre:
Baba calm down, nobody is saying to deny your heritage but recognize the superior authority in where you find yourself. You are not even fighting for social amenities, good roads, good schools, you are fighting for titles? Come on man.

If you guys wanted to do this a proper, t should have been a proper Ijaw king in your own Ijaw land that should have gone to the Oba to make this demand if it is that necessary. I think a community head is sufficient for that place though, don't even think it makes up a local government.

What superior authority? is the Oba of Benin a king to other ethnic nationalities, I thank God the entire world is reading this, even if its 3 plots of land, I wilm love to see how this will turn out b4 a competent judge

Blackfyre:
Okay oh, but will be wrong in having a community head, why a king?

Since you mention Gej, it was just a political device has it doesn't have any heritage? For over how many years has Oba been your lordship that you guys now know you are Ijaw and need your own head?

We are Ijaw people & not Bini people, and independent ethnic nationality with different language & culture, such useles subjugation must stop, for those drumming for war, let God give them war

sagitariusbaby:
Bring it on coward. We all know who the land grabbers are

Now na morning, where have your Brave heroes been before Ijaw people supposedly land grabbed and named bini land

Blackfyre:
@emboldened

These ijaw people are becoming trouble makers, I remember them dragging land disputes with them Itsekiris and those one stated how far back their claim went but them Ijaws were claiming they are the largest settlers on the land.

Anyway, I sure say men full ground for Benin.

Where wer this men since or is now morning for Edo people, Ijaws just appeared and named those communities in Ijaw, they wer all silent for all these years and waited for Gej's tenure to finish, even in this government it will still be impossible for binis

Where wer all dese bini land grabbers during Gej's tenure, this should be the question, but they should be aware that a fight against the Ijaws of Edo state is a fight against the entire Ijaw nation

erico2k2:
Read what I wrote again . !plus point me to where I made an assumption .

You are comparing the Pere to a non-native Obi that igbo marketers appoint

spartacus11:
Gelegele is my territory pere should be d one making noise lets see who will be in oko prison by noon

Hahaha, we go see.

spartacus11:
Oga come carry, if una don do burial tire una go pack una load and go

spartacus of nairaland, where you dey na, enter Gelegele and make noise

spartacus11:
Ijaw are native of Edo& bini can never own edo state

I agree

spartacus11:
Oga u come carry na, and tell d so called Pere to be parading himself for benin

Dey nairaland dey answer spartacus, keyboard soldiers

spartacus11:
Den u go tell us d history how ijaw take reach gelegele wen d time comes

U think beni heritage started yesterday

In d main time come and carry

And Ijaw heritage started today? Stop making threats that you cant back up. Na only Edo state wey bini ppl dey

spartacus11:
Ijaw right now.

Dem think say na warri wen dem dey follow itshekiri hold ground.

King ni, servant ko

You go follow fight or you go dey ur keyboard for nairaland

erico2k2:
tbh I do not see the big deal . There has been Obi of whatever place the Igbos find themselves for ages .
These Ijaws have to be handled carefully cos if wahala start Edo state go red . They are 20 years ready ahead of Edo people .

Stop making ignorant comparisons, Ijaws are native to Edo state, Gelegele us just one community, this is not a foreign land to the Ijaws of Edo, its like calling Ika ppl non natives

spartacus11:
D truth of d mata na say na Nairaland dey go begin make noise

For ground dey dare not vomit trash

D oba is a law unto himself, and land mattters in benin kingdom d oba has d final say, not d Governor not the customary court

So i nor see how ijaw wan come take claim d place

Stop talking trash, dere is no bini man in gelegele, its just because of seaport the stupid politics started, the annoying thing is that when this provocation leads to altercation the same ppl will say "Ijaws are troublesome ", its the poor Nigeria state creation that put Ijaws in Ondo & Edo state.

spartacus11:
For ur dreams, dem don fit match isoko finish, or u think dis na warri delta

Ijaw in edo is insignificant like d P in psychology

It was significant enough to take bini to lagos, dont forget your history, a fight against the Ijaws of Edo is a fight against the entire Ijaw nation. Be guided

comos:
stop talking nonsense,

will you accept if the Binis crown one of their own as Oba of onitsha in Anambra state ?

Shut up if you dont have what to say, Ijaws are native to Edo state even Ondo state government that is majority Yoruba won't try this nonsense, thank God Ijaws can match Bini in all ramifications

Godjone:
WHAT IS THEIR OFFENCE NOW

OBA DEY DO HIN OWN, THEM TOO DEY DO THEIR OWN. WE SHOULD LEARN TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE I REMEMBERED IN THAT SAME BENIN TOWARDS THE UWELU AXIS WHERE IGBOS NORMALLY SELL MOTO PARTS, THEY USE TO HAVE A CHIEF CALLED EZE IGBO AND THE HAUSAS ARROUND ERRIEN UPPER SAKPONBA Axis also have their chief SARKIN HAUSAWA.

It isn't the same thing, Ijaws are native to Edo unlike those tribes you mentioned its just politics

For every Mandela there is a Mugabe, similar start different end, should have handed over long time ago